• Avieshek@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    How can someone without programming skills make a cloud server at home for cheap?

    Lemmy’s Spoiler Doesn’t Make Sense

    (Like connected to WiFi and that’s it)

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      Debian, virtualmin, podman with cockpit, install these on any cheap used pc you find, after initial setup all other is gui managed

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      Raspberry Pi or an old office PC are the usual methods. It’s not so much programming as Linux sysadmin skills.

      Beyond that, you might consider OwnCloud for an app-like experience, or just Samba if all you want is local network files.

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      Not programming skills, but sysadmin skills.

      Buy a used server on EBay (companies often sell their old servers for cheap when they upgrade). Buy a bunch of HDDs. Install Linux and set up the HDDs in a ZFS pool.

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      Cheapest is probably a Raspberry Pi with a USB external drive. Look up “Raspberry Pi NAS,” there are a bunch of guides.

      Or you can repurpose an old PC, install some NAS distro, and then configure.

      There are a ton of options, very few of which require any programming.

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      Yes. You’ll have to learn some new things regardless, but you don’t need to know how to program.

      What are you hoping to make happen?