Hello everyone,
I'm interested in using TrueNAS as a cloud server for me and my friends.
We're playing Dungeons and Dragons and are recording every session.
Up until now we were using Google Drive but we wanna switch to a private solution. Furthermore I don't like paying monthly subscriptions unless it's absolute necessary..
I've plenty of "old" hardware that's suitable serving as a cloud storage.
So far I already did a lot of research and also tried out many different things.
At first I thought SMB share would work but as far I can tell and tested that's only an option for devices on the same network.
I've tried Nextcloud and so far it was working. I was able to upload the files but no one except my girlfriend and me (we're on the same network) were able to gain access despite the fact I used the "Share link" function.
After some research I figured out that it's because my router / server aren't public to the internet (port forwarding not enabled) which would explain why only my girlfriend and me had access to the files.
Then I stumbled upon FTP / SFTP. At first it sounded perfect because I don't want to force my friends to download extra software. Having access to the recordings via Windows Explorer sounds like a perfect idea. I'd give everyone a user profile / group profile, password etc. and that's it (roughly explained of course).
But in order to use FTP / SFTP I have to enable port forwarding which obviously has many security problems.
I definitely misunderstood something (or a lot) since I'm relatively new to that topic.
What do I want?
I would like to use TrueNAS (preferable TrueNAS Scale since I had fewer problems with it's UI) as a self hosted cloud storage that's not only accessible to the people on the same network, but also accessible to my friends from their home networks so that they can watch / download the last session.
A nice to have would be if they were also able to upload additional content but not necessary.
I know many posts already exists talking about that topic but some posts link to a dead and unusable link and others aren't finished finding a solution.
To further questions I will answer as detailed as possible.
Kindest regards
Gévarred (。・∀・)ノ゙
I'm interested in using TrueNAS as a cloud server for me and my friends.
We're playing Dungeons and Dragons and are recording every session.
Up until now we were using Google Drive but we wanna switch to a private solution. Furthermore I don't like paying monthly subscriptions unless it's absolute necessary..
I've plenty of "old" hardware that's suitable serving as a cloud storage.
So far I already did a lot of research and also tried out many different things.
At first I thought SMB share would work but as far I can tell and tested that's only an option for devices on the same network.
I've tried Nextcloud and so far it was working. I was able to upload the files but no one except my girlfriend and me (we're on the same network) were able to gain access despite the fact I used the "Share link" function.
After some research I figured out that it's because my router / server aren't public to the internet (port forwarding not enabled) which would explain why only my girlfriend and me had access to the files.
Then I stumbled upon FTP / SFTP. At first it sounded perfect because I don't want to force my friends to download extra software. Having access to the recordings via Windows Explorer sounds like a perfect idea. I'd give everyone a user profile / group profile, password etc. and that's it (roughly explained of course).
But in order to use FTP / SFTP I have to enable port forwarding which obviously has many security problems.
I definitely misunderstood something (or a lot) since I'm relatively new to that topic.
What do I want?
I would like to use TrueNAS (preferable TrueNAS Scale since I had fewer problems with it's UI) as a self hosted cloud storage that's not only accessible to the people on the same network, but also accessible to my friends from their home networks so that they can watch / download the last session.
A nice to have would be if they were also able to upload additional content but not necessary.
I know many posts already exists talking about that topic but some posts link to a dead and unusable link and others aren't finished finding a solution.
To further questions I will answer as detailed as possible.
Kindest regards
Gévarred (。・∀・)ノ゙