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How do you manage your server files? (reddthat.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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I'm currently debating on how to manage files on my servers. I have a jellyfin and a minecraft server on which I need to add, remove or download files quite often. I don't really want to use scp for everything, so I was wondering what everyone uses.

Edit: I'm looking for a gui solution, but a somewhat automated process of backups etc. is also nice

Edit 2: For anyone wondering what my final solution was: I am currently using a wireguard vpn on a raspberry pi to access my servers. I use Xpipe as a gui interface to transfer my files. I also just use tmux and ssh to execute commands and run services.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can you tell us what's your issue with scp? It'll help us make better recommendations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I mostly want some sort of graphical way, I'm often moving a bunch of loose files and seeing them is a lot easier for me when transferring

[–] vegetaaaaaaa 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

sftp://USERNAME@SERVER:PORT in the address bar of most file managers will work. You can omit the port if it's the default (22), you can omit the username if it's the same as your local user.

You can also add the server as a favorite/shortcut in your file manager sidebar (it works at least in Thunar and Nautilus). Or you can edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks directly:

file:///some/local/directory
file:///some/other/directory
sftp://my.example.org/home/myuser my.example.org
sftp://[email protected]:2222/home/otheruser my.example.net

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

sounds like a good option, will definitely try this out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would recommend you mention "graphical" or "GUI" in your main post. Most suggestions to be assuming CLI.

Some suggestions mentioned NFS / SSHFS. Those would allow you to use any GUI file manager for moving stuff over.

Sorry I can't help more. Don't have a lot of knowledge in gui tools

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

will do, thanks a lot

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How exactly are you "losing" files?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm not losing them, I have a lot of single files. For example during a Minecraft update, I have to move ~20 jar files and other things to the server. I also try to make frequent backups and I upload new movies somewhat frequently to my jellyfin server, so I want to have an easy way to transfer files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Loose, not lose