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Pedro E.

Cool!
I did something like this.
I used OpenVpn to Access the pi and "OwnCloud" that I'm running though docker.

What are you thinking of NextCloud ?

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Roelof Jan Elsinga

Great tip! I'm going to try that out. NextCloud is really nice. The setup was very easy and the user interface is clear. I haven't tried OwnCloud, but I've looked at it as an option. What are you thoughts on it? Is it good?

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Pedro E.

Owncloud has the app and the web just like nextCloud has. I used just a little to try and to see if it was going to work... so far was ok but did not used very much to say that will work all the functionalities and stuff..
I found two apps, there was one "free - someone did this one that was not owncloud" and the owncloud paid one.

About the OpenVpn, is a very easy setup, just run one script, answer the questions and its done. After you just need to port forward at your router the same port you put at the installation. And the connection sounds safe, it generates a certificate for you to connect, so you just import it at the OpenVpn app at your phone for example and its done.

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Roelof Jan Elsinga

That sounds really nice! I should see if that's something I can implement with NextCloud as well. I don't want to have to resort to whitelisting ip addresses or something like that. That would not work, as I'm permanently behind a VPN on my devices. Perhaps using an ssh connection or something like that would also work?

I'll definitely try the openvpn route, because that sounds great!