[Solved] Did someone arrived to install File Browser on Truenas 25.10?

Apps and Virtualization
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(Sorry, I’m a newbee on TrueNas)

I’ve install and dis-install 5+ times File Browser but I’ve always “Identifiants incorrects !” when I try to enter in the app.

  • admin / admin don’t work
  • At the File Browser Doc / Installation / First Boot , it’s indicate “The automatically generated password for the user admin is only displayed once. If you fail to remember it, you will need to manually delete the database and start File Browser again.” But where is it displayed ?
  • I try overpass this problem by setting at the installation FB_USERNAME : admin / FB_PASSWORD : mypass

Nothing works. Any idea how to solve that ?

Solution: After installing File Browser have first a look at logs. You’ll see the automatically generated password for the user admin. If you miss this step, you’ve to delete the app and delete and force-delete iXVolumes. And reinstall the app.

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Filebrowser now generates a random password you have to look up in the container logs directly after installing

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Thank you but where are the container logs of this app? I tried to find it, without success

2/ If I reinstall it, do I have to delete not only the app but also previous config file? If yes, how?

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go to the apps page and select filebrowser, on the right side some context tiles should appear. On the workload tile should be three little items in the bottom right corner of the tile. The one that looks like a page with text on it are t he container logs.

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Thanks, but on 25.10 we don’t have that

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2026-02-28 19:06:22.867258+00:002026/02/28 19:06:22 Using config file: /config/settings.json
2026-02-28 19:06:22.867346+00:002026/02/28 19:06:22 Using database: /config/filebrowser.db
2026-02-28 19:06:22.893274+00:002026/02/28 19:06:22 Listening on [::]:30051

2/ 
2026-02-28 19:06:21.980670+00:00Migrating FileBrowser configuration files...
2026-02-28 19:06:21.980704+00:00Checking for file at [/config/filebrowser.json]...
2026-02-28 19:06:21.980743+00:00File not found at [/config/filebrowser.json], no need to migrate.
2026-02-28 19:06:21.980770+00:00Checking for file at [/config/database.db]...
2026-02-28 19:06:21.980786+00:00File not found at [/config/database.db], no need to migrate.
2026-02-28 19:06:21.980811+00:00Migration complete.

3/ 2026-02-28 19:06:21.519812+00:00🚀 Starting permissions configuration...
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519853+00:00-------------------------- config --------------------------
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519873+00:00⏭️ Path is not empty, no changes will be applied
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519889+00:00============================================================
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519900+00:002026-02-28T19:06:21.519900496Z
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519916+00:002026-02-28T19:06:21.519916486Z
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519925+00:00⏱️ Total time taken: 0.21ms
2026-02-28 19:06:21.519935+00:00🎉 All permissions configured successfully!
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Fresh install or running app? The password is only displayed once after installation and if you miss to look it up you have to delete the app, including the config file.

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It’s a fresh install, but probably the 7th “fresh” install. When I delete the app, I don’t have the option to delete the config file

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You have to do that manually when using hostpath for storage via cli. If you chose iXVolume there should be an option to delte volumes when deleting the app

Edit: Or delete the dataset you set up for the config and recreate it

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I’m using iXVolumes. And Yes, I’ve the option to delete and force-delete iXVolumes.

Deleting it will not delete any data ?

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no only the datasets that were created specifically for that one app

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Thank you very much @LarsR It’s working. For newbie users, like me, It would be useful to add some of this information on the app page.

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Filebrowser changed this around a year ago, if they haven’t updated their documentation that’s pretty bad, but yes the apps page could propably add more information about that…

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FileBrowser is cool.

But give NextExplorer a look.

IMHO the better app.

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Thank you ! Yes, it seems better, specially the opportunity to share documents