Web-based File Browser for music, etc

stroudmw

stroudmw

I have an old desktop that I've turned into a headless FreeBSD 14.1 file server. I generally up/download files (mostly music but also video and ebooks) using rsync, but I also have nfs4 setup which I use to stream music on my laptops.
What I would like to do it to pick up my phone, open a web browser, type in the server's IP address, login, and be able to browse the files (download, play music on the phone, etc) that are in my nfs share directory. I am not interested in system maintenance (I have webmin but tend not to use it). Security isn't a big issue as it's not public-facing and you need to be logged into my wifi router to be able to see it. I live out in the country: I can't even access it from where I park my car!
Just something simple: I'd just like to see the files in a specific folder (and subfolders) using a web browser. Write access is definitely not wanted... just play and download. Also, if one of my friends come over and want to download something, they just need to use their browser without them having to install and configure all kinds of stuff first.
I used to use Seafile, but it got rather cumbersome. Also it stores files in its own format, which adds an extra layer of annoyance. I've also used Nextcloud, but that has much, much more than I need. I just want something simple. I assume that I'll need to learn nginx/apache and php, which I'm open to doing.
Recommendations would be appreciated, Thanks.
 
I generally just do pkg install caddy then configure my Caddyfile like so
The Caddyfile is at /usr/local/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
Code: 
:80 {
    root * /path/to/main/file/folder
    file_server
}

Once that’s done
sysrc caddy_enable=yes service caddy start
 
I guess you're looking for something like these which targets your use case a bit more than a generic http(s) server.

FreshPorts -- www/miniserve: Ad-hoc HTTP server for file sharing

Miniserve is a small self-contained ad-hoc HTTP server that allows you to quickly serve some files over HTTP. Features: - Easy to use - Just works: Correct MIME types handling out of the box - Single binary drop-in with no extra dependencies required - Authentication support with username and...
www.freshports.org www.freshports.org
https://github.com/mjpclab/go-http-file-server (not ported)
 
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