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Do you use a VPN like Tailscale or is your server open to the web? Because I find Tailscale uncomfortable for services that run 24/7 like image syncing and opening my server to the web is neither easy nor fun
I don't open anything with any personal or private data to the web, and I don't trust tailscale when normal wireguard does me just fine and I don't find having a vpn on all the time on my phone an issue.
I'm using Docker on a Raspberry Pi with a couple of RAID 1 SSDs attached. I'm running a DNLA server, torrent client, Immich, Webdav server, Pihole, and DDNS updater. It's all reverse proxied using Traefik. It just chunters away, doing it's thing. If you are careful about the setup and keep on top of updates, it's pretty secure.
It's not for beginners, but Immich is multi-user, so one person can set it up for their whole family and friends to use, share photos etc.
Thanks for the insights! But as I thought, this setup is the opposite of easy, unfortunately.
It's comparatively easy compared to what it used to take to do this sort of thing. You only need basic Linux skills to get a full photo sharing system going. Everything can be installed from repositories and there isn't much setting up to do.
I recommend Netbird over Tailscale. It has more features, is fully FOSS, and you can self-host it.