Hosting WD Mycloud or similar in Proxmox VM

[kenosen]

Hi all,

You've been great in helping me get started with Proxmox. I've searched around and haven't found, or couldn't find, an answer to this problem I'm trying to solve:

My family has access to a WD Mycloud to upload photos and videos. I'd like to migrate those photos and videos to my Proxmox server while not interrupting my family's ability to remotely sync photos and videos from their devices.

Is there a way to host an instance of the Mycloud server in a proxmox VM? Or is there some other software that would allow my family to continue easily uploading and synching photos and videos to a proxmox VM? Right now the Mycloud app allows them easy access and autobackups.

Thanks!

 

[Dunuin]

Never used Mycloud, but in my opinion Nextcloud is the best option to host your own cloud. Easy to use, a lot of plugins to add more features (in case of photos for example a map to show where photos were taken, show metadata of your photos, add support for raw image formats, multiple galleries, ... ) and lot of android apps that could work with your Nextcloud (syncing contacts, calendar, tasks, SMS, notes, files, ...).

Calculate with 1-2 vCPUs and 2-4 GB RAM for that VM. I installed it on top of Debian 11.

 

[kenosen]

Never used Mycloud, but in my opinion Nextcloud is the best option to host your own cloud. Easy to use, a lot of plugins to add more features (in case of photos for example a map to show where photos were taken, show metadata of your photos, add support for raw image formats, multiple galleries, ... ) and lot of android apps that could work with your Nextcloud (syncing contacts, calendar, tasks, SMS, notes, files, ...).

Calculate with 1-2 vCPUs and 2-4 GB RAM for that VM. I installed it on top of Debian 11.

Thanks for the reply! I've explored Nextcloud, but haven't found whether it enables autosync on mobile devices or if I'm able to have multiple users upload to the same cloud. Are those features possible?

 

[Dunuin]

Thanks for the reply! I've explored Nextcloud, but haven't found whether it enables autosync on mobile devices

You can set up what folder you want to have synced. There are official and unofficial Nextcloud clients.

or if I'm able to have multiple users upload to the same cloud.

Yes, you can create multiple users and even groups where users can share files.