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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] 2 points 6 months ago

docker, persistent shared storage

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 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 6 months ago (7 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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

IDK what OS you are on but on Linux most file managers have support for remote filesystems. SFTP (SSH-FTP, not to be confused with FTPS which is FTP-secure) is ubiquitous and if you use scp then you already have SSH set up.

If you need Windows support it is more of a pain. You may need to set up Samba or WebDAV and permissions can suck. But you can also download a third-party file browser that supports remote protocols.

So basically SFTP, and I fairly regularly just use a graphical file manager when I am doing one-off operations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I'm using debian, so sftp would be an option, do you use a graphical client?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

NFS, SMB, and/or sshfs

  • NFS for my media shares between servers (Emby, MPD, etc)
  • SMB for accessing from workstations
  • sshfs when I need a quick, one-off file session (or if I'm accessing remotely)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Sshfs is also a good candidate if for whatever reason you want security / encryption

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I tend to use rsync 99% times.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (9 children)

how would you do that with a large media library?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Wouldn’t FileBrowser work? Idk if you’re on docker or not though

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

NFS comes to mind, naturally.

I remember some years ago scp had a big issue, can't recall what, though. But that made me have a look at rsync, and I've been using that ever since. Flags are a bit atteocious, but I've aliases rsync -avz status=progress to copy and it's been happy days. One other benefit - incremental copy. Helps in cases where a copy procedure had been stopped for whatever reason.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

scp is one of the best options. You could also try sshfs if you want something more interactive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm mostly looking for something graphical

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