Seafile installation in CentOS

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Seafile is a file hosting software system. Files are stored on a central server and can be synchronized with personal computers and mobile devices via the Seafile client. Files can also be accessed via the server's web interface. Seafile's functionality is similar to other popular services such as Dropbox and Google Drive, with the primary difference being that Seafile is free and open-source, enabling users to host their own Seafile servers without artificially imposed limits on storage space or client connections.

WARNING

CentOS 7 reached the EOL June 30, 2024:

https://blog.centos.org/2023/04/end-dates-are-coming-for-centos-stream-8-and-centos-linux-7/

Because of this, you may encounter some repository issues. We recommend that you reinstall another OS that has not yet reached EOL.

If you are using CentOS 7 and encounter a mirror issue, please check out this guide to resolve the problem.

Demo: https://seacloud.cc/demo

0. Preliminary requirements:

"CentOS" template installed on server.

1. Installing necessary packages

yum -y install sqlite python-simplejson python-setuptools python-imaging mysql-server

2. Creating Seafile directory

mkdir /opt/seafile

cd /opt/seafile

3. Downloading and extracting Seafile archive

wget https://seafile.googlecode.com/files/seafile-server_2.1.3_x86-64.tar.gz

Newest versions can be found here.

tar -xzf seafile-server_2.1.3_x86-64.tar.gz

4. Creating Seafile user

useradd -d /opt/seafile/ seafile

chown -R seafile. /opt/seafile/

5. Installing Seafile

su - seafile

/opt/seafile/seafile-server-2.1.3/setup-seafile.sh

6. Starting Seafile

/opt/seafile/seafile-server-2.1.3/setup-seafile.sh

/opt/seafile/seafile-server-2.1.3/seahub.sh start

After this you will be able to reach your Seafire instance at:

http://server_ip:8000 or http://server_hostname:8000