Multiple Seafile instances on one machine

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@Seagull

Each company should have its on seafile instance and i wanna know from you guys if this can be done and recommended on one machine, (without virtualizing the whole thing of course) without running into any issues or in other words: Can i run multiple instances of seafile server pro on one debian machine with the same stability a singular instance would have?

As @daniel.pan noted, this is not recommended and not supported “out-of-the-box” with seafile.

However it is possible:

1. You need to run the instances under different user ids.
2. You need to change all seafile scripts so pgrep/pkill will work correctly: s/pgrep/pgrep -u $(id -u)/ and s/pkill/pkill -u $(id -u)/
3. During install you need to choose different ports for all seafile instances.
4. During install you need a separate database for all seafile instances.
5. Don’t forget to apply 2. to the new code before updating an instance!

HTH and again: This is not recommended!