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Read I self-hosted FileBrowser Quantum on Ubuntu 24.04 — a missing config.yaml became a directory

I self-hosted FileBrowser Quantum on Ubuntu 24.04 — a missing config.yaml became a directory

I wanted a browser file manager after the original File Browser archive, not another Nextcloud. Quantum came up on Docker. A file bind for a missing config.yaml became a directory and the container never started. Host paths in sources left the UI empty. Loopback 8080, directory mount, /folder inside the container — that is the lab path.

Oct 19, 2026 · 9 min read

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