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## Further Documentation
- [Build instructions](doc/build.md)
- [Webfuse command line options](webfuse.md)
- [Webfuse provider command line options](webfuse_provider.md)
- [Webfuse Protocol](doc/protocol.md)
- [Authentication](authentication.md)
## webfuse legacy

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# webfuse developer documentation
- [Build instructions](build.md)
- [Webfuse command line options](webfuse.md)
- [Webfuse provider command line options](webfuse_provider.md)
- [Webfuse2 protocol](protocol.md)
- [Authentication](authentication.md)

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# Authentication
Webfuse supports token-based authentication using HTTP headers. To activate authentication, two command line option needs to be given:
- `--wf-authenticator PATH`
allows to specify an executable used for authentication
- `--wf-auth-header HEADER`
allows to specify the HTTP header used for authentication
## Authenticator
An authenticator is an executable or script used for token-based
authentication. During HTTP handshake, webfuse will scan for the
configured HTTP header and invoke the authenticator.
authenticator TOKEN
The provided `token` contains the contents of the HTTP header.
## Header restrictions
Note that not any HTTP header can be specified using `--wf-auth-header`
option. The following headers are supported:
- `X-Auth-Token`
- `Authorization`
In addition to that, any non-standard header can be specified.
Due to implementation limitation, most standard headers can not be used by now. Please let us know, when you intend to use a header that is not supported yet. Please create an issue in that case.

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# webfuse command line options
In order to inject a remote filesystem, webfuse mounts a local
filesystem via fuse and exposes it's API via websockets.
## Usage
webfuse [options] <mountpoint>
## Webfuse specific options
| Option | Argument | Default | Description |
| ------------ | -------- | --------- | ----------- |
| --wf-port | port | 8081 | Specify the port of the websocket server |
| --wf-vhost | vhost | localhost | Specify the name of the websocket server's virtual host |
| --wf-cert | path | - | Optional. Specify the file path of the server's public certificate |
| --wf-key | path | - | Optional. Specify the file path of the server's private key |
| --wf- authenticator | path | - | Optional. Specify the file path of the authenticator executable |
| --wf-auth-header | name | - | Optional. Specify the name of the HTTP header used for authentication |
## Fuse options
| Option | Descripion |
| --------------------- | ---------- |
| -h, --help | print help |
| -V --version | print version |
| -d -o debug | enable debug output (implies -f) |
| -f | foreground operation |
| -s | disable multi-threaded operation |
| -o clone_fd | use separate fuse device fd for each thread |
| | (may improve performance) |
| -o max_idle_threads | the maximum number of idle worker threads |
| | allowed (default: 10) |
| -o kernel_cache | cache files in kernel |
| -o [no]auto_cache | enable caching based on modification times (off) |
| -o umask=M | set file permissions (octal) |
| -o uid=N | set file owner |
| -o gid=N | set file group |
| -o entry_timeout=T | cache timeout for names (1.0s) |
| -o negative_timeout=T | cache timeout for deleted names (0.0s) |
| -o attr_timeout=T | cache timeout for attributes (1.0s) |
| -o ac_attr_timeout=T | auto cache timeout for attributes (attr_timeout) |
| -o noforget | never forget cached inodes |
| -o remember=T | remember cached inodes for T seconds (0s) |
| -o modules=M1[:M2...] | names of modules to push onto filesystem stack |
| -o allow_other | allow access by all users |
| -o allow_root | allow access by root |
| -o auto_unmount | auto unmount on process termination |
### Options for subdir module
| Option | Descripion |
| --------------------- | ---------- |
| -o subdir=DIR | prepend this directory to all paths (mandatory) |
| -o [no]rellinks | transform absolute symlinks to relative |
### Options for iconv module
| Option | Descripion |
| --------------------- | ---------- |
| -o from_code=CHARSET | original encoding of file names (default: UTF-8) |
| -o to_code=CHARSET | new encoding of the file names (default: UTF-8) |
## Examples
- run webfuse in foreground on default port:
`webfuse -f /path/to/mointpoint`
- run webfuse in forground on port 8080:
`webfuse -f --wf-port 8080 /path/to/mountpoint`
- run webfuse using TLS:
`webfuse -f --wf-cert /path/to/cert --wf-key /path/to/key /path/to/mountpoint`
- run webfuse using authentication via `X-Auth-Token` header:
`webfuse -f --wf-authenticator /path/to/authenticator \`
` --wf-auth-header X-Auth-Token /path/to/mountpoint`

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# webfuse_provider command line options
Inject a remote filesystem via webfuse.
## Usage
webfuse_provider -u <url> [-p <path>] [-a <cert_path>]
## Options
| Short Option | Long Option | Argument | Description |
| ------------ | ----------- | -------- | ----------- |
| -h | --help | - | print usage and exit |
| -v | --version | - | print version an exit |
| -p | --path | path | path of local filesystem to inject (default: .) |
| -u | --url | url | url of webfuse server |
| -a | --ca-path | path | path of ca file |
## Examples
- inject current directory:
`webfuse_provider -u ws://localhost/`
- inject a given directory:
`webfuse_provider -u ws://localhost/ -p /path/to/directory`
- inject current directory to port 8080:
`webfuse_provider -u ws://localhost:8080/`
- inject current directory via TLS:
`webfuse_provider -u wss://localhost/`
- inject current diectory via TLS using a specific ca:
`webfuse_provider -u wss://localhost/ -a /path/to/server-cert.pem`

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expose a local directory via webfuse2
Usage:
webfuse-provider -u <url> [-p <path>] [-a <ca_path>]
webfuse_provider -u <url> [-p <path>] [-a <ca_path>]
Options:
--url, -u set url of webfuse2 service

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