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I'd like to set up a personal cloud, probably through a vps to start. However, I'd also like to move my domains to the same server. It's been well over a decade since I did any server admin style work, so in technology years I'm old as feck.

What are my best options to look into as far as privacy/security/reliability/price for a vps? What are my best options to allow friends and family to mindlessly backup their data to our private cloud (if such a thing exists)? I'm looking for cross platform support and the ability to host multiple websites.

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[-] jdh@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the advice and for directing my research a bit.

My immediate family is quite large, and I'm already tech support. Outside of family I stopped doing tech support many years ago when I closed my computer repair business. I'm comfortable assuming the responsibility of their data, and I'd feel better knowing it's in our control and not the mercy of large corporations.

[-] visiblink@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

One thing that's really easy to do is to set up a low-resource "Dropbox". Just install Syncthing on the server and sync all devices to the server, using it as a hub. You can have many different Syncthing folders on the server and assign one to each family member.

Another low-resource service I self-host is Radicale, which provides calendar and contacts syncing through caldav and carddav.

[-] jdh@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The only person interested in sharing a calendar is my mom because of Dr appointments. So I'm not overly concerned with calendar sharing

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