Linux has been my daily driver since about 98, and I’ve been successfully using Syncthing for a couple of years for getting photos of the familys phones, but then the missus went an got an Iphone! (And I guess it was time for an upgrade anyway)
In other words, I have a pretty well rounded IT-background, but I’m new to the world of Nextclound, and it would be great to get a little sanity check to see if I’m on the right track to accomplish what I want.
So the main thing is taking care of all the family photos (currently about 160GB). Syncthing works great for that on Android, especially with my setup where I would automatically keep only X months worth of photos on the phone. On IOS however, I have found no clean way to give Syncthing access to the photos.
A problem with this approach is also that it’s cumbersome for the rest of the family to view and organize the photos.
After some research I concluded that Nextcloud may have the best app for both Android and IOS, and the other features and community to be worth investing my time in, and so I have signed up to a hosted Nextcloud provider and started playing around.
I have installed the Memories gallery, and the corresponding app, and after some fiddling, got it working. The Idea is to configure BackBlaze for bulk storage once I get everything set up.
I have two issues I have not quite figured out yet.
- How will I handle disk usage on the phones? I don’t want to upload and delete immediately, that seems both risky and wasteful. I want to upload ASAP on LAN, but only delete from the phone after some time, or when X GB is used or similar.
- How will I configure Nextcloud and “instant upload” optimally for sharing and viewing photos within the family? It seems there are several ways to accomplish this, but I have not been able to find a good guide that explains the options and tradeoffs. The only thing I know is that I want to keep some folder structure, to make it easier to know the origins of stuff. ie, to clean up old screenshots and the like.
So, am I on the right track here? Is Nextclound the best tool for the job?
And if so, maybe I’m lucky and somebody can give me some tips about the two points above?
Yes, the iOS is the real challenge. Otherwise, you can have Les Pas and call it a day.
Les Pas backup settings looks very interesting on first glance.
Setting up differentiated folders in Syncthing can be a bit fiddly.
But as you say, no IOS :-(