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1 # Jirafeau
2
3 Welcome to the official Jirafeau project, an [Open-Source software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software).
4
5 Jirafeau is a project permitting a "one-click-filesharing", which makes it possible to upload a file in a simple way and give an unique link to it.
6
7 A demonstration of the latest version is available on [jirafeau.net](http://jirafeau.net/).
8
9 ![Screenshot1](http://i.imgur.com/TPjh48P.png)
10
11 ## Main features
12
13 - One upload → One download link & one delete link
14 - Send any large files (thanks to the HTML5 file API → PHP post_max_size limit not relevant)
15 - Shows progression: speed, percentage and remaining upload time
16 - Preview content in browser (if possible)
17 - Optional password protection (for uploading or downloading)
18 - Set expiration time for downloads
19 - Option to self-destruct after first download
20 - Shortened URLs using base 64 encoding
21 - Maximal upload size configurable
22 - NO database, only use basic PHP
23 - Simple language support :gb: :fr: :de: :it: :nl: :ro: :sk: :hu: :cn: :gr: :ru: :es:
24 - File level [Deduplication](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_deduplication) for storage optimization (does store duplicate files only once, but generate multiple links)
25 - Optional data encryption
26 - Small administration interface
27 - CLI script to remove expired files automatically with a cronjob
28 - Basic, adaptable »Terms Of Service« page
29 - Basic API
30 - Bash script to upload files via command line
31 - Skins
32
33 Jirafeau is a fork of the original project [Jyraphe](http://home.gna.org/jyraphe/) based on the 0.5 (stable version) with a **lot** of modifications.
34
35 As it's original project, Jirafeau is made in the [KISS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle) way (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
36
37 Jirafeau project won't evolve to a file manager and will focus to keep a very few dependencies.
38
39 ## Screenshots
40
41 - [Installation - Step 1](http://i.imgur.com/hmpT1eN.jpg)
42 - [Installation - Step 2](http://i.imgur.com/2e0UGKE.jpg)
43 - [Installation - Step 3](http://i.imgur.com/ofAjLXh.jpg)
44 - [Installation - Step 4](http://i.imgur.com/WXqnfqJ.jpg)
45 - [Upload - Step 1](http://i.imgur.com/SBmSwzJ.jpg)
46 - [Upload - Step 2](http://i.imgur.com/wzPkb1Z.jpg)
47 - [Upload - Progress](http://i.imgur.com/i6n95kv.jpg)
48 - [Upload - Confirmation page](http://i.imgur.com/P2oS1MY.jpg)
49 - [Admin Interface](http://i.imgur.com/nTdsVzn.png)
50
51 ## Installation
52
53 - [Download](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/repository/archive.zip) the last version of Jirafeau from GitLab
54 - Upload files on your web server
55 - Don't forget to set owner of uploaded files if you need to
56 - Get your web browser and go to you install location (e.g. ```http://your-web-site.org/jirafeau/```) and follow instructions
57 - Some options are not configured from the minimal installation wizard, you may take a look at option documentation in ```lib/config.original.php``` and customize your ```lib/config.local.php```
58
59 Note that ```lib/config.local.php``` is auto-generated during the installation.
60
61 If you don't want to go through the installation wizard, you can just copy ```config.original.php``` to ```config.local.php``` and customize it.
62
63 ## Upgrade
64
65 ### General procedure for all versions
66
67 1. Backup your Jirafeau installation!
68 2. Block access to Jirafeau
69 3. Checkout the new version with Git using the [tagged release](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/tags)
70 * If you have installed Jirafeau just by uploading files on your server, you can download the desired version, overwrite/remove all files and chown/chmod files if needed. Keep a backup of your local configuration file tough.
71 4. With you browser, go to your Jirafeau root page
72 5. Follow the installation wizard, it should propose you the same data folder or even update automatically
73 7. Check your ```/lib/config.local.php``` and compare it with the ```/lib/config.original.php``` to see if new configuration items are available
74
75 ### From version 1.0 to 1.1
76
77 1. The download URL changed
78 * Add a rewrite rule in your web server configuration to rename ```file.php``` to ```f.php``` to make older, still existing links work again
79 1. The default skin changed
80 * Optionally change the skin in ```lib/config.local.php``` to »courgette«
81
82 ### From version 1.2.0 to 2.0.0
83
84 1. The "Terms of Service" text file changed
85 * To reuse previous changes to the ToS, move the old ```/tos_text.php``` file to ```/lib/tos.local.txt``` and remove all HTML und PHP Tags, leaving a regular text file
86
87 ### Troubleshooting
88
89 If you have some troubles, consider the following cases
90
91 - Check your ```/lib/config.local.php``` file and compare it with ```/lib/config.original.php```, the configuration syntax or a parameter may have changed
92 - Check owner & permissions of your files
93
94 ## Security
95
96 ```var``` directory contain all files and links. It is randomly named to limit access but you may add better protection to prevent un-authorized access to it.
97 You have several options:
98 - Configure a ```.htaccess```
99 - Move var folder to a place on your server which can't be directly accessed
100 - Disable automatic listing on your web server config or place a index.html in var's sub-directory (this is a limited solution)
101
102 If you are using Apache, you can add the following line to your configuration to prevent people to access to your ```var``` folder:
103
104 ```RedirectMatch 301 ^/var-.* http://my.service.jirafeau ```
105
106 If you are using nginx, you can add the following to your $vhost.conf:
107
108 ```nginx
109 location ~ /var-.* {
110 deny all;
111 return 404;
112 }
113 ```
114
115 You should also remove un-necessessary write access once the installation is done (ex: configuration file).
116 An other obvious basic security is to let access users to the site by HTTPS.
117
118 ## Server side encryption
119
120 Data encryption can be activated in options. This feature makes the server encrypt data and send the decryt key to the user (inside download URL).
121 The decrypt key is not stored on the server so if you loose an url, you won't be able to retrieve file content.
122 In case of security troubles on the server, attacker won't be able to access files.
123
124 By activating this feature, you have to be aware of few things:
125 - Data encryption has a cost (cpu) and it takes more time for downloads to complete once file sent.
126 - During the download, the server will decrypt on the fly (and use resource).
127 - This feature needs to have the mcrypt php module.
128 - File de-duplication will stop to work (as we can't compare two encrypted files).
129 - Be sure your server do not log client's requests.
130 - Don't forget to enable https.
131
132 In a next step, encryption will be made by the client (in javascript), see issue #10.
133
134 ## License
135
136 GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPLv3).
137
138 The GNU Affero General Public License can be found at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html.
139
140 Please note: If you decide do make adaptions to the source code and run a service with these changes incorporated,
141 you are required to provide a link to the source code of your version in order to obey the AGPLv3 license.
142 To do so please add a link to the source (eg. a public Git repository or a download link) to the Terms of Service page.
143 Take a look at the FAQ to find out about how to change the ToS.
144
145 PS: If you have fixed errors or added features, then please contribute to the project and send a merge request with these changes.
146
147 ## Contribution
148
149 If you want to contribute to project, then take a look at the git repository:
150
151 - https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau
152
153 and the Contribution Guidelines
154
155 - https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
156
157 ## FAQ
158
159 ### Can I add a new language in Jirafeau?
160
161 Of course ! Translations are easy to make and no technical knowledge is required.
162
163 Simply go to [Jirafeau's Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/jirafeau/master/).
164
165 If you want to add a new language in the list, feel free to contact us or leave a comment in ticket #9.
166
167 We would like to thank all anonymous contributors on weblate. :)
168
169 ### How do I upgrade my Jirafeau?
170
171 See upgrade instructions above.
172
173 ### How can I limit upload access?
174
175 There are two ways to limit upload access (but not download):
176 - you can set one or more passwords in order to access the upload interface, or/and
177 - you can configure a list of authorized IP ([CIDR notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing#CIDR_notation)) which are allowed to access to the upload page
178
179 Check documentation of ```upload_password``` and ```upload_ip``` parameters in [lib/config.original.php](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/blob/master/lib/config.original.php).
180
181 ### How can I automatize the cleaning of old (expired) files?
182
183 You can call the admin.php script from the command line (CLI) with the ```clean_expired``` or ```clean_async``` commands: ```sudo -u www-data php admin.php clean_expired```.
184
185 Then the command can be placed in a cron file to automatize the process. For example:
186 ```
187 # m h dom mon dow user command
188 12 3 * * * www-data php /path/to/jirafeau/admin.php clean_expired
189 16 3 * * * www-data php /path/to/jirafeau/admin.php clean_async
190 ```
191
192 ### I have some troubles with IE
193
194 If you have some strange behavior with IE, you may configure [compatibility mode](http://feedback.dominknow.com/knowledgebase/articles/159097-internet-explorer-ie8-ie9-ie10-and-ie11-compat).
195
196 Anyway I would recommend you to use another web browser. :)
197
198 ### I found a bug, what should I do?
199
200 Feel free to open a bug in the [GitLab's issues](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/issues).
201
202 ### How to set maximum file size?
203
204 If your browser supports HTML5 file API, you can send files as big as you want.
205
206 For browsers who does not support HTML5 file API, the limitation come from PHP configuration.
207 You have to set [post_max_size](https://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.post-max-size) and [upload_max_filesize](https://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.upload-max-filesize) in your php configuration.
208
209 If you don't want to allow unlimited upload size, you can still setup a maximal file size in Jirafeau's setting (see ```maximal_upload_size``` in your configuration)
210
211 ### How can I edit an option?
212
213 Documentation of all default options are located in [lib/config.original.php](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/blob/master/lib/config.original.php).
214 If you want to change an option, just edit your ```lib/config.local.php```.
215
216 ### How can I change the Terms of Service?
217
218 The license text on the "Terms of Service" page, which is shipped with the default installation, is based on the »[Open Source Initiative Terms of Service](https://opensource.org/ToS)«.
219
220 To change this text simply copy the file [/lib/tos.original.txt](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/blob/master/lib/tos.original.txt), rename it to ```/lib/tos.local.txt``` and adapt it to your own needs.
221
222 If you update the installation, then only the ```tos.original.txt``` file may change eventually, not your ```tos.local.txt``` file.
223
224 ### How can I access the admin interface?
225
226 Just go to ```/admin.php```.
227
228 ### How can I use the scripting interface (API)?
229
230 Simply go to ```/script.php``` with your web browser.
231
232 ### My downloads are incomplete or my uploads fails
233
234 Be sure your PHP installation is not using safe mode, it may cause timeouts.
235
236 If you're using nginx, you might need to increase `client_max_body_size` or remove the restriction altogether. In your nginx.conf:
237
238 ```nginx
239 http {
240 # disable max upload size
241 client_max_body_size 0;
242 # add timeouts for very large uploads
243 client_header_timeout 30m;
244 client_body_timeout 30m;
245 }
246 ```
247
248 ### How can I monitor the use of my Jirafeau instance?
249
250 You may use Munin and simple scripts to collect the number of files in the Jirafeau instance as well as the disk space occupied by all the files. You can consult this [web page](https://blog.bandinelli.net/index.php?post/2016/05/15/Scripts-Munin-pour-Jirafeau).
251
252 ### Why forking?
253
254 The original project seems not to be continued anymore and I prefer to add more features and increase security from a stable version.
255
256 ### What can we expect in the future?
257
258 Check [issues](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/issues) to check open bugs and incoming new stuff. :)
259
260 ### What about this file deduplication thing?
261
262 Jirafeau uses a very simple file level deduplication for storage optimization.
263
264 This mean that if some people upload several times the same file, this will only store one time the file and increment a counter.
265
266 If someone use his/her delete link or an admin cleans expired links, this will decrement the counter corresponding to the file.
267
268 When the counter falls to zero, the file is destroyed.
269
270 ### What is the difference between "delete link" and "delete file and links" in admin interface?
271
272 As explained in the previous question, files with the same md5 hash are not duplicated and a reference counter stores the number of links pointing to a single file.
273 So:
274 - The button "delete link" will delete the reference to the file but might not destroy the file.
275 - The button "delete file and links" will delete all references pointing to the file and will destroy the file.
276
277 ### How to contact someone from Jirafeau?
278
279 Feel free to create an issue if you found a bug.
280
281 ## Release notes
282
283 ### Version 1.0
284
285 The very first version of Jirafeau after the fork of Jyraphe.
286
287 - Security fix
288 - Keep uploader's ip
289 - Delete link for each upload
290 - No more clear text password storage
291 - Simple langage support
292 - Add an admin interface
293 - New Design
294 - Add term of use
295 - New path system to manage large number of files
296 - New option to show a page at download time
297 - Add option to activate or not preview mode
298
299 ### Version 1.1
300
301 - New skins
302 - Add optional server side encryption
303 - Unlimited file size upload using HTML5 file API
304 - Show speed and estimated time during upload
305 - A lot of fixes
306 - A lot of new langages
307 - Small API to upload files
308 - Limit access to Jirafeau using IP, mask, passwords
309 - Manage (some) proxy headers
310 - Configure your maximal upload size
311 - Configure file's lifetime durations
312 - Preview URL
313 - Get Jirafeau's version in admin interface
314
315 ## Version 1.2.0
316
317 - Change versioning semantic
318 - A lof of translation contributions
319 - Fix javascript MIME type
320 - Show download in admin panel
321 - Default expiration date set to 'month'
322 - New expiration date: 'quarter'
323 - Small other fixes
324
325 ## Version 2.0.0
326
327 - ToS refactoring (see update notes !)
328 - You can now set a title to Jirafeau in options
329 - A lot of documentation improvements
330 - Code refactoring & bugfixes
331 - Add version to bash script
332 - A lot of documentation improvements
333 - Code refactoring & bug fixes

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