hassio-addons/seafile

⚠ Open Issue : 🐛 [Seafile] 12.0.14 not started (opened 2025-09-15) by @KoalaMontana

Home assistant add-on: seafile

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About

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High performance file syncing and sharing, with also Markdown WYSIWYG editing, Wiki, file label and other knowledge management features.

This addon is based on the docker image https://hub.docker.com/r/franchetti/seafile-arm

Installation

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The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other add-on.

1. Add my add-ons repository to your home assistant instance (in supervisor addons store at top right, or click button below if you have configured my HA)
2. Install this add-on.
3. Click the Save button to store your configuration.
4. Set the add-on options to your preferences
5. Start the add-on.
6. Check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.
7. Open the webUI and adapt the software options

Configuration

Webui can be found at http://homeassistant:8000 (Seahub) and http://homeassistant:8082 (File server).

Setup Steps

1. Default login: me@example.com / a_very_secret_password
2. Change admin credentials after first login
3. Configure database (SQLite default, MariaDB recommended for production)
4. Set proper file server root URL for external access

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
PGID	int	1000	Group ID for file permissions
PUID	int	1000	User ID for file permissions
TZ	str	Europe/Paris	Timezone (e.g., Europe/London)
SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL	email	me@example.com	Admin email address
SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD	password	a_very_secret_password	Admin password
SERVER_IP	str	homeassistant.local	Server IP or hostname
FILE_SERVER_ROOT	str	http://homeassistant.local:8082	File server root URL
PORT	str	8082	File server port
url	str		External URL for Seafile
database	list	sqlite	Database type (sqlite/mariadb_addon)
data_location	str	/share/seafile	Data storage location
CONFIG_LOCATION	str		Custom config file location
localdisks	str		Local drives to mount (e.g., sda1,sdb1)
networkdisks	str		SMB shares to mount (e.g., //SERVER/SHARE)
cifsusername	str		SMB username for network shares
cifspassword	str		SMB password for network shares
cifsdomain	str		SMB domain for network shares

Example Configuration

PGID: 1000
PUID: 1000
TZ: "Europe/London"
SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL: "admin@mydomain.com"
SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "SecurePassword123"
SERVER_IP: "192.168.1.100"
FILE_SERVER_ROOT: "https://seafile.mydomain.com:8082"
url: "seafile.mydomain.com"
database: "mariadb_addon"
data_location: "/share/seafile"
localdisks: "sda1,sdb1"
networkdisks: "//nas.local/seafile"
cifsusername: "seafileuser"
cifspassword: "password123"
cifsdomain: "workgroup"

Mounting Drives

This addon supports mounting both local drives and remote SMB shares:

• Local drives: See Mounting Local Drives in Addons
• Remote shares: See Mounting Remote Shares in Addons

Important: If storing database on mounted drive, ensure SQLite database is also hosted there to prevent data loss during mount issues.

Support

Create an issue on github

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