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# running copyparty on windows
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this is a complete example / quickstart for running copyparty on windows, optionally as a service (autostart on boot)
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you will definitely need either [copyparty.exe](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/download/copyparty.exe) (comfy, portable, more features) or [copyparty-sfx.py](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/download/copyparty-sfx.py) (smaller, safer)
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* if you decided to grab `copyparty-sfx.py` instead of the exe you will also need to install the ["Latest Python 3 Release"](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/)
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then you probably want to download [FFmpeg](https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip) and put `ffmpeg.exe` and `ffprobe.exe` in your PATH (so for example `C:\Windows\System32\`) -- this enables thumbnails, audio transcoding, and making music metadata searchable
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## the config file
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open up notepad and save the following as `c:\users\you\documents\party.conf` (for example)
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```yaml
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[global]
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lo: ~/logs/cpp-%Y-%m%d.xz # log to c:\users\you\logs\
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e2dsa, e2ts, no-dedup, z # sets 4 flags; see expl.
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p: 80, 443 # listen on ports 80 and 443, not 3923
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theme: 2 # default theme: protonmail-monokai
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lang: nor # default language: viking
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[accounts] # usernames and passwords
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kevin: shangalabangala # kevin's password
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[/] # create a volume available at /
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c:\pub # sharing this filesystem location
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accs: # and set permissions:
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r: * # everyone can read/download files,
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rwmd: kevin # kevin can read/write/move/delete
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[/inc] # create another volume at /inc
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c:\pub\inc # sharing this filesystem location
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accs: # permissions:
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w: * # everyone can upload, but not browse
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rwmd: kevin # kevin is admin here too
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[/music] # and a third volume at /music
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~/music # which shares c:\users\you\music
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accs:
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r: *
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rwmd: kevin
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```
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### config explained: [global]
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the `[global]` section accepts any config parameters you can see when running copyparty (either the exe or the sfx.py) with `--help`, so this is the same as running copyparty with arguments `--lo c:\users\you\logs\copyparty-%Y-%m%d.xz -e2dsa -e2ts --no-dedup -z -p 80,443 --theme 2 --lang nor`
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* `lo: ~/logs/cpp-%Y-%m%d.xz` writes compressed logs (the compression will make them delayed)
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* `e2dsa` enables the upload deduplicator and file indexer, which enables searching
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* `e2ts` enables music metadata indexing, making albums / titles etc. searchable too
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* `no-dedup` writes full dupes to disk instead of symlinking, since lots of windows software doesn't handle symlinks well
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* but the improved upload speed from `e2dsa` is not affected
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* `z` enables zeroconf, making the server available at `http://HOSTNAME.local/` from any other machine in the LAN
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* `p: 80,443` listens on the ports `80` and `443` instead of the default `3923`
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* `lang: nor` sets default language to viking
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### config explained: [accounts]
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the `[accounts]` section defines all the user accounts, which can then be referenced when granting people access to the different volumes
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### config explained: volumes
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then we create three volumes, one at `/`, one at `/inc`, and one at `/music`
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* `/` and `/music` are readable without requiring people to login (`r: *`) but you need to login as kevin to write/move/delete files (`rwmd: kevin`)
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* anyone can upload to `/inc` but you must be logged in as kevin to see the files inside
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## run copyparty
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to test your config it's best to just run copyparty in a console to watch the output:
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```batch
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copyparty.exe -c party.conf
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```
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or if you wanna use `copyparty-sfx.py` instead of the exe (understandable),
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```batch
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%localappdata%\programs\python\python311\python.exe copyparty-sfx.py -c party.conf
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```
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(please adjust `python311` to match the python version you installed, i'm not good enough at windows to make that bit generic)
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## run it as a service
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to run this as a service you need [NSSM](https://nssm.cc/ci/nssm-2.24-101-g897c7ad.zip), so put the exe somewhere in your PATH
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then either do this for `copyparty.exe`:
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```batch
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nssm install cpp %homedrive%%homepath%\downloads\copyparty.exe -c %homedrive%%homepath%\documents\party.conf
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```
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or do this for `copyparty-sfx.py`:
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```batch
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nssm install cpp %localappdata%\programs\python\python311\python.exe %homedrive%%homepath%\downloads\copyparty-sfx.py -c %homedrive%%homepath%\documents\party.conf
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```
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then after creating the service, modify it so it runs with your own windows account (so file permissions don't get wonky and paths expand as expected):
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```batch
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nssm set cpp ObjectName .\yourAccoutName yourWindowsPassword
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nssm start cpp
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```
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and that's it, all good
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if it doesn't start, enable stderr logging so you can see what went wrong:
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```batch
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nssm set cpp AppStderr %homedrive%%homepath%\logs\cppsvc.err
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nssm set cpp AppStderrCreationDisposition 2
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```
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