Setting Up FileFortress on Multiple Devices

Use FileFortress across all your computers

What You'll Learn
  • Requirements for multi-device setup
  • Setting up additional devices
  • Syncing your file index
  • Managing devices from the dashboard
  • Best practices for multi-device usage

Requirements

To use FileFortress on multiple devices, you need:

  • Custom password encryption - Machine-specific encryption won't work across devices
  • Same FileFortress account - Sign in with the same credentials
  • Same encryption password - All devices must use the same password
Important

If you set up FileFortress with automatic (machine-specific) encryption, you cannot use it on multiple devices. You'll need to reinitialize with a custom password.

Setting Up a New Device

Step 1: Install FileFortress

Download and install FileFortress on your new device from the Downloads page.

Step 2: Initialize with Same Password

# Use the same password as your first device
filefortress --password YourSharedPassword init

# Or with a key file
filefortress --key-file /path/to/shared/keyfile.key init

Step 3: Authenticate

# Run setup to authenticate
filefortress setup

Step 4: Add Your Remotes

Add the same cloud storage remotes you use on your other devices. The file index is stored locally on each device, so you'll need to scan to build the index.

# Add remotes (same as other device)
filefortress remotes add gdrive --provider google-drive

# Scan to build local index
filefortress remotes scan --all

Managing Devices

View and manage all your registered devices from the FileFortress dashboard:

  • View all devices - See device names, last active time
  • Revoke devices - Remove access from lost or old devices
  • Rename devices - Give devices friendly names
Pro Tip

Use a key file stored in a secure cloud location (like your password manager) to easily set up new devices without remembering the password.

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