DIY NAS/ cloud

[skkler]

Hello, So i am wanting to making my own NAS/Cloud from scratch but i have no idea where to even start. but for starters my goal is I want storage that I can reach via internet no matter where i am at and manage myself. Any suggestions?

[Mark77]

How good are your Linux/Unix skills?  And when you say "cloud", what do you mean specifically?  I mean, when I think "cloud", I think of a product like Amazon EC2, which allows for running of virtual machines.  You certainly can do that, on your own hardware, with Xen/Virtualbox/KVM/VMware, but basically, we need to know what your overall requirements are and what you're trying to accomplish. 

 

 

[skkler]

I know a few things in Linux/Unix im a network administrator and we run 3 servers with them so i know enough to rebuild them from scratch. and by cloud i mean basically i have a storage attached to my home network but if say im a few hundred miles away i can log on to my storage through a VPN or IP address and stil be able t access my storage, and also allow others to access it given they have the credentials 

[AnonymousGuy]

I use FE Explorer on my iOS devices to connect to my windows shares on my storage server.  I of course have to be connected to my router's OpenVPN to have LAN access.  I also use EasyHTTP (I think that's what it's called...EDIT: HFS is the name) so files can be accessed from a web interface.  Better than FTP since multi-part downloading isn't really implemented well over FTP.  

 

Make sure you get a DDNS setup going on so your router is connected to a domain address instead of an ip that changes.  Google Domains handles this for me.

[ARikozuM]

Why not just get Google Drive?

Synology has some.

FreeNAS and CentOS are good as well (FreeNAS from personal experience and CentOS from @Electronics Wizardy's advice).

[samiscool51]

a NAS is simple, have a program or OS that allows to share a folder or storage device over a network

personal cloud is harder, maybe try reading this and see which one fits your needs: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/free-tools-to-build-personal-cloud/

[Mark77]

2 minutes ago, skkler said:

I know a few things in Linux/Unix im a network administrator and we run 3 servers with them so i know enough to rebuild them from scratch. and by cloud i mean basically i have a storage attached to my home network but if say im a few hundred miles away i can log on to my storage through a VPN or IP address and stil be able t access my storage, and also allow others to access it given they have the credentials 

Okay...  Well if that's the case, then get yourself some hardware, open a port or two on your home firewall, get yourself onto a dynamic DNS service, and go at it.  You'll probably end up being a better sysadmin too if you work through the challenges of configuring it all yourself.

 

Openvpn is the package you configure for VPN.  There's a few file transfer protocols you could use including web (http) with .htaccess files, ftp, or even scp if you give your friends accounts.  There's some fancy PHP frameworks available as well, or you could even set up Samba shares and allow remote VPN clients to mount them. 

[Vitalius]

You have a loooot of choices with this.

https://ipfs.io/

IPFS -> Internet Protocol File System

 

Another option, set up a linux server. Install OwnCloud and follow this tutorial: https://owncloud.org/install/

 

In terms of hardware, that depends on what you already have available to you, what all you want to do, and how much you are willing to spend.

[NelizMastr]

4 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Why not just get Google Drive?

Synology has some.

FreeNAS and CentOS are good as well (FreeNAS from personal experience and CentOS from @Electronics Wizardy's advice).

With Google Drive, your files as also accessible by Google if they deem that necessary. Going with an on-premise solution will at least guarantee that your data is private. A NAS solution like any WD MyCloud or Synology Diskstation will work well. I can access my Synology DS215j over the internet and download and upload just fine.