and is there any detailed video about how to host it using windows 10?

    • RandoomOP
      11·
      3 years ago

      Thank you so much. Changing the OS won’t be a problem I think.

      I will think about it thoroughly. i.e. about the hardwares. 3-5$ would be a decent price. I would charge my friends 1$ each lol.

  • southerntofu
    5·
    3 years ago

    If you’re not familiar at all with systems administration, you may find it easier to run a selfhosting distro like Yunohost which has one-click install for many software like NextCloud.

    If you don’t need a lot of storage, renting/owning a server is going to be really cheap. NextCloud can run on very light resources if you don’t need it to scale to terabytes or dozens of users.

    Just be careful to think of backups! If you don’t backup your infrastructure, you may wake up one day with all your data gone in flames :)

  • pinknoise
    2·
    3 years ago

    As already said, running it on windows is a) not a good idea and b) unnecessarily difficult. Hosted Linux servers are way cheaper anyways.

    You might want to specify what you want to do with your nextcloud instance, because server load can vary dramatically depending on use case.

    Easiest install is via snap, they have everything you may need builtin, just read their wiki.

    You need to:

    • Connect to your server vie ssh (your hosting provider should supply you with the credentials)
    • install snap and then the nextcloud-snap
    • reach the setup page via ssh port forwarding
    • after the setup open the http and https ports in the firewall
    • maybe setup letsencrypt

    Then you’re done, snap should even do automatic updates for you.

    You can also find nextcloud hosting, but that will be more expensive and you probably have to pay per user :/

      • pinknoise
        4·
        3 years ago

        Nice, but it’s only for storage so no installing apps? Using nextcloud for storage only is a bit overkill imo.

          • pinknoise
            1·
            3 years ago

            Thanks, thats nice. I have my own nextcloud running on a server I rent anyways, I just wanted to know since I thought OP wouldn’t want to use nextcloud for storage only. But if that works for stuff like contacts/calendar/notes/forms/bookmarks it’s certainly easier (and possibly even cheaper) than a VPS.

    • RandoomOP
      11·
      3 years ago

      Thank you. I think I have videos based on this snap thing.

      • pinknoise
        2·
        3 years ago

        I suggest you try it in a virtual machine first. (The letsencrypt part won’t work then) Look at what linux distribution your hosting provider uses, so you will be familiar with everything. You can instruct them to reset your VPS in case you fuck something up, but that might take some time, so discovering possible mistakes beforehand on a test systems is more convenient.

    • RandoomOP
      11·
      3 years ago

      I was thinking of something virtual. That means more money I guess!