Seafile Stack

Seafile 13 Pro with SeaDoc, SeaSearch, Notification Server, and Metadata Server.

Services

Service	Port	Description
seafile	8098:80	Main Seafile server
seadoc	8888:80	Document collaboration
notification-server	8083:8083	Real-time notifications
seafile-md-server	8084:8084	Metadata server
seasearch	4080:4080	Full-text search
seafile-mysql	-	MariaDB database
seafile-redis	-	Redis cache

Configuration Files

Copy these to /mnt/user/appdata/seafile/ before deploying:

seahub_settings.py - Seahub configuration
seafile.conf - Seafile server configuration

NGINX Proxy Manager Setup

fileserver.rishighan.com

Create HTTPS proxy with this Advanced config:

location / {
    proxy_pass http://192.168.1.75:8098;
    proxy_read_timeout 310s;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    client_max_body_size 0;
}

rewrite ^/seafdav$ /seafdav/ permanent;

location /sdoc-server/ {
    proxy_pass http://192.168.1.75:8888/;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
    client_max_body_size 100m;
}

location /socket.io {
    proxy_pass http://192.168.1.75:8888;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_buffers 8 32k;
    proxy_buffer_size 64k;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
}

notification.rishighan.com

Create separate HTTPS proxy pointing to 192.168.1.75:8083

Migration from VM

Stop Seafile on VM:

ssh rishi@192.168.1.112
cd /opt/seafile && docker compose down

Create directories:

mkdir -p /mnt/user/appdata/seafile/{data,db-data,seadoc-data,seasearch-data}

Copy data:

rsync -avP rishi@192.168.1.112:~/seafile/data/ /mnt/user/appdata/seafile/data/
rsync -avP rishi@192.168.1.112:~/seafile/db-data/ /mnt/user/appdata/seafile/db-data/

Copy config files:

cp seahub_settings.py /mnt/user/appdata/seafile/
cp seafile.conf /mnt/user/appdata/seafile/

Update NPM proxies to point to 192.168.1.75 instead of 192.168.1.112
Deploy stack via Portainer

Notes

Notifications only work for shared library events between users
SeaDoc requires the /sdoc-server/ and /socket.io proxy locations
WebDAV is enabled on port 8080 at /seafdav