sovereign VS Syncloud

I find the fundamental problem with this sort of server setup script/config management is that they inevitably get quite personal. Nobody really wants to use another devs and when you try to allow for a lot of customisation they tend get byzantine and complex.

That said I still think it's worth sharing. If nothing else we can all usually cherry pick nice ideas from each other.

I had an entirely private set of Ansible roles I'd cobbled together that I started to put in a more shareable state a couple of years ago. It has little overlap with what you're putting together, but I do think you might find the way it separates personal Ansible config and the main project roles into separate directories (and thus different git repos) useful.

I really need to dust off my project and get it to a releasable state this year [momod](https://github.com/adrinux/momod).

I assume you've come across the many similar projects like [Sovereign](https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign), [Mistborn](https://gitlab.com/cyber5k/mistborn)

You could also check out the Sovereign project on github which automatically sets up a home server including xmpp serivce.

Shoutout to Sovereign[1] nice ansible project to automate most of this kind of home setup

[1] https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign

I was a helm user. Unfortunately, the helm went bellyup in December 2022. However, the nextcloud sofrware coupled with the helm/home server solution worked well. I am interested home solution, for sharing files. I am considering HomeDrive or the other solutions proposed on the nexcloud website (https://nextcloud.com/devices/) . I am wondering if there has been any successes or failures with HomeDrive N7 or similar device that suppors nextcloud, for a home server. I researched reddit and found folks recommending syncloud.org, however, as of 4/29/23 at 10:32 AM PST there severs are not available to me for some reason or another.

If you do not trust the cloud, there are managed self-hosting options where you can host your nextcloud physically at home, like using nextcloudpi, HomeDrive or Syncloud, where you only need to trust their software update to keep the system secure and to not plant a back door Some are also open source, so in theory you can even audit and build the software by yourself. In the worst case, when you feel that your data is in danger, you have the option to physically unplug your data off the network. For this kind of self-hosting at your own place, remember to at least properly get a valid TLS/HTTPS certificate.