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I'm done with NextCloud (ymmel.nl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just had NextCloud denying my credentials (not for the first time). I know they weren't wrong because I'm using a password manager. Logs didn't say much. Was about to reinstall (again, not the first time nextcloud went bonkers on me) before I tried a docker compose down && docker compose up. Lo and behold after a restart the credentials worked again.

This stuff is just way too flaky for something so important.

Is OwnCloud good again? My main usecase is saving photos but I don't want them locked away in a database so SeaFile is out.

Edit: I'm going to take the time to reply to you all, bit busy with work and family suddenly. But a little update - I've quickly setup Immich and fired up the CLI to import my library. AFAIK the files are still stored on disk somewhere but metadata is in a database. I didn't realize this before, knowing that I think my mind is made up and Immich is the best solution. Thanks everyone!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, I'm amazed you didn't get downvoted to hell by saying NC is bad. Some of my experiences with NC are described in detail at https://lemmy.world/comment/1571886 and https://lemmy.world/comment/346174

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also stopped using Nextcloud after it broke a couple of times. As a consequence I also never use :latest tag on any docker container anymore - manual updates only

When I switched to Android phone, I also switched to syncthing. If you have enough storage on your phone, it is amazing! Never looked back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When I first started selfhosting I put latest on everything AND used watchtower. Quickly learned my lesson.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do you have 2 redis containers by any chance? I'm asking because you mentioned Immich, and that one has redis as part of its stack

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I just implemented authentik SSO for Nextcloud and other apps and it’s made my life easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Maybe give Seafile a try?

Open source, you can selfhost, has clients for Linux/Win/Mac and Android/iOS and best of all - encryption that actually works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And the clients are actually really great, competitive with the features of the best cloud storage clients.