Seafile File Synchronization Server

Seafile File Synchronization Server
(posted 2018.12.05, last updated 2021.05.04)

Tested for Ubuntu 18.04

Install prerequisites

  apt-get install sqlite3 ffmpeg python2.7 libpython2.7 python-setuptools python-ldap python-urllib3 python-pip python-requests
  pip install Pillow==4.3.0
  pip install moviepy  # used in movie file thumbnails

enable apache modules
```
  a2enmod proxy_http
```

Add new seperate user

  adduser seafile --system --home /var/seafile --disabled-login --group
  usermod -a -G fuse seafile

Setup a directory
```
  mkdir /var/seafile
  cd /var/seafile
```

Download files (https://www.seafile.com/en/download/)

  wget https://download.seadrive.org/seafile-server_6.3.4_x86-64.tar.gz
  tar -xzf seafile-server_*
  cd seafile-server-*

Change ownership
```
  chown -R seafile:seafile /var/seafile
```
Run installation
```
  sudo -u seafile ./setup-seafile.sh
```

TODO: install + more config details

Configurations

nano /var/seafile/conf/ccnet.conf

  [General]
  USER_NAME = MYseafile
  ID = IDIDIDIDIDID
  NAME = MYseafile
  SERVICE_URL = https://seafile.example.net

  [Network]
  #default 10001
  PORT = 10001

nano /var/seafile/seahub_settings.py

  SECRET_KEY = "SECRETKEY"
  FILE_SERVER_ROOT = 'https://seafile.example.net/seafhttp'

  EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
  EMAIL_HOST = 'mail.example.net'
  EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'seafile@example.net'
  EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'PASSWORD'
  EMAIL_PORT = 587
  DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'seafile@example.net'
  SERVER_EMAIL = 'seafile@example.net'

nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

  # SeaFile #########################################################

  <VirtualHost *:80>
          ServerName seafile.example.net
          Redirect "/" "https://seafile.example.net/"
  </VirtualHost>

  <VirtualHost *:443>
          ServerName seafile.example.net
          DocumentRoot /var/www
          RewriteEngine on
          SSLEngine on
          SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/seafile.example.net/cert.pem
          SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/seafile.example.net/privkey.pem
          SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/seafile.example.net/chain.pem

          Alias /media  /var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seahub/media
          <Location /media>
                  ProxyPass !
                  Require all granted
          </Location>

          #SeaFile FileServer
          ProxyPass /seafhttp http://127.0.0.1:9103
          ProxyPassReverse /seafhttp http://127.0.0.1:9103
          RewriteRule ^/seafhttp - [QSA,L]

          #SeaFile WebDAV
          SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
          ProxyPass /seafdav http://127.0.0.1:9105/seafdav/
          ProxyPassReverse /seafdav http://127.0.0.1:9105/seafdav/

          #SeaHub
          SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
          ProxyPassMatch ^/.well-known/acme-challenge/ !
          ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:9101/
          ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:9101/

          CustomLog /var/log/apache2/seafile_access.log defaultcombined
          ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/seafile_error.log
          LogLevel warn
  </VirtualHost>
  #####################################################################

FUSE: Allow (non-root) users to use options allow_other, allow_root:
Edit /etc/fuse.conf and uncomment user_allow_other

SystemD Service: Start at boot

/etc/systemd/system/seafile.service

  [Unit]
  Description=Seafile
  # add mysql.service or postgresql.service depending on your database to the line below
  After=network.target

  [Service]
  Type=forking
  ExecStart=/var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh start
  ExecStop=/var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh stop
  User=seafile
  Group=seafile

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

/etc/systemd/system/seahub.service

  [Unit]
  Description=Seafile hub
  After=network.target seafile.service

  [Service]
  Type=forking
  ExecStart=/var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh start
  ExecStop=/var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh stop
  User=seafile
  Group=seafile

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

/etc/systemd/system/seafuse.service

  [Unit]
  Description=Seafile FUSE
  After=network.target seafile.service

  [Service]
  Type=forking
  ExecStart=/var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seaf-fuse.sh start -o ro,allow_other /var/seafile/fuse
  ExecStop=/var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seaf-fuse.sh stop
  User=seafile
  Group=seafile

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable Services (start on boot)

  systemctl enable seafile.service
  systemctl enable seahub.service
  systemctl enable seafuse.service
  systemctl start seafile.service
  systemctl start seahub.service
  systemctl start seafuse.service

Garbage collection

nano /var/seafile/myscripts/cleanup.sh

      #!/bin/bash
      # stop the server
      echo Stopping the Seafile-Server...
      systemctl stop seafuse
      systemctl stop seahub
      systemctl stop seafile

      echo Giving the server some time to shut down properly....
      sleep 20

      # run the cleanup
      echo Seafile cleanup started...
      sudo -u seafile /var/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seaf-gc.sh

      echo Giving the server some time....
      sleep 10

      # start the server again
      echo Starting the Seafile-Server...
      systemctl start seafile
      systemctl start seahub
      systemctl start seafuse

      echo Seafile cleanup done!

sudo chmod +x /var/seafile/myscripts/cleanup.sh
sudo crontab -e

WebDAV (e.g. for use with Android FolderSync)

http://manual.seafile.com/extension/webdav.html

SystemD Service: Start at boot

Garbage collection

WebDAV (e.g. for use with Android FolderSync)

References