Filerun - Self-Hosted File Sync and Sharing
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I gave this a shot in the LAMP app as well and have replaced my need for Nextcloud with Filerun.
Since I don't have a need for any of Nextcloud's apps using Filerun just makes more sense. Filerun is compatible with the nextcloud mobile and desktop apps for file sync as well!
So far it's much faster for that too - however there are no Nextcloud apps / plugins. (But I don't need them, like I said above so it's not a big deal to me.)
If you need Nextcloud but only need to do file sync, and don't need apps, Filerun is really worthy of recommendation and consideration.
Not sure how to package this for cloudron, but in the LAMP app it works as expected.
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I gave this a shot in the LAMP app as well and have replaced my need for Nextcloud with Filerun.
Since I don't have a need for any of Nextcloud's apps using Filerun just makes more sense. Filerun is compatible with the nextcloud mobile and desktop apps for file sync as well!
So far it's much faster for that too - however there are no Nextcloud apps / plugins. (But I don't need them, like I said above so it's not a big deal to me.)
If you need Nextcloud but only need to do file sync, and don't need apps, Filerun is really worthy of recommendation and consideration.
Not sure how to package this for cloudron, but in the LAMP app it works as expected.
@murgero said in Filerun - Self-Hosted File Sync and Sharing:
Filerun is compatible with the nextcloud mobile and desktop apps for file sync as well!
How so? What do you do in the app?
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@murgero said in Filerun - Self-Hosted File Sync and Sharing:
Filerun is compatible with the nextcloud mobile and desktop apps for file sync as well!
How so? What do you do in the app?
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@robi The webdav server that filerun uses is compatible with Nextcloud's desktop and mobile apps (as in the sync tool for nextcloud, not the apps you install in nextcloud)
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@murgero Got it, thanks, had a feeling that was webdav related!
That also means it should be easily mountable as a network drive in Windows/MacOS.
@robi Hopefully easier than Nextcloud for WebDav mounting too, as I still have an issue that makes it useless with Windows:
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@robi Hopefully easier than Nextcloud for WebDav mounting too, as I still have an issue that makes it useless with Windows:
@marcusquinn oh right, try it out! If you don't have Filerun installed, I can offer mine for you to test with. Ping me off forum.
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@robi Hopefully easier than Nextcloud for WebDav mounting too, as I still have an issue that makes it useless with Windows:
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Does the OnlyOffice plugin work on the free version of Filerun?
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Does the OnlyOffice plugin work on the free version of Filerun?
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@WiseMetalhead No. Filerun does not support Nextcloud plugins
@murgero said in Filerun - Self-Hosted File Sync and Sharing:
@WiseMetalhead No. Filerun does not support Nextcloud plugins
I'm sorry, I meant the integrations built into Filerun.
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@murgero said in Filerun - Self-Hosted File Sync and Sharing:
@WiseMetalhead No. Filerun does not support Nextcloud plugins
I'm sorry, I meant the integrations built into Filerun.
@WiseMetalhead It is working fine on my instance.
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@murgero said in Filerun - Self-Hosted File Sync and Sharing:
@WiseMetalhead No. Filerun does not support Nextcloud plugins
I'm sorry, I meant the integrations built into Filerun.
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Damn, this app is fast, even as a web app....
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Damn, this app is fast, even as a web app....
@necrevistonnezr Yes, I noticed the same. Very snappy and a joy to use compared to similar interfaces.
I wondered if the dev used some neat tricks more devs could learn to use too.
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@necrevistonnezr Yes, I noticed the same. Very snappy and a joy to use compared to similar interfaces.
I wondered if the dev used some neat tricks more devs could learn to use too.
@robi Compared to other similar apps, I've always appreciated that I could easily install this one* because it is basically just a php app run on Apache. So many others have extra steps or software, like RoR for Redbooth (or whatever it was before), weird installs like using Dazzle with Sparkleshare, Pydio and it's own executables, NodeJS or Java apps which I could never get to run, or even a few whose names I forget that use Python (about which I would always, of course, forget about activating the env). The day I discovered FileRun, gave it a try, and it installed and ran was one of the happiest days of my life, superceded only when I discovered Cloudron.
(*That said, I also like ResourceSpace though it's slower than FileRun.)
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@robi Compared to other similar apps, I've always appreciated that I could easily install this one* because it is basically just a php app run on Apache. So many others have extra steps or software, like RoR for Redbooth (or whatever it was before), weird installs like using Dazzle with Sparkleshare, Pydio and it's own executables, NodeJS or Java apps which I could never get to run, or even a few whose names I forget that use Python (about which I would always, of course, forget about activating the env). The day I discovered FileRun, gave it a try, and it installed and ran was one of the happiest days of my life, superceded only when I discovered Cloudron.
(*That said, I also like ResourceSpace though it's slower than FileRun.)
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I'm seriously considering the switch from Nextcloud to Filerun. I'm trying to find more info on the security side of things. From what I can gather from the documentation and the Changelog
In general,
- 2FA is supported out of the box,
- each WebDAV App gets a separate password that can be revoked,
- except for the
superuseraccount, all accounts are protected against brute force attack
https://filerun.com/changelog lists a
Security audit by Christian Poeschl and Tobias Braeutigam, from "syntegris information solutions GmbH".
but it wasn't published, it seems.
From the documentation: https://docs.filerun.com/doku.php?id=secure&rev=1641578988
Securing the FileRun installation
Once you have FileRun running, it is strongly recommended to follow these steps in order to secure it:- The default user account, superuser, is the only account not protected against brute force login attacks, so it is very important that you set a password that cannot be guessed by a computer. Set a long password, containing also uppercase letters, digits and symbols.
- Accessing the FileRun installation via SSL|SSL/HTTPS, instead of plain HTTP will strongly increases your data security. Get a free SSL certificate for your server here: https://letsencrypt.org
- Make sure
session.cookie_httponlyis set to On, in your server's PHP configuration file, for increased security against cross-site-scripting attacks. - Update the configured MySQL user account and remove the ALTER and DROP privileges. (You might need to add these back before installing any FileRun update.)
- If you are on a shared hosting service, make sure the permissions of the FileRun application files do not allow PHP (or any other web server application) to make changes to them. Make an exception for the system/data folder and its contents, where FileRun needs to be able to make changes.
- Make sure
display_errorsis set to Off, in your server's PHP configuration file. - Register your FileRun installation, from the control panel, under Software licensing, to be able to keep the installation secure and up to date!
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I'm seriously considering the switch from Nextcloud to Filerun. I'm trying to find more info on the security side of things. From what I can gather from the documentation and the Changelog
In general,
- 2FA is supported out of the box,
- each WebDAV App gets a separate password that can be revoked,
- except for the
superuseraccount, all accounts are protected against brute force attack
https://filerun.com/changelog lists a
Security audit by Christian Poeschl and Tobias Braeutigam, from "syntegris information solutions GmbH".
but it wasn't published, it seems.
From the documentation: https://docs.filerun.com/doku.php?id=secure&rev=1641578988
Securing the FileRun installation
Once you have FileRun running, it is strongly recommended to follow these steps in order to secure it:- The default user account, superuser, is the only account not protected against brute force login attacks, so it is very important that you set a password that cannot be guessed by a computer. Set a long password, containing also uppercase letters, digits and symbols.
- Accessing the FileRun installation via SSL|SSL/HTTPS, instead of plain HTTP will strongly increases your data security. Get a free SSL certificate for your server here: https://letsencrypt.org
- Make sure
session.cookie_httponlyis set to On, in your server's PHP configuration file, for increased security against cross-site-scripting attacks. - Update the configured MySQL user account and remove the ALTER and DROP privileges. (You might need to add these back before installing any FileRun update.)
- If you are on a shared hosting service, make sure the permissions of the FileRun application files do not allow PHP (or any other web server application) to make changes to them. Make an exception for the system/data folder and its contents, where FileRun needs to be able to make changes.
- Make sure
display_errorsis set to Off, in your server's PHP configuration file. - Register your FileRun installation, from the control panel, under Software licensing, to be able to keep the installation secure and up to date!
@necrevistonnezr It's been working very well for me thus far. Security seems decent - 2fa definitely helps with that. WebDAV is nice too as nextcloud apps can sync with that. It's also much faster since it doesn't have many apps/plugins installed from the get-go.
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BTW if you had non-critical errors displayed by the Nextcloud desktop client, see https://feedback.filerun.com/en/communities/1/topics/1501-nextcloud-macos-client-sync-errors-a-different-e-tag-to-proceed-was-received
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