Introduction

This article provides an overview of the Webdock web-based file manager, including how to access it, deploy it, and perform common file operations such as uploading, editing, compressing, and deleting files within your server environment.

The File Management Screen

Note: The ‘File Manager’ tool is available in the Webdock control panel for servers configured with our LEMP or LAMP stack. It is not available on servers running a clean operating system image.

The file management screen is divided into two functional panels.

The ‘File Manager’ panel allows you to deploy a web-based file manager to your server’s web root using the ‘Deploy File Manager’ button.

‘Pull any Server File to Edit’ allows you to edit individual files directly from the control panel.

Once deployed, you receive login credentials to access the file manager interface.

The file manager supports common file operations, including uploading files, deleting files from the web root, compressing files into archives for download, extracting archived files, and more.

To quickly edit a single file, you can select a predefined configuration file from the ‘Choose a Config File to edit’ dropdown or enter a fully qualified file path manually. Clicking the ‘Fetch File’ button loads the file contents into an inline editor, where you can modify and save changes directly on the server.

Conclusion

The file manager enables direct browser-based access to server files, allowing you to perform file operations and modify configuration files without requiring SSH access.