FileGator on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by cloudimg

FileGator is a powerful, self hosted, multi user web file manager. Through a clean browser interface your team can upload, download, zip, unzip, copy, move, rename and edit files, with per user roles, granular permissions and isolated home directories. This image is built and maintained by cloudimg on a hardened, fully patched Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, with FileGator 7.14 served by nginx and PHP 8.3, so the appliance is complete and useful on its own within minutes of launch.

There is no database server to run or maintain: files are stored on the local filesystem and users are held in a simple JSON store. Only the public web folder is exposed, so the application code, dependencies and private data stay outside the web root. The upstream default administrator password never ships. On the first boot of every VM a fresh administrator password is generated, written as a bcrypt hash into the user store, and recorded in a root only file, so no shared or default credential ships in the image.

The image is host agnostic: it derives its runtime URL from the request host, so FileGator renders on the VM public IP, on 127.0.0.1, or on any domain you point at it, with no URL rewrite needed. Anonymous access is disabled, and each user you create is given only the role, home directory and permissions they need, including read, write, upload, download, batch download, zip and chmod. nginx serves the app on port 80; for production, front it with your own domain and TLS.

FileGator is free and open source software distributed under the MIT License. This image is an independent packaging of the open source FileGator software by cloudimg and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the FileGator project. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.