pydio Installation Guide Installation Guide

pydio is a free and open-source enterprise file sharing. Pydio provides enterprise file sharing and synchronization platform

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 10GB for files

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8080 (default pydio port)

gRPC on various ports

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install pydio
sudo dnf install -y pydio

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now pydio

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install pydio
sudo apt install -y pydio

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now pydio

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8080

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Install pydio
sudo pacman -S pydio

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now pydio

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Install pydio
apk add --no-cache pydio

# Enable and start service
rc-update add pydio default
rc-service pydio start

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Install pydio
sudo zypper install -y pydio

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now pydio

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install pydio

# Start service
brew services start pydio

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install pydio

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'pydio_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service pydio start

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install pydio

# Or using Scoop
scoop install pydio

# Verify installation
pydio --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/pydio

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
pydio --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable pydio

# Start service
sudo systemctl start pydio

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop pydio

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart pydio

# Check status
sudo systemctl status pydio

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u pydio -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add pydio default

# Start service
rc-service pydio start

# Stop service
rc-service pydio stop

# Restart service
rc-service pydio restart

# Check status
rc-service pydio status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'pydio_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service pydio start

# Stop service
service pydio stop

# Restart service
service pydio restart

# Check status
service pydio status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start pydio
brew services stop pydio
brew services restart pydio

# Check status
brew services list | grep pydio

powershell

# Start service
net start pydio

# Stop service
net stop pydio

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service pydio
Stop-Service pydio
Restart-Service pydio

# Check status
Get-Service pydio

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream pydio_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8080;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name pydio.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name pydio.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/pydio.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/pydio.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://pydio_backend;
        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-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName pydio.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://pydio.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName pydio.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/pydio.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/pydio.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend pydio_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/pydio.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend pydio_backend

backend pydio_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server pydio1 127.0.0.1:8080 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R pydio:pydio /etc/pydio
sudo chmod 750 /etc/pydio

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status pydio

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u pydio -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep pydio)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/pydio"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/pydio-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/pydio /var/lib/pydio

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/pydio-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop pydio

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/pydio/pydio-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start pydio

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u pydio -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/pydio/pydio.log

# Check configuration
pydio --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/pydio

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8080

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8080

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep pydio)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep pydio)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8080

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  pydio:
    image: pydio:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/pydio
      - ./data:/var/lib/pydio
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update pydio

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade pydio

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu pydio

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade pydio

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update pydio

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade pydio

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/pydio-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/pydio

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart pydio

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/pydio

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/pydio -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/pydio

Official Documentation: https://docs.pydio.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/pydio/pydio

Community Forum: https://forum.pydio.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.pydio.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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