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Nextcloud works well for this, and as the files are already on your server you don't have to upload anywhere, you just share the folder, put an expiry date on a

Nextcloud works well for this, and as the files are already on your server you don't have to upload anywhere, you just share the folder, put an expiry date on and send them the url

panki27 3y ago
Note: your customers do not require an account in your Nextcloud. You can share by link, and optionally add a password too.
- jjbinx007 3y ago
  And as a bonus it can also be set as a drop box, where customers can send files to a folder of your choice. All the benefits of wetransfer but self hosted.
KronisLV 3y ago
To add to this, it's reasonably easy to run, and has many different plugins, from a calendar and contacts list, to an online document editor (like Google Docs, except it can be pretty slow and/or resource intensive: https://nextcloud.com/office/ https://nextcloud.com/office/), to a simple clone of Slack (https://nextcloud.com/talk/ https://nextcloud.com/talk/), a mail client (https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/mail https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/mail) and other things. That said, I've had updates (across major versions) break things on multiple occasions, one out of two servers running the exact same version has random crashes and in addition to that the file locking by default (if enabled, but not using Redis: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/files_locking_transactional.html https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/config...) has broken and prevents me from deleting a file that just sits there and takes up a few GB of space. Oh and their Android app fails to upload files if I use the share option, instead of the file picker from within the app. On the other hand, sure beats storing data on third party clouds and is free, so I'll still keep using it.
aspyct 3y ago
I know, but even sending a link is not that straightforward in my experience.
- bigstrat2003 3y ago
  O.o how is that not straightforward? Sending a link is the easiest thing in the world.
  - aspyct 3y ago
    Yes, sending it is easy. But on the other side, whatever software my customers are using tends to break the links. I've had that with both mail clients and messenger. Call it antivirus protections, "you're leaving our website" thing, facebook tracking data... Whatever, they will break your links eventually. I know, it's unbelievable, I don't blame you for doubting me. But still...
justsomehnguy 3y ago
> you just share the folder And this is how some company can accidentally see way more than it had should. Never do this for anything remotely important, just add a separate 'Share' folder and allow sharing to external users only from it. Don't forget, if the user can't see something on the server that doesn't mean there is nothing else there. Eg: ABE enabled SMB share.

Nextcloud works well for this, and as the files are already on your server you don't have to upload anywhere, you just share the folder, put an expiry date on and send them the url

panki27 3y ago

Note: your customers do not require an account in your Nextcloud. You can share by link, and optionally add a password too.

jjbinx007 3y ago
And as a bonus it can also be set as a drop box, where customers can send files to a folder of your choice. All the benefits of wetransfer but self hosted.

KronisLV 3y ago

To add to this, it's reasonably easy to run, and has many different plugins, from a calendar and contacts list, to an online document editor (like Google Docs, except it can be pretty slow and/or resource intensive: https://nextcloud.com/office/ https://nextcloud.com/office/), to a simple clone of Slack (https://nextcloud.com/talk/ https://nextcloud.com/talk/), a mail client (https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/mail https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/mail) and other things. That said, I've had updates (across major versions) break things on multiple occasions, one out of two servers running the exact same version has random crashes and in addition to that the file locking by default (if enabled, but not using Redis: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/files_locking_transactional.html https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/config...) has broken and prevents me from deleting a file that just sits there and takes up a few GB of space. Oh and their Android app fails to upload files if I use the share option, instead of the file picker from within the app. On the other hand, sure beats storing data on third party clouds and is free, so I'll still keep using it.

aspyct 3y ago

I know, but even sending a link is not that straightforward in my experience.

bigstrat2003 3y ago
O.o how is that not straightforward? Sending a link is the easiest thing in the world.
- aspyct 3y ago
  Yes, sending it is easy. But on the other side, whatever software my customers are using tends to break the links. I've had that with both mail clients and messenger. Call it antivirus protections, "you're leaving our website" thing, facebook tracking data... Whatever, they will break your links eventually. I know, it's unbelievable, I don't blame you for doubting me. But still...

justsomehnguy 3y ago

> you just share the folder And this is how some company can accidentally see way more than it had should. Never do this for anything remotely important, just add a separate 'Share' folder and allow sharing to external users only from it. Don't forget, if the user can't see something on the server that doesn't mean there is nothing else there. Eg: ABE enabled SMB share.