I’m currently debating on how to manage files on my servers. I have a jellyfin and a minecraft server on which I need to add, remove or download files quite often. I don’t really want to use scp for everything, so I was wondering what everyone uses.
Edit: I’m looking for a gui solution, but a somewhat automated process of backups etc. is also nice
Edit 2: For anyone wondering what my final solution was: I am currently using a wireguard vpn on a raspberry pi to access my servers. I use Xpipe as a gui interface to transfer my files. I also just use tmux and ssh to execute commands and run services.
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Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web Plex Brand of media server package SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network
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NFS comes to mind, naturally.
I remember some years ago scp had a big issue, can’t recall what, though. But that made me have a look at rsync, and I’ve been using that ever since. Flags are a bit atteocious, but I’ve aliases
rsync -avz status=progresstocopyand it’s been happy days. One other benefit - incremental copy. Helps in cases where a copy procedure had been stopped for whatever reason.rsync for backups. SMB / NFS for things I need on a daily basis. SSH FTP (use whatever client you want) for things I need rarely but don’t wanna bother with SCP and I especially don’t bother ever setting up vsftpd for ‘real’ FTP.
Linux?
I just use sshfs to mount ssh shares and move files between them like any other folder.
Same with samba shares (windows).
IDK what OS you are on but on Linux most file managers have support for remote filesystems. SFTP (SSH-FTP, not to be confused with FTPS which is FTP-secure) is ubiquitous and if you use
scpthen you already have SSH set up.If you need Windows support it is more of a pain. You may need to set up Samba or WebDAV and permissions can suck. But you can also download a third-party file browser that supports remote protocols.
So basically SFTP, and I fairly regularly just use a graphical file manager when I am doing one-off operations.
I’m using debian, so sftp would be an option, do you use a graphical client?
nemo for a gui, or midnightcommander after logging in via ssh for managing/moving files on the server.
Can you tell us what’s your issue with scp? It’ll help us make better recommendations.
I mostly want some sort of graphical way, I’m often moving a bunch of loose files and seeing them is a lot easier for me when transferring
How exactly are you “losing” files?
Loose, not lose
