Hey folks! 👋
I'm Sahal, a software engineer currently diving deeper into the world of DevOps and cloud automation. Recently, I’ve been working on deploying my own cloud storage solution using OwnCloud — self-hosted, scalable, and privacy-friendly. Here’s a quick overview of what I’ve been hacking on.
🛠️ What I'm Building
I’m setting up OwnCloud on my domain ceritadesain.com, powered by:
- Docker for containerizing services
- NGINX for reverse proxy and TLS handling
- GCP Compute Engine for VM hosting
- Vagrant + Ansible (coming soon) to automate the full provisioning flow
🔄 Why I’m Doing This
As a DevOps learner, I wanted hands-on experience in:
- Infrastructure automation
- Cloud service management
- Secure, production-ready deployments
This isn’t just a weekend project — it’s also helping me sharpen skills that are highly relevant in real-world deployments (and interviews).
🔍 Next Steps
- Integrate OAuth2 login with Google
- Add CI/CD via GitHub Actions
- Automate SSL renewals with Let’s Encrypt
- Implement monitoring and logging with Prometheus + Grafana
💬 Let’s Connect!
If you're working on similar projects or just want to nerd out about DevOps, frontend, or AI/LLMs — hit me up! Always happy to exchange ideas or collaborate 🤝
Thanks for reading — feel free to drop questions or feedback in the comments!
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🧠 “Learning by building is the most powerful form of learning.”
Top comments (1)
OwnCloud + Docker + GCP is a solid self-host stack. The desktop side is where I see most teams get stuck: the OwnCloud desktop client works for sync, but for engineers opening design files / large logs directly, sync-only drives create weird 'where did my file go' tickets. A clean alternative: keep OwnCloud as the backend (it ships with WebDAV out of the box) and mount it as a drive letter on Windows. Explorer-as-native reads/writes directly off the share — no sync, no 'Files on Demand' lag, no 'will my file be there when I close the lid'. ScsDriver handles OwnCloud's WebDAV endpoint alongside SMB/S3/SFTP, so a single mount table covers the OwnCloud share, the team's SMB NAS, and the GCP cold-bucket backups. Auto-reconnect across sleep / VPN / 网卡切换 is what made the support tickets drop to zero for us.
Nice automation writeup. A few things that bit us the first time: