imclab / filehub

file sharing for a small circle of people

FileHub

what's this

file sharing web app

you can upload, download, delete, etc

how to use it

1. sudo pip install tornado
2. python filehub.py

then it's up and running on localhost:8888

customization

using nginx

by default FileHub handles file upload/download with tornado itself, for fast-setup consideration

but tornado is not so efficient in serving static files and especially uploading files (limited by RAM or so, people say)

so FileHub comes with nginx support

you can easily switch to nginx:

1. install nginx with nginx upload module

• notice: this module doesn't support newest version of nginx, I'm using nginx 1.2.9 and it works fine

2. put nginx.conf to /etc/nginx/site-enabled/ (may differ for different OS)
3. change the following fields in filehub.conf on your needs:

• root in location ^~ /static/
• alias in location /download/
• upload_store in location /upload/ (make sure you create it)

4. uncomment static_server = 'nginx' in config.py

that's it

files location

files will be uploaded to files/ folder right in FileHub root directory by default

you can change that by modifying files_path in config.py

this may be useful if you want to store files on another disk

super user

FileHub now comes with a simple auth system, to indentify the uploader and protect users' files

by default a super user account will be generated with the project's initial setup

username: makto

password: toruk

super user could delete any file or folder despite its real owner

you can alter any user into super user with raw SQL in the command line

future features

• codes and comments cleaning
• more elegant module structure
• display corresponding icons for different type of file
• display uploading progress for individual file
• handle uploading errors

built with & thanks to

• Tornado
• jQuery
• Pure
• jQuery File Uploader
• nginx upload module