13 CE Docker - Direct link to an upload folder

Seafile Server
1

Hi

We are still in the process of converting from Seafile 11 “normal” installation to Seafile 13 Docker installation.

How can I achieve the same with the docker CE 13 version as what I describe below?

In our “normal” CE 11 installation we always had an upload folder.
NGINX simply forwarded the URL cloud.example.com/upload to that folder.
The NGINX code was the below for that.

location /upload {

       proxy_pass    https://cloud.example.com/u/d/e1e324e51973324e773e43/
       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;
       proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
       proxy_read_timeout  1200s;
       client_max_body_size 0;
       proxy_request_buffering off;

       access_log      /var/log/nginx/seafdav.access.log;
       error_log       /var/log/nginx/seafdav.error.log;
        }
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You can achieve the same behavior in Seafile 13 Docker by adding a reverse-proxy rule in your Nginx or Caddy configuration that maps /upload to the desired shared folder URL.

For example, in Nginx:

location /upload {
    proxy_pass https://cloud.example.com/u/d/e1e324e51973324e773e43/;
    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;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_read_timeout 1200s;
    client_max_body_size 0;
    proxy_request_buffering off;
}

This will let cloud.example.com/upload forward to the target upload folder URL, just like in your previous Seafile 11 setup.

If you use Caddy instead of Nginx, the same idea applies: create a route or rewrite rule that proxies /upload to that shared folder link.

For more information: Use other reverse proxy - Seafile Admin Manual

3

Ok, I found the solution!

In seafile-server.yml look for

labels:
  caddy: ${SEAFILE_SERVER_PROTOCOL:-http}://${SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME:?Variable is not set or empty}
  caddy.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"

then add below

      caddy.@upload.path: "/upload /upload/"
      caddy.redir: "@upload /u/d/e1e324e51973324e773e43/ 302"

Where the “e1e324e51973324e773e43” is the ID from my initial post.

Then restart with docker compose down / up -d

The upload link will now work.