and is there any detailed video about how to host it using windows 10?

  • poVoq
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    Running it on Windows is not supported (and really not a good idea) AFAIK.

    The main cost consideration is the amount of storage space you need if you rent a VPS.

    If you host from home the main question is the cost of the hardware itself and the power-consumption.

    I would say the minium is somewhere around 3-5$/month, but the result will be a Nextcloud that you can share with friends and family.

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      Thank you so much. Changing the OS won’t be a problem I think.

      I will think about it thoroughly. i.e. about the hardwares. 3-5$ would be a decent price. I would charge my friends 1$ each lol.

  • @southerntofu@lemmy.ml
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    If you’re not familiar at all with systems administration, you may find it easier to run a selfhosting distro like Yunohost which has one-click install for many software like NextCloud.

    If you don’t need a lot of storage, renting/owning a server is going to be really cheap. NextCloud can run on very light resources if you don’t need it to scale to terabytes or dozens of users.

    Just be careful to think of backups! If you don’t backup your infrastructure, you may wake up one day with all your data gone in flames :)

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    As already said, running it on windows is a) not a good idea and b) unnecessarily difficult. Hosted Linux servers are way cheaper anyways.

    You might want to specify what you want to do with your nextcloud instance, because server load can vary dramatically depending on use case.

    Easiest install is via snap, they have everything you may need builtin, just read their wiki.

    You need to:

    • Connect to your server vie ssh (your hosting provider should supply you with the credentials)
    • install snap and then the nextcloud-snap
    • reach the setup page via ssh port forwarding
    • after the setup open the http and https ports in the firewall
    • maybe setup letsencrypt

    Then you’re done, snap should even do automatic updates for you.

    You can also find nextcloud hosting, but that will be more expensive and you probably have to pay per user :/

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      You can also find nextcloud hosting, but that will be more expensive and you probably have to pay per user :/

      Not necessarily, Hetzner for example offers hosted Nextcloud relatively cheaply and you can manage most of it yourself: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share

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        Nice, but it’s only for storage so no installing apps? Using nextcloud for storage only is a bit overkill imo.

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          Not 100% sure, but I think it comes with a reduced selection of apps.

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      12 years ago

      Thank you. I think I have videos based on this snap thing.

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        I suggest you try it first in a virtual machine. (The letsencrypt part won’t work then) Look at what linux distribution your hosting provider uses, so you will be familiar with everything.