I’m wanting to self-host Nextcloud as I’ve heard that it is the best solution for privacy and owning your data. So my goal is to completely own my data. I am completely new to self-hosting and I don’t know where to start. I don’t have any knowledge about self-hosting or Linux servers. I’ve tried l…

I would recommend checking out yunohost . It for the most part just works after you have it setup. All you need to do is update apps every now and then. However, if you want to try the old fashioned way (where you’re manually upgrading and making sure things migrate alright) then doublebastion has a…

I am just going to crush your dreams a little. It’s not going to be amazing. Nextcloud has it’s fair share of issues, it’s generally not very fast and if you maintain it yourself you will get occasional data loss problems, broken upgrades etc. I am also running quite a few large nextcloud setups out…

[image] Honolumbus: I would recommend checking out yunohost . It for the most part just works after you have it setup. All you need to do is update apps every now and then. How does it compare to Umbrel? [image] Honolumbus: However, if you want to try the old fashioned way (where you’re …

[image] ph00lt0: I am just going to crush your dreams a little. It’s not going to be amazing. Nextcloud has it’s fair share of issues, it’s generally not very fast and if you maintain it yourself you will get occasional data loss problems, broken upgrades etc. What’s the point of even doing i…

[image] ph00lt0: I am also running quite a few large nextcloud setups out of lack for better options. Are you still using your Nextcloud setups? Why do you have multiple?

Some other solutions I’ve come across since my last visit here: Cloudron (requires a domain, but uses major dns provider APIs to make things easier for you; whereas yunohost can use mDNS for local network access only if so desired) joingardens.com (provides a subscription model to host for you) co…

Umbrel doesn’t use tls encryption so it’s not as secure as yunohost which automates orders from Let’s Encrypt, but otherwise I believe they’re very similar. Doing it the old fashioned way will increase your knowledge of server admin work and may even give you hirable skills if you become a wiz at t…

The data loss might be due to using sqlite since the production database (I think it’s mysql?) is fairly robust. The selfhosted podcast mentioned an upgrade problem because of sqlite. Looks like episode 93 from a show notes search. And I don’t think nextcloud officially tests sqlite or recommends it…

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ph00lt0 April 24, 2023, 11:09am 6

Once Proton Drive has desktop clients, wouldn’t that replace self-hosted Nextcloud?

This is the point @Hello, they are not out. But I’ll surely migrate once that happens.

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