Installing Debian Turnkey Fileserver in Proxmox

1. Use Case: We need a backup file server in a Proxmox Container

We decided to use what Proxmox provides in the form of a Proxmox Turnkey server

2. Downloading the Proxmox Turnkey Fileserver

Open Proxmox Shell run these commands :

pveam available

# select the applience you need (We will use this one)
debian-11-turnkey-fileserver_17.1-1_amd64.tar.gz

# Download the ISO (use local instead of ZZ_User_Data)
pveam download ZZ_User_Data debian-11-turnkey-fileserver_17.1-1_amd64.tar.gz

3. Create a proxmox Turnkey Fileserver Container

Create a Turnkey Fileserver Container with these specs :

  1. 100 or 256GB disk
  2. 2 CPU cores
  3. 4GB RAM
│ WebDAV (CGI):    https://10.154.2.86                     │  
│ Web shell:       https://10.154.2.86:12320               │  
│ Webmin:          https://10.154.2.86:12321               │  
│ SMB/CIFS:        \\10.154.2.86 (ports 139/445)           │  
│ SSH/SFTP:        root@10.154.2.86 (port 22)              │

4. Login to Turnkey Webmin

Turnkey Webmin login :
login as root (linux credentials)
https://10.154.2.86:12321

5. Configure Turnkey Fileserver from terminal

** Run these commands :**

# login as root
apt update

apt install sudo nano -y

apt upgrade -y
# Select package maintainers version

# become root
sudo su -

# create a user
sudo adduser nickm

# make user sudoer
usermod -aG sudo nickm

# create folder to share
mkdir /UserData

# Make user own folder
chown nickm: /userData

6. Create Shared folder in Webmin

Turnkey Webmin login :
login as root (linux credentials)
https://10.154.2.86:12321

in Webmin add Webmin (administrator) user : nickm (select Unix credentials
in Webmin create Samba share : UserData using folder /UserData

7. Make share read and write access from the terminal

Run these commands :

# login as root
sudo su -

# edit config file
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Put this in the file under [UserData]

[UserData]
        force user = nickm
        user = nickm,@sudo
        writeable = yes
        path = /UserData
        public = yes
        force group = sudo
        comment = User data

8. (Optional) Configuring the Firewall:

run these commands:

# In Webmin, go to Networking > Linux Firewall.
# Add rules to allow traffic on necessary ports:
NFS: Port 2049
SMB: Ports 137-139 and 445
FTP: Port 21

ufw allow 2049/tcp
ufw allow 137,138,139,445/tcp
ufw allow 21/tcp
ufw enable

apt update
apt upgrade -y (if not done so)

9. mouting the share linux laptop

Run these Commands :

sudo su -
#sudo apt install nfs-common
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cifs-utils -y
sudo mkdir /UserData
chown nickm: /UserData/

# To mount the folder /UserData as a samba share
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=root,password=<password> //10.154.2.86/UserData /UserData
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=nickn,password=<password> //10.154.2.86/UserData /UserData

# To unmount
sudo umount /UserData

# To open folder in FileManager
caja

If you did not set permissions for share : UserData run this command

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Put this in the file under [UserData]


[UserData]
        force user = nickm
        user = nickm,@sudo
        writeable = yes
        path = /UserData
        public = yes
        force group = sudo
        comment = User data

10. create a bash script for copying files from the terminal

(if you don’t like using the GUI File manager Caja)
This shell script will copy a folder/file passed as a parameter to the /UserData folder :

Run these commands :

sudo nano /usr/bin/samba-copy

Put this in the file

#!/bin/bash

# Check if source directory is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Error: Source directory not provided."
    echo "Usage: $0 <source_directory> [target_directory]"
    exit 1
fi

source_dir="$1"

# Check if target directory is provided, otherwise use default
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
    target_dir="/UserData/Youtube_Channel/"
else
    target_dir="$2"
fi

# Check if source directory exists
if [ ! -d "$source_dir" ]; then
    echo "Error: Source directory '$source_dir' does not exist."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if target directory exists, create if it doesn't
if [ ! -d "$target_dir" ]; then
    echo "Warning: Target directory '$target_dir' does not exist. Creating it."
    mkdir -p "$target_dir"
fi

# Copy contents of source directory to target directory
cp -Rp "$source_dir" "$target_dir"

echo "Files copied from '$source_dir' to '$target_dir' successfully."

Run thius command :

sudo chmod 775 /usr/bin/samba-copy

samba-copy <File-or-folder-to-copy>

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