In this blog post, I’ll show you how to Install Seafile Server On Ubuntu 20.04|18.04. Seafile Server is an open source, enterprise, self-hosted file hosting platform build for performance and high reliability. Seafile enables you to put files on your own server and allow others and your different devices to sync and access it. You can as well access all the files as a virtual disk.
Features of Seafile
- Built-in File Encryption: Files are encrypted before syncing to the server. Even the system admin can’t view the files.
- Drive Client: Use drive client to access files in the cloud in
local S: drivewithout syncing them. - Reliable File Syncing: Has Reliable and efficient file syncing which improves your productivity.
- Easy to Upgrade: Upgrade can be done by running a simple script within a few seconds
- Enterprise Ready: Seafile supports
AD/LDAPintegration, group syncing, fine-grained permission control make the tool easily applied to your enterprise environment.
Seafile Server Requirements
- HTTP Server – Nginx or Apache
- Database Server – MySQL or MariaDB
- Python Tools
Our installation steps will start with installing above software requirements before downloading and setting up a Seafile server. Follow steps below to Install Seafile Server On Ubuntu 20.04|18.04.
Step 1: Install MariaDB Database Server
Start with the installation of MariaDB database server using the steps below.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mariadb-serverSecure MariaDB database server:
sudo mysql_secure_installationChange authentication plugin to allow use of root password.
$ sudo mysql -u root
UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'mysql_native_password' WHERE User = 'root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT;After installation of MariaDB database server, create a user and database for Seafile.
First login to MySQL shell as root user:
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 48
Server version: 10.3.11-MariaDB-1:10.3.11+maria~bionic-log mariadb.org binary distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]>Three components of Seafile Server need their own databases:
- ccnet server
- seafile server
- seahub server
We will create a database for each of these server components.
CREATE DATABASE seafile_server;
CREATE DATABASE ccnet_server;
CREATE DATABASE seahub_server;Create database user and grant privileges for created databases.
CREATE USER 'seafile'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';
GRANT ALL ON seafile_server.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost';
GRANT ALL ON ccnet_server.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost';
GRANT ALL ON seahub_server.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost';
QUIT;Confirm access by Logging into the database as seafile user:
$ mysql -u seafile -pStrongPassword
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 49
Server version: 10.3.11-MariaDB-1:10.3.11+maria~bionic-log mariadb.org binary distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| ccnet_server |
| information_schema |
| seafile_server |
| seahub_server |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.001 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> QUIT
ByeStep 2: Install Python dependencies
Seafile depends heavily on Python and its modules. Install required Python dependencies on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04 by running the following commands in your terminal.
Ubuntu 20.04:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-{pip,pil,ldap,urllib3,setuptools,mysqldb,memcache,requests}
sudo apt install ffmpeg memcached libmemcached-dev
sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo pip3 install --timeout=3600 Pillow pylibmc captcha jinja2 sqlalchemy==1.4.3
sudo pip3 install --timeout=3600 django-pylibmc django-simple-captcha python3-ldap mysqlclientUbuntu 18.04:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-{pip,pil,ldap,urllib3,setuptools,mysqldb,memcache,requests}
sudo pip3 install --timeout=3600 Pillow pylibmc captcha jinja2 sqlalchemy==1.4.3
sudo pip3 install --timeout=3600 django-pylibmc django-simple-captcha python3-ldapStep 3: Download and Install Seafile Server
Check the latest release of Seafile server before downloading. This article could be outdated at the time of your installation.
As of this writing, the current version is 8.0.7
sudo apt -y install wget
export VER="8.0.7"
wget https://download.seadrive.org/seafile-server_${VER}_x86-64.tar.gzOnce the file is downloaded, extract the archive to /srv directory.
sudo tar -xvf seafile-server_${VER}_x86-64.tar.gz -C /srv
sudo mv /srv/seafile-server-${VER} /srv/seafileThere is no installation needed, just run setup script.
cd /srv/seafile/
sudo ./setup-seafile-mysql.shThe script will guide you to setup your seafile server using MySQL.
$ sudo ./setup-seafile-mysql.sh
Checking python on this machine ...
Checking python module: setuptools ... Done.
Checking python module: python-imaging ... Done.
Checking python module: python-mysqldb ... Done.
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This script will guide you to setup your seafile server using MySQL.
Make sure you have read seafile server manual at
https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki
Press ENTER to continue
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What is the name of the server? It will be displayed on the client.
3 - 15 letters or digits
[ server name ] Seafile-Server
What is the ip or domain of the server?
For example: www.mycompany.com, 192.168.1.101
[ This server's ip or domain ] fileserver.example.com
Where do you want to put your seafile data?
Please use a volume with enough free space
[ default "/srv/seafile-data" ]
Which port do you want to use for the seafile fileserver?
[ default "8082" ]
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Please choose a way to initialize seafile databases:
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[1] Create new ccnet/seafile/seahub databases
[2] Use existing ccnet/seafile/seahub databases
[ 1 or 2 ] 2
What is the host of mysql server?
[ default "localhost" ] <Enter>
What is the port of mysql server?
[ default "3306" ] <Enter>
Which mysql user to use for seafile?
[ mysql user for seafile ] seafile
What is the password for mysql user "seafile"?
[ password for seafile ] StrongPassword
verifying password of user seafile ... done
Enter the existing database name for ccnet:
[ ccnet database ] ccnet_server
verifying user "seafile" access to database ccnet_server ... done
Enter the existing database name for seafile:
[ seafile database ] seafile_server
verifying user "seafile" access to database seafile_server ... done
Enter the existing database name for seahub:
[ seahub database ] seahub_server
verifying user "seafile" access to database seahub_server ... done
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This is your configuration
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server name: Seafile-Server
server ip/domain: fileserver.example.com
seafile data dir: /srv/seafile-data
fileserver port: 8082
database: use existing
ccnet database: ccnet_server
seafile database: seafile_server
seahub database: seahub_server
database user: seafile
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Press ENTER to continue, or Ctrl-C to abort
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Generating ccnet configuration ...
done
Successly create configuration dir /srv/ccnet.
Generating seafile configuration ...
Done.
done
Generating seahub configuration ...
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Now creating seahub database tables ...
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creating seafile-server-latest symbolic link ... done
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Your seafile server configuration has been finished successfully.
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run seafile server: ./seafile.sh { start | stop | restart }
run seahub server: ./seahub.sh { start <port> | stop | restart <port> }
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If you are behind a firewall, remember to allow input/output of these tcp ports:
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port of seafile fileserver: 8082
port of seahub: 8000
When problems occur, Refer to
https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki for information.
Seafile Server will run on port 8082 and the Seafile Web UI will be available on port 8000.
Start Seafile services
Start Seafile server daemon which handles raw file upload, download and synchronization:
$ cd /srv/seafile
$ sudo ./seafile.sh start
[12/15/18 05:08:27] ../common/session.c(132): using config file /srv/conf/ccnet.conf
Starting seafile server, please wait ...
Seafile server started
Done.Then start the Seahub (Django) web frontend service:
$ sudo ./seahub.sh start
LC_ALL is not set in ENV, set to en_US.UTF-8
Starting seahub at port 8000 ...
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It's the first time you start the seafile server. Now let's create the admin account
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What is the email for the admin account?
[ admin email ] [email protected]
What is the password for the admin account?
[ admin password ] <ENTER ADMIN PASSWORD>
Enter the password again: <CONFIRM ADMIN PASSWORD>
[ admin password again ]
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Successfully created seafile admin
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Seahub is started
Done.If you experience issues with Locale settings, set them like below:
echo "export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >>~/.bashrc
echo "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >>~/.bashrc
echo "export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8" >>~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrcAdd the lines to ~/.bashrc file to have persistent LC settings.
Step 4: Create Seafile Systemd Service
I prefer managing Seafile with systemd. Create a systemd unit file for Seafile backend server.
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/seafile.service<<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Seafile
After= mysql.service
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/srv/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh start
ExecStop=/srv/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh stop
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOFAlso create one for Seahub
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/seahub.service<<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Seafile
After= mysql.service
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/srv/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh start
ExecStop=/srv/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh stop
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOFStart and enable the services to start on boot:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start seafile && sudo systemctl enable seafile
sudo systemctl start seahub && sudo systemctl enable seahubConfirm services status:
# systemctl status seafile
● seafile.service - Seafile
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/seafile.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-12-15 06:01:19 PST; 14s ago
Process: 26437 ExecStart=/srv/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 14 (limit: 2319)
CGroup: /system.slice/seafile.service
├─26476 /srv/seafile/seafile/bin/seafile-controller -c /srv/ccnet -d /srv/seafile-data -F /srv/conf
├─26478 ccnet-server -F /srv/conf -c /srv/ccnet -f /srv/logs/ccnet.log -d -P /srv/pids/ccnet.pid
└─26482 seaf-server -F /srv/conf -c /srv/ccnet -d /srv/seafile-data -l /srv/logs/seafile.log -P /srv/pids/seaf-server.pid
Dec 15 06:01:16 ubuntu-01 systemd[1]: Starting Seafile...
Dec 15 06:01:16 ubuntu-01 seafile.sh[26437]: [12/15/18 06:01:16] ../common/session.c(132): using config file /srv/conf/ccnet.conf
Dec 15 06:01:16 ubuntu-01 seafile.sh[26437]: Starting seafile server, please wait ...
Dec 15 06:01:19 ubuntu-01 seafile.sh[26437]: Seafile server started
Dec 15 06:01:19 ubuntu-01 seafile.sh[26437]: Done.
Dec 15 06:01:19 ubuntu-01 systemd[1]: Started Seafile.
# systemctl status seahub
● seahub.service - Seafile
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/seahub.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-12-15 06:02:43 PST; 4s ago
Process: 26572 ExecStart=/srv/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 26600 (python2.7)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 2319)
CGroup: /system.slice/seahub.service
├─26600 python2.7 /srv/seafile/seahub/thirdpart/gunicorn seahub.wsgi:application -c /srv/conf/gunicorn.conf --preload
├─26607 python2.7 /srv/seafile/seahub/thirdpart/gunicorn seahub.wsgi:application -c /srv/conf/gunicorn.conf --preload
├─26608 python2.7 /srv/seafile/seahub/thirdpart/gunicorn seahub.wsgi:application -c /srv/conf/gunicorn.conf --preload
├─26609 python2.7 /srv/seafile/seahub/thirdpart/gunicorn seahub.wsgi:application -c /srv/conf/gunicorn.conf --preload
├─26610 python2.7 /srv/seafile/seahub/thirdpart/gunicorn seahub.wsgi:application -c /srv/conf/gunicorn.conf --preload
└─26611 python2.7 /srv/seafile/seahub/thirdpart/gunicorn seahub.wsgi:application -c /srv/conf/gunicorn.conf --preload
Dec 15 06:02:38 ubuntu-01 systemd[1]: Starting Seafile...
Dec 15 06:02:38 ubuntu-01 seahub.sh[26572]: LC_ALL is not set in ENV, set to en_US.UTF-8
Dec 15 06:02:38 ubuntu-01 seahub.sh[26572]: Starting seahub at port 8000 ...
Dec 15 06:02:43 ubuntu-01 seahub.sh[26572]: Seahub is started
Dec 15 06:02:43 ubuntu-01 seahub.sh[26572]: Done.
Dec 15 06:02:43 ubuntu-01 systemd[1]: Started Seafile.Step 5: Configure Nginx Reverse Proxy
Now that you have the services running, it is time to configure nginx as a reverse proxy to the Seafile server.
sudo apt -y install nginxCreate a new configuration file under /etc/nginx/conf.d/seafile.conf with the following contents.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name fileserver.example.com;
autoindex off;
client_max_body_size 100M;
access_log /var/log/nginx/seafile.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/seafile.com.error.log;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
proxy_read_timeout 1200s;
}
location /seafhttp {
rewrite ^/seafhttp(.*)$ $1 break;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8082;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_connect_timeout 36000s;
proxy_read_timeout 36000s;
proxy_send_timeout 36000s;
send_timeout 36000s;
}
location /media {
root /srv/seafile-server-latest/seahub;
}
}Vist your Seafile server domain name on http://example.com
Enter admin user email and password to login. You should get to Seafile dashboard which looks like below.
You have successfully installed and Configured Seafile Server on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04 LTS.
