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Unified File Manager

A controlled browser interface for working across selected storage locations without publishing raw network shares.

File BrowserKubernetesSMBLonghornAutheliaNetworkPolicy

1

unified interface

2FA

remote access

Scoped

storage mounts

The challenge

What the system needed to solve

Provide convenient browser-based file operations without exposing an SMB share or broad host filesystem access to the internet.

The build

Engineering decisions

01

Mounted only approved storage roots into a dedicated file-management workload.

02

Protected the web interface with the shared identity layer and applied default-deny networking.

03

Separated application configuration from bulk file data and documented the recovery boundary.

04

Added availability, volume, and storage-capacity monitoring.

Architecture

How the pieces connect

  1. 1Authenticated browser
  2. 2Identity-aware edge
  3. 3Scoped file manager
  4. 4Approved persistent storage roots

Results

What changed

  • Routine file operations work remotely without a VPN-mounted network filesystem.
  • The application cannot browse arbitrary host paths.
  • Storage health remains visible independently of the web interface.