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I setup a personal NextCloud instance on a $5 Digital Ocean last year, and along with Fastmail, it replaced all the Google services I've been using. It took abo
by yogthos 7y ago
I setup a personal NextCloud instance on a $5 Digital Ocean last year, and along with Fastmail, it replaced all the Google services I've been using. It took about an hour to get up and running, it went through version updates without a hiccup, and never gave me any trouble.
I found it to be completely hassle free, and I can highly recommend it to anybody looking to take back control of their privacy.
- awill 7y agoIt's not accurate to imply this is so easy. You're now responsible for your data, security and uptime. That means patching, backups and plenty of ops work.
- Klonoar 7y agoI agree - I've been doing this crap for 20 years, it's not "about an hour". This is an afternoon at the least. Context: I've done it for myself and others recently.
- yogthos 7y agoI installed it using Snap and Let's Encrypt using this guide [1], and everything worked out of the box. Been running and upgrading it since without a single issue. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [1] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-inst...
- yogthos 7y agoSure, easy for a technical person. That said, Digital Ocean has automated backups, and security mostly consists of making sure you do your updates in a timely fashion. I've literally had to do no other ops work in over a year running NextCloud, and I haven't had a single downtime. Running a server for yourself and your family is a far smaller effort than administering a public site.