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Nextcloud/OneDrive Files-only Replacement (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by naate@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I currently have Nextcloud running, and it's stable, performant...no issues whatsoever. But it's also a LOT more than what I need, and stores files in an "unusable" state if I want to look at them outside of Nextcloud. The real kicker is that the linux client wants to download the entire cloud drive, which simply doesn't work for me.

For most cases, I think a samba share is all I need, but I do have times when I don't have internet access, so the ability to save specific files locally to sync back when I'm home would be great. Nextcloud and OneDrive have a "always keep on this device" option which has been perfect in the past.

I use Syncthing for some specific cases, but it adds extra steps I don't want to deal with all the time.

Specifically, I'm looking for something with these requirements:

provide a virtual drive for Linux and Windows
can keep specific files/folders from that drive offline
point the server to a folder (or folders), and that's what it shares

And "would be nice, but not required"

web interface to view/download files
user-level access
web and virtual drive can be accessed via reverse proxy

I've tried poking around, and can't find anything that seems to fit. I'm surprised there isn't a webdav client or samba config option that would do what I want, but I may also be in a mental rut and missing a key term.

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[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

This confused me at first with Nextcloud also. What I think OP means is that by default the Nextcloud stores the files shared in a database, not the server's local filesystem. My first question when I setup Nextcloud was literally, "Ok, now that I've set things up and got the mobile app accessing it, how the heck to I access those files when I ssh into the server running Nextcloud. You can share directories from the server's filesystem with Nextcloud. But it's not obvious at first how to do that, especially if you're running Nextcloud from a docker container. If you're used to the way Dropbox works and (almost) the way OneDrive works, this distinction can be confusing and frustrating. It still frustrates me, because it complicates access control over those files and I practically never have a need for the files stored in Nextcloud's default places. I'm not sharing the Nextcloud instance or the server with anyone else and I want to access files from the CLI always, so I don't have any use for Nextcloud's defaults.