I pay for a server out of Montreal (OVH) that is fairly reasonable (~$35/month), it is running Ubuntu 13.10 though I do plan to upgrade to 14.04 soon. I have owncloud running there, and encrypting the data (this is an OC option that you can configure). I do not enable the option that allows recovery in the case of lost passwords.
I have a cron job that runs nightly to backup the OC configuration in /etc and the data store to a machine at home. I keep most of the data that I want to get to in OC, and I have the OC client on 4 machines + the backups in my server at home. Seems to be reasonable. I have the OC client on my phone and tablet but do not synchronise because the size of my data far exceeds that of the local storage on those devices. This seems to be working OK, better than when I hosted OC on a cable modem. One big plus to OC is that you can use it to store and synchronise your firefox profiles instead of using Mozilla's servers to do that. What I wished I had done was build this all inside of a Linux container (lxc) and used Docker to manage it. Maybe next time. IIRC you have an Active Directory server in your house, you could just open up the LDAP (or better LDAPS) port and point your OC install to that. There is an LDAP module for OC. I assume that the NSA et al can read my data since I do not trust SSL (this was before heartbleed) and I do not physically control the server. The built in encryption does a reasonable job of encrypting data, but filenames and directory names are in the clear. You could layer truecrypt or encfs/ecryptfs on top, though in practice I have found this to be cumbersome and error prone. I have messed with bittorrent sync am unsure what to think. It is certainly fast, has mobile clients. I am uneasy about it since the protocol has not been published so we really do not know how it works. I would be happier if I could run it entirely on my own machines without relying on theirs for anything. I am unclear what you are trying to do with your DNS323 since you already have a CentOS server. You could try to shoehorn OC into the DNS323, but that device is so resource constrained that performance would not be great. What I would do is have the storage local to the CentOS box and then have a cronjob to copy the data to the dns323. Even better would be to have version backups with something like rdiff-backup, duplicity, etc. You would still need to mount the dns323 share (either SMB or NFS) on the CentOS box. Ideally you really want the backup to be automated and off site. Hth On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM, TekBudda <tekbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 14-04-18 09:23 AM, Anand Singh wrote: > > I have this exact setup running for a customer. I'm using Clear OS > > (based on Red Hat) because it has a nice LDAP interface. I have the NAS > > set as an iSCSI target, but NFS works too. OwnCloud will not install on > > Cent 6.4 because of an unpatched PHP issue (6.5 may work). I used Ubuntu > > server to host OwnCloud for that reason. LDAP integration is simple, and > > the solution works. > > *** I have the latest Cent OS so hopefully it will work. I choose it > because it is as close to RHEL as you can get...even more so with their > new partnership. > > With the iSCSI target...is that based on the NAS you are using or a > choice? > > Did you need to do anything special with the LDAP? Just want to get to > the point of having single sign-on for all necessary folks. > > Just thinking...maybe something like this would be a good solution for > CLUG. I know that it ha been discussed that no one knows where anything > is & there really isn't anything related to an archive anywhere. This > could be hosted at someones office/house or whatever & if it ever needed > to be transitioned somewhere then it could be as simple as moving one > box. Or...alternative is maybe raising fees to help pay for a hosted > server somewhere. > > > . > > > > On Apr 18, 2014 1:51 AM, "TekBudda" <tekbu...@gmail.com > > <mailto:tekbu...@gmail.com>> 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 <mailto: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 >
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