Copyparty is a tiny file server that instantly turns any folder into a fast, modern web-based file share. It offers resumable uploads and downloads, even on flaky connections, built-in WebDAV, SFTP, FTP and TFTP support, automatic media indexing with thumbnails, audio/video metadata extraction, full-text search, on-the-fly transcoding, hardlink-based deduplication, flexible user permissions, anonymous upload-only drop folders, and zeroconf discovery, all packed into one small Docker image, making it perfect for quick personal shares, temporary drops, lightweight media libraries or self-hosted file access without installing heavy software. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Copyparty on your UGREEN NAS using Docker and Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Copyparty v1.20.12 release.

💡Note: Check out my guide on how to Install Copyparty on Your Synology NAS.

• STEP 1

Please Support My work by Making a Donation.

• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your UGREEN NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

⚠️Mandatory: Add Read & Write Permissions to the Docker Folder.

• STEP 4

Go to Files and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it copyparty. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Now create two new folders inside the copyparty folder that you have previously created at STEP 4 and name them config and media. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 6

Download the copyparty.conf (click on the blue link below).🔒Note: Support my work to unlock the password. You can use this password to download any file on mariushosting forever! With notepad or other editor, on your windows/mac computer, change the username marius and the password mariushosting with your own Username and Password. Click X to save the file. Follow the instructions in the image below.

👉🏻copyparty.conf

• STEP 7

Upload the modified copyparty.conf file below in the config folder that you have previously created at STEP 5.

• STEP 8

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

In the Name field type in copyparty. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  copyparty:
    image: copyparty/ac:latest
    container_name: Copyparty
    user: 999:10
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 3295 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    ports:
      - 3295:3295
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/copyparty/config:/cfg:rw
      - /volume1/docker/copyparty/media:/w:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for user with your own UID and GID values. (Follow my step by step guide on houidw to do this.) 999 is my personal UID value and 10 is my personal GID value. You have to type in your own values.

• STEP 10

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 11

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 12

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 13

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://ugreen-ip-address:3295 Type in your own password that you have previously added in the copyparty.conf file at STEP 6. Click login. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Upload your files! Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy Copyparty on Your UGREEN NAS!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: If you want to run the Copyparty container over HTTPS, check out How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS on Your UGREEN NAS.

🆙Note/Update/Container: How to Update Your Docker Containers on UGREEN NAS Using Portainer.
🐳Note: How to Create Docker Shortcuts on Desktop.
🆕Note: How to Update Portainer to the latest version.
🆕Note: How to Clean Docker.