If you are upgrading from `v3.x` to `v4.0.0` (lolisafe to chibisafe) and you want to keep your files and relations please read the [migration guide](docs/migrating.md). Keep in mind the migration is a best-effort script and it's recommended to start from scratch. That being said the migration does work but it's up to you to make a backup beforehand in case something goes wrong.
`v4.0.1` changed the hashing algorithm for a better, faster one. So if you are currently running v4.0.0 and decide to update to v4.0.1+ it's in your best interest to rehash all the files your instance is serving. To do this go to the chibisafe root folder and run `node src/api/utils/rehashDatabase.js`. Depending on how many files you have it can take a few minutes or hours, there's a progress bar that will give you an idea.
Chibisafe is a file uploader service written in node that aims to to be easy to use and easy to set up. It's mainly intended for images and videos, but it accepts anything you throw at it.
- You can run it in public or private mode, making it so only people with user accounts can upload files as well as controlling if user signup is enabled or not.
If you want to deploy a docker instance instead of manually setting the service up, you can use `docker-composer` with our scripts. [Please refer to the docs here](docs/docker.md)
After you finish setting up nginx, you need to start chibisafe by using pm2. If you want to use something else like forever, ensure that the process spawned from `npm run start` never dies.
