On 14-04-18 01:51 AM, Shawn Grover wrote: > I've played a little with Own Cloud and like it's potential as a private > substitute for DropBox and it's ilk.
*** That is just part of the reason I like it. Ultimately more control over my data from wherever I am. And n NSA or the like poking over my shoulder. Well...not much anyways. lol > From what I recall, when you set up Own Cloud you specify where the data > is to be stored. Connecting to a NAS box for storage is not really > supported in this sense - at least not when I looked at it. To > accomplish this you could do an SMB mount via your FSTAB on the base > system running Own Cloud. Then when you select the storage location, > you just select the mounted directory. The end result being your Own > Cloud data stored on the NAS, but Own Cloud doesn't know anything about > the NAS at all (and therefore does not need any fancy configuration...) > > I do recall mention in the docs that suggested the NAS drive could be > set up the way you are thinking, but I also saw questions similar to > yours and the answer was almost always to use the FSTAB mounts as it is > much easier to set up and better understood/documented. *** Sooo...basically what you are saying is FSTAB mounts. ;-) I would imagine this is pretty simple. Would I have to set up mounts for each folder (i.e library, media, etc.) or just one at the root of the NAS? I woudl back it up anyways....but should that be necessary or would it recognize what was already there? > Regarding backups, I used to worry about backing up my development > work. While I still take reasonable precautions, I pretty much ignore > backups these days (for my dev code at least) as everything goes into a > Git repository and that repository is hosted on a remote server (like > BitBucket, GitHub, etc.) AND the "production" and "staging" code is > stored on yet another server. So in addition to my normal development > box, my code is "backed up" on many servers in a natural (and > accessible) manner. There's no reason something similar can't be set up > with normal office documents, IMO. *** Thanks for your insight. Essentially the NAS sits downstairs out of the way. Upstairs hanging off the router is an external USB drive with I have lovingly called the "Oh Crap Drive" (OCD for short)...for the likley once in a lifetime instance when the house was on for or something....you would say, "OH CRAP the house is on fire" & grab the drive. The external drive that leaves the house is for those cases when say you are out...and like a flood situation...say you can't get to the house you have your data with you. > > On 14-04-17 11:50 PM, TekBudda wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Thought I would ask some thoughts about how to go about the following. >> >> I have recently built a fresh CentOS server install that I intend to >> install OpenLDAP on & act as a PDC. Similar to a Windows Servers with >> users authenticating against AD. I also have a DNS-323 NAS that >> currently has 2 x 2TB drives in a mirror that I am storing data on & >> backing up manually. >> >> I was thinking of installing OwnCloud on the server with the NAS being >> the repository for the data. I then want to be able to access data via >> smartphones or remotely (i.e. web, desktop OS, etc.). I would also like >> to set up some sort of synching mechanisms between the various clients >> (i.e. smartphone, laptop, etc.) so that for example I am out somewhere >> working on something...I come home & the data is moved to the NAS & the >> drives (Librari, Media, etc.) on the NAS mount for access. Eventually I >> am planning to have what I am hoping will be a live synching backup to >> anther disk in the house & an on demand backup of the backup that will >> be taken offsite & doen every week or so. >> >> >> I have been looking around & I don't think I have found the right >> information yet, bit I am wondering if I am on the right track. >> My thinking is that is should be as simple as installing OC on the >> CentOS box & then point it towards the NAS. Am I on the right track or >> do I need to isntall OC on the NAS itself as suggested by the following >> article: >> https://panmen.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/installing-owncloud-to-a-dns-320-nas/ >> >> >> I can see the end goal of what I want to do...but what I am having >> troubles with is envisioning the proper steps in the proper order. >> >> Any ideas or suggestions...specific steps....etc. And just to make >> things interesting....any ideas about encrytion in relatin to this whole >> thing. Should I be encrypting the NAS, the backup & the external. If >> so...suggestions for tools (for exmaple TrueCrypt)? >> >> TekBudda >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
