#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Keywords: dropbox migration
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The Board wants to ask the SAC team about installing some kind of open
source replacement for the actual Dropbox solution we are using. Currently
we are using around two Gigas of space in Dropbox, but if we don't have a
space limit we can expect to use the storage more.
Personally I have used Owncloud and Nextcloud which are reliable and they
have docker images: https://github.com/nextcloud/ but any similar service
can be useful.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by neteler):
Related on nextcloud, from FOSDEM 2018:
"Why I forked my own project and my own company" by Frank Karlitschek:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/nextcloud/
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:1>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by Delawen):
Thats why I prefer Nextcloud, but whatever the SAC thinks is best 
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:2>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by wildintellect):
I would like to ask the board to please make a list of required features,
so we can find the most appropriate solution. Here's some example
questions.
Do you just need a space to hold files that people can log into, or does
it need a web interface?
How fine grained do the permission need to be, is it all or none?
Does it need to have desktop client on Win, Mac, Linux?
Does it need an automated Sync client? per folder syncing?
Does it need to keep old versions of files? For how long? I assume this is
mostly docs, presentations, and pdfs...
What the expected growth rate of files (based on past usage)? How many of
the files are really Board only as opposed to public documents (no privacy
requirement)?
Do these need to be hosted on OSGeo servers? privacy, or just preference
for solution?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:3>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by strk):
I run Nextcloud myself and am very happy with it, so +1 for it from me
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:4>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by Delawen):
We have summarized the requirements here:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors_File_Sharing_Requirements
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:5>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by strk):
Thanks, I've added other options to discuss page:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Board_of_Directors_File_Sharing_Requirements
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:6>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by Delawen):
Hi, any news on this?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:7>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by Delawen):
If you have a lot of work I can do this, I just need some ssh access to a
server where I can deploy it.
Or if we don't have any server for this available, let us know to search
for one.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:8>
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#2110: Dropbox replacement
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Reporter: Delawen | Owner: sac@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution:
Keywords: dropbox migration |
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Comment (by strk):
There's a work in progress to install nextcloud in a Funtoo
container. The leader of the project is TemporSent, you
can find him in #osgeo-sac to help out.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2110#comment:9>
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