Home storage server ideas- looking at personal cloud servers

[skyking]

I am looking at all the different linux server apps and corresponding android apps.
My goals:
Phone sync the latest pictures and vids over my wifi when I get home, to a directory I can view on the TV .
Host the music
I took a look at this January compilation and it seems each one has some hangup. Anybody have suggestions from experience?
list of cloud apps

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have not tried it so I don't know if it will actually do what you want, but there is Owncloud and Nextcloud. (I think Nextcloud is the way to go, it was forked from Owncloud)

Me personally I just have a CentOS server that uses mdadm for raid, and then NFS for sharing. I have an FTP server app on my phone, so when I want to retrieve files I turn the server on and use Filezilla from my machine. Kinda archaic I guess, but it works and it's fairly universal as it works anywhere I go as any computer is going to have some form of FTP client.

At some point I do want to look at something that can sync contacts and such too, I think Nextcloud might do that but I'm not sure.

 

[mxnerd]

NethServer with NextCloud package?

NethServer – Small Business Linux Server Made Easy

www.nethserver.org

Nextcloud — NethServer 7 Final

docs.nethserver.org

Tested only once. No endorsement.

 

[skyking]

I kicked it around some, but it seems a little unwieldy for home use. I want something I can apt-get, or grab a tarball if needed. Those all in wonder OS-plus-all-the-goodies installs fall flat when you want to add some little extra thing to it.
I already installed Debian buster on it, and got the lamp stack going and Zoneminder for my cameras.

 

[mxnerd]

I kicked it around some, but it seems a little unwieldy for home use. I want something I can apt-get, or grab a tarball if needed. Those all in wonder OS-plus-all-the-goodies installs fall flat when you want to add some little extra thing to it.
I already installed Debian buster on it, and got the lamp stack going and Zoneminder for my cameras.

Yeah, actually these all in one distro makes me uneasy too. I'm afraid that if something went wrong, it's hard to fix. It looks pretty, but ...

 

[Red Squirrel]

I kicked it around some, but it seems a little unwieldy for home use. I want something I can apt-get, or grab a tarball if needed. Those all in wonder OS-plus-all-the-goodies installs fall flat when you want to add some little extra thing to it.
I already installed Debian buster on it, and got the lamp stack going and Zoneminder for my cameras.

How are you liking Zoneminder? When I tried it, it was kind of crap, but that was a long time ago. Been wanting to setup security cameras and try it out again.

 

[skyking]

I have set it up many times with IP and analog old school cameras with hardware cards. biggest installation is capturing 200,000 motion events 24/7, and overwrites in about 6 weeks time. It takes a little fiddling to get going but is quite useful IMO.

Yeah, actually these all in one distro makes me uneasy too. I'm afraid that if something went wrong, it's hard to fix. It looks pretty, but ...

Yes exactly that. What I am finding out in Debian 10 is a whole lot of things are no longer in the path. I have to search out the most basic intuitive commands from the last 20 years. WTF?
Not helping, Debian