Windows Folder sharing like "Google Drive" style (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by paxxx84@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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hi everyone,

i want to make the switch moving from Google Drive to selfhosted,

and currenly I got a windows server up and running with a big hard drive which I want to make accessible like "Google Drive",

so on phone by an App,

on Windows like a mounted drive,

etc.

What do you guys use for that usecase?

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[-] ElevenNotes@alien.top 3 points 11 months ago

SMB.

[-] railsdev@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, this is what I thought OP was already talking about. Just keep it simple and use SMB (as long as it’s properly secured).

OP would then just need some client apps for things like smartphones but essentially every OS supports SMB natively at this point.

[-] hai@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

The iOS files app, as terrible as it is, supports SMB.

[-] railsdev@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Right! I always forget that too.

Hopefully on mobile we’re using a VPN though. I don’t think SMB on public WiFi would be a great combination.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I've heard of nextcloud, haven't used it myself.

[-] snowe@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah I’ve also heard of nextcloud being used. Definitely don’t use windows anything.

[-] nk316@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Nextcloud

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