So I want to build a home server to use as a media server, and to back up my photos etc.

I am also currently doing an online course, and happen to spend some time at work as well as at home working on it. I don’t like using Google where I can help it, but I find google docs really useful. So I’m wondering if there’s an open source application that works essentially the same, but I could run off my own server? It would have to be web-based as I use Windows at work and can’t install new programs :/

edit: Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I’ve got quite a few leads to follow now, it should be fun!

  • BlinkerFluid@lemmy.oneEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Nextcloud needs a heaping helping of a disclaimer before anyone installs it.

    Use the Docker or Podman images, they’ll include most things a lot of first time users leave out that render Nextcloud buggy and inconsistent. It includes a cache, and about half of the security issues preconfigured out of the box.

    Installing it native from a guide with zero explanation beyond “welp, there’s the start page” as the final step really doesn’t do much for people and there’s a lot of guides out there like that for Nextcloud.

    • Engywuck
      31·
      1 year ago

      Even with Docker, my feeling is that BC is something extremely fragile andd one has to be quite careful when updating it, for instance.

      • laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’ve been using Nextcloud docker for quite some time, updated it countless times, have never had any problems whatsoever.

        • Engywuck
          11·
          1 year ago

          Mine crapped out at first minor update, lol. Maybe just bad luck.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I hope to hell you don’t try to use the update button inside NC when running a docker image. The web updater is trash in any case, but in a docker that would be a real fuckup.

        You update docker with a docker pull and I’ve never had it fail. It just quietly upgrades the database and goes along it’s merry way.

        • Engywuck
          11·
          1 year ago

          Nope, I updated with docker-compost stop/pull/up -d and suddenly everything was gone. Luckily I had a local copy of my files. Looks like updating trashed the volume I had mapped to my SSD.