Looking for File Downloader script with version control
reddit / selfhosted

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mirvine2387 · 2023-10-01 03:49

Hi all,

I am trying to find if there are any scripts that can be used to
upload files, download with direct link, download with latest tag and
have basic access control.

Goal is the have a copy of all software that we use to deploy software
to clients via script. This script will always call for the latest
file via the default link. We will upload the files to the site. I
know we can just create the new file with the same name and call it a
day. My goal is to have a running archive of the previous versions
just in case there is an issue with the latest software. My install
script has an argument to select the version number if needed.

Most of my files are single executables either in msi or exe form. ill
have zipped anything that has multiple files.

Example:

/softwareA/latest
/softwareA/v1.0.0.1
/softwareA/v1.0.1

/softwareB/latest
/softwareB/v2.0
/softwareB/v3.0.1

​

Currently we have to updated the script with the latest URL link.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-01 05:26

How about just learning to do it yourself with your current script?
It's not that hard and a great lesson into scripting.

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mirvine2387 · 2023-10-01 05:49

That is the plan. I don't mind creating one from scratch. I wanted to
see if there was already a script out there. No need to double effort
if it is not needed.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-01 06:20

Therein lies the problem, you just want to copy/paste some code and be
done instead of trying it yourself. Has nothing to do with reinventing
the wheel, otherwise there would be only one OS, one car, one phone on
this planet.

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Toutanus · 2023-10-01 12:11

Something like... Nexus ?

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mirvine2387 · 2023-10-01 12:24

Do you have a link to it?

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Toutanus · 2023-10-01 12:29

https://nexus3.onap.org

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mirvine2387 · 2023-10-01 12:55

Thank you. I took a look and it is close. I'll test it and check.

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austozi · 2023-10-02 06:21

I used [Ketarin](https://ketarin.org) back in my Windows days to
manage the software on my PCs. Not selfhosted as such, but I haven't
found anything better. It's not been updated for a while though. I
wish there was something similar for selfhosting. You could probably
couple this with a web server to do what you want to do.