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Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by ajja »

Here are many negative experiences with Nextcloud at the top of the comments, so I'll share my 2 cents - I started using Nextcloud when it was ownCloud and generally haven't got any issues running a small instance.

If my memory serves me well, then at the beginning updates caused a lot of issues, but for past couple of years I'm pretty confident when doing updates. I update only via web UI when new version becomes available for my instance. Currently running v19 though v20 has been released 2 months ago. That way I believe I avoid some of the bugs when major version is released :).

Some negatives aspects that I have encountered, but don't see as a big deal -

newer Nextcloud versions require newer PHP versions that are not provided by Ubuntu LTS, that means, that I'm no really benefiting from LTS and I have to upgrade the distribution if I want latest Nextcloud (don't want to upgrade PHP separately).

and couldn't get Talk working reliably, whatever I'm missing, it feels that documentation could have been better.

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by PascalW »

shimonabi wrote: post #122

I use Nextcloud for the calendar, the to-do deck and to access my Samba shares over HTTPS. That said, I would never put anything important on it. I had at least 5 upgrades in the past 2 years result in total failure, with an unrecoverable instance and corrupted DB.

I've been hosting Nextcloud since version 13 and have upgraded 7 times in total, to version 20 now. Never had a single issue upgrading. I'm hosting via Docker, so upgrading is as simple as pulling and starting a new image. Nextcloud takes care of upgrading tables etc itself and has never failed on me.

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by stavros »

PascalW wrote: post #132
shimonabi wrote: post #122

I use Nextcloud for the calendar, the to-do deck and to access my Samba shares over HTTPS. That said, I would never put anything important on it. I had at least 5 upgrades in the past 2 years result in total failure, with an unrecoverable instance and corrupted DB.

I've been hosting Nextcloud since version 13 and have upgraded 7 times in total, to version 20 now. Never had a single issue upgrading. I'm hosting via Docker, so upgrading is as simple as pulling and starting a new image. Nextcloud takes care of upgrading tables etc itself and has never failed on me.

Same here. Upgrades always went without a hitch. I run it in Compose but the database is on the host (I much prefer that setup in general).

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by ignoramous »

lukastr0 wrote: post #112
ignoramous wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wasabi is likely even cheaper at $6 a month for 1000 GB (minimum) [0] and free egress to go with it (similar plans from Backblaze too [1]). Scaleway is pretty impressive with its pricing too with 75 GB (storage + egress) free per month [2] [0] https://wasabi.com/cloud-storage-pricing/#three-info [1] https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html [2] https://www.scaleway.com/en/object-storage/

Wait, you're not talking about the same thing as the comment you responded to. Parent comment was about managed Nextcloud hosting.

Yes, Scaleway and Wasabi don't, but Backblaze does in some limited form: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by jannes »

ssss11 wrote: post #92
nr2x wrote: post #42

I had a few instances of OwnCloud and various NAS setups over the years. Then I had a kid and dumped everything into iCloud when I realized I’d no longer have time to keep it all secure/patched. Time cost of these setups is real.

I hear your point (2 young kids) and there’s plenty of things I’ve done that with, but this isn’t one of them. I have a Synology NAS and probably spend less than 5 mins a month on it.

You can even run Nextcloud on your Synology NAS with a Docker container (provided that your model is one of those that supports Docker)

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by kmclean »

antman wrote: post #114

Ok I have the nextcloud setup, now how can I backup my iphone gallery? Haven't found a frictionless way to do that except icloud.

There's an iOS app you can configure to automatically upload your photos to your nextcloud so they're available from anywhere (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nextcloud/id1125420102). You might want to set up Backblaze or similar for external storage, though, if you're using a small VPS you might fill up the storage pretty quickly.

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by raffraffraff »

867-5309 wrote: post #48
duiker101 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am still looking for a decent Google Maps alternative. And not about navigation, I never use that, what I care about it's reviews. TripAdvisor is okish when it comes to restaurants but Google just have the advantage of having review for ANYTHING. Still haven't found a competitor that does anything close to that.

I'm always surprised at the lack of content on OpenStreetMaps, 99 times out of 100 when you click a point of interest there are no photos, reviews, or even a basic description

Yet they still have that restaurant that closed 5 years ago.

Re: Setting up your own Nextcloud instance to get off of Google

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Post by amelius »

nr2x wrote: post #42

I had a few instances of OwnCloud and various NAS setups over the years. Then I had a kid and dumped everything into iCloud when I realized I’d no longer have time to keep it all secure/patched. Time cost of these setups is real.

However, the time cost may be substantially lower than if Google or Apple locks you out of your account ...
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