Get rid of Google and Dropbox - Use Seafile sync and drive self hosted, open source options instead.

Seafile is a beautifully simple, and yet really powerful syncing and drive application that you can run on your own hardware, allowing you to maintain control of your data. It gets back to the simplest concepts of data syncing, and drive usage.

If you've been looking to ditch Google, Dropbox, Apple, and / or Microsoft for something less intrusive, and more private, then Seafile may just be the perfect fir for you, your family, your business, and more.

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======== TIMESTAMPS ========
00:00 Beginning
00:09 Introduction to Seafile File Syncing
03:15 Thank you to my Patrons at Patreon, and my subscribers on YouTube for your support!
03:50 Setting up for Install with Portainer
11:05 Setting up for Install via the CLI and Docker-Compose
12:40 Check our Logs
13:00 Access our Seafile Web User Interface
13:25 Seafile Web UI Overview
14:00 ** NOTE: Sync is not the same as a Backup
15:20 System Admin overview
16:30 Add a New User
22:15 Setup Sync Clients
28:45 Setup NGinX Proxy Manager for syncing outside your Network
30:10 Setup SeaDrive Syncing Drive

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=== Attributions ===

[RO_dude]

So many people confuse synching and backups... Thank you for mentioning the difference. Came here to learn about Seafile after watching Linus Tech Tips latest video talking about Seafile and synching as it was the same thing as a backup.

[rhuwyn]

One of the things I love about your videos is that you give examples of cloud or closed source software that could be replaced by the software your highlighting.

[emanuelwieland]

AWESOME! You're the only one i click on the thumbs up button even before watching the video.
Fantastic and instructive content as always.
Thank you!

[AlexRubio]

Been using this for over 7 years, Thanks!

[dimitristsoutsouras]

... your explanation on things / services /guides goes better with each video. Something that is missed on a lot of pro channels. Nice!
What it is important is the why of doing things and not just here is how to do it and go copy paste everything.

[pedrokatuniz]

Seafile is not a backup I agree, but it's file history feature saved me and a few customers quite often! You can also restore snapshots of any library.

Thanks for your great work, love this channel!

[pipeba]

Thank you for this awesome guide! ❤ This is just what I was looking for to fulfill one of the requirements of my TI Infrastructure class project!

[Jonteponte]

Maybe someone has already pointed this out. But if you register. You can get the professional version and run with ALL features for up to three people for free. If you're alone or a small family that is a great option.

[arunlouie]

Very detailed walkthrough. Much appreciated

[theodorstravels]

I don't quite understand where did you change the location the files will be saved to, in the host machine. I have no desire to have terabytes of data tried to be put on my system ssd.

[servertech]

I've just installed seafile due to installation problems with nextcloud aio, but unfortunately seafile android app is not synching the files.

[martingjsmith]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial. I have setup Seafile on an OMV5 machine and a newer OMV6 setup on a Raspberry Pi and both work fine. Is it possible to have the Desktop Clients point to two different Seafile machines?

[dat-boi]

everything worked for me except when i tried to set up nginx. in this vid you already had your nginx proxy manager set up, and when i made mine, i think i did something wrong because in the nginx proxy manager when i click my host it says cannot find page. or maybe it was something i did when setting up portainer. because portainer set up for 8000:8000 and 9000:9000 but portainer only runs on 9000. could the issue be with portainer taking up 8000, and either seafile or nginx is auto set to use that port as well? thanks for this vid, docker, portainer, and seafile seem to be very useful tools if i can figure out how to use them effectively

[monishm]

What would you recommend for backing up the data after i set this up for syncing between my devices, i have proxmox running on my home server.

[vadimkutia]

Please tell me how to install the connector for Shadow Daemon VAF on Seafile?

[servertech]

Thank you for great tutorial. Normally I use Resilio Sync but on IOS you have to keep open the app during synching and it sucks. Does seafile continue to sync the files even the app works background on IOS ?

[brennt]

I wanted to use Seadrive on my Mac to offload some files, but it does not look like Seadrive maintains the Date Created or Date Modified attributes of the file, only Date Modified. I wonder if that is the expected behavior or if this is only happening on Mac OS. I am using the community edition of the server, so not sure if the professional version adds this functionality.

[mirkoregina]

Hi, I have a debian-based Q4OS linux distro and I need to connect 4 hard drives with windows and mac backups and I would like to create a server with raid sharing of all hard drives and including a continuous and incremental backup of smartphones too and ipad in the family ... I was thinking about nextcloud, openmediavault or seafile but there would probably be something else missing to perfect everything and for example the search for folders on different file systems and compatibility with android, ipados, mac and windows. also nvidia shield which can act as a nas if it would be enough and without paying plex. Advice? Thank you.

[dontaylor]

Just tried this and it errors out with this error "ERROR: Service "db" uses an undefined network "seafile-net", adding the network didn't help not sure what to do now. Any help would be appreciated,

[borotes]

Thank you for your tutorial! I installed it just like you, but have the problem, when restarting seafile docker does not start till I type: sudo docker-compose up -d... Did that happen to you too?