Which tools to create my own "cloud", Android-compatible?

ohnonot · 2015-10-11 15:15:05

I would like to access my home server from my android phone via mobile broadband.

now, from my linux laptop i can use ssh & sshfs, problem solved.
i have done this, actually with the very same mobile broadband data sim.

it is not impossible to have that on android, too, but in my searches i came across many alternatives.
right now it seems i am just holding on to one way of doing things, because it's the only way i know...

what would you recommend to achieve my goal?
requirements:

direct connection from my phone to my LAMP server (an old laptop sitting next to my router)
FOSS
no funny stuff like creating accounts with someone providing some service or other
private. this is for me only.

the files are mostly media, but some other stuff, too, so a media streaming server would only be part of the solution.
but i'd prefer something like sshfs, because i can just use the files as if they were local and don't have to worry about streaming protocols and what sort of files and what programs i use on the server or the client.

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ohnonot · 2015-10-11 16:39:24

DNS

my ip address hasn't changed in almost a year, so i guess it's pretty static, and i don't have any use for a dns right now... everything's been working fine just by accessing the ip directly.

Data transfer
ES File Explorer allows you to access devices via SFTP (FTP-over-SSH) including public key authentication which gives you sshfs-like behaviour.

i have seen that. i'd still need to set up an sftp server, i guess. i'm just wondering if other apps can also see the files then, or only es file explorer?

Services
CalDAV, CardDAV sync plus data store = Owncloud.
There's an OwnCloud app for Android. CalDAV+CardDAV sync (=calendar and todo-lists, contacts) can be set up easily using DAVDroid (FOSS, donations are appreciated).

calendar sync is not so important for me.
but owncloud looks interesting; i thought it was a registration/commercial cloud service, but i can just download it and use it? but doen't it call home just like google apps do?

You need to get a SSL cert for accessing the web interface. Use https://startssl.com/ or better yet https://letsencrypt.org/ for free SSL certs, but you have to wait for the latter. Or buy one, they're not that expensive (but annoyingly expensive for what they are, still).

do i need that to run owncloud, or the calendar stuff, or both?
are you saying owncloud isn't safe/private enough otherwise?

ohnonot · 2015-10-11 17:47:06

twoion wrote:

OwnCloud doesn't phone home, and it's 100% FOSS.

i trust your word on that.

anyhoo, i have something to do now. thanks, it was helpful.

ohnonot · 2015-10-11 19:26:51

twoion wrote:

ohnonot wrote:
ES File Explorer allows you to access devices via SFTP (FTP-over-SSH) including public key authentication which gives you sshfs-like behaviour.
i have seen that. i'd still need to set up an sftp server, i guess. i'm just wondering if other apps can also see the files then, or only es file explorer?
That's the beauty, you only need a SSH server running!

this is genius.
listening to music from my server now (it even has a built-in media player), with secure authentication!

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ohnonot · 2015-10-11 21:59:59

^ well, seeing your contributions, i'd say coming from you that recommendation means something.
i trust that you have good reason to believe that, and you don't strike me as a bigmouth.

so, if you were just being a bigmouth, now's the time to tell me. 8)

Last edited by ohnonot (2015-10-12 06:29:34)

ohnonot · 2015-10-12 20:57:45

and that is when they became silent...

hhh · 2015-10-12 21:44:51

Ha ha! That cat's doing science-y stuff!

#1 2015-10-11 15:15:05

Which tools to create my own "cloud", Android-compatible?

#2 2015-10-11 16:39:24

Re: Which tools to create my own "cloud", Android-compatible?

DNS

Data transfer

Services

#3 2015-10-11 17:47:06

Re: Which tools to create my own "cloud", Android-compatible?

#4 2015-10-11 19:26:51

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