Zen May 28, 2023

Feeling overwhelmed. Does anyone know How I should host Nextcloud?

I want it for myself and a few friends to use. I'd like to host it locally on my network using my old PC with a few HDDs for redundancy/large storage.

TrueNas Scale and OpenMediaVault look cool. but looking at TrueNas makes my brain melt atm. Should I just install it with Debian and use a docker image? Currently I have it running on an old Dell Optiplex using the Snap version on Ubuntu. I'd rather not host it on a VPS due to price and I like the idea of having my data locally.

Idk. Just feeling overwhelmed and confused with what to do. #SelfHostingAdvice #selfhosting #nextcloud

Show threadEgee
@ThatGeekZen Docker or Snap is the way. I also wouldn't use a vps because if the instance dies or is compromised, all your personal data is too
May 29, 2023 at 11:54amTusky
Show threadZen May 29, 2023
@egeexyz good point on the VPS. Good to keep it under your own control! Thanks! :)
Show threadHACK13May 29, 2023
@ThatGeekZen @egeexyz I leverage my home lab, but then use a VPN (Tailscale/Headscale) with a VPS on the edge to just be the proxy server into the network.