HOME SERVER NOTES
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Sometime around Christmas last year, I
a Nextcloud server. I shut that server
out-of-date server, but I disagree
completely with Nextcloud's decision
and I no longer trust them to respect
my privacy.
Since then, I've been making use of
BlackBerry Desktop to sync my work
laptop and my phone (an old Bold 9900)
offline (via bluetooth). That
approach. But I am still interested in
my calendar, contacts, notes, and
files, and to facilitate small-scale
to 'upgrade' my phone.
A replacement for those Nextcloud
originally using a Zero W, but
experienced VOIP latency issues,
Raspbian Lite installation.
Here is the software I am using to
*File storage -- WebDav
*Calendar and contacts -- Radicale
*Notes -- Joplin (which makes use of
WebDav)
*IM -- Prosody (XMPP)
*Private Phone Network -- Asterisk
Setup:
Several of the instruction pages below
might seem to be out of date, but they
version of raspian-stretch-lite.
WebDav. It's amazingly responsive and
Ghost Commander plugin no longer
touch. I followed these instructions
to install:
Radicale. I installed version 1.1 from
the repository rather than the more up
to date version available through
nstructions are here:
Joplin. It allows you to store your
notes on your WebDav server. Configure
the Joplin client to sync the notes to
a subdirectory in your webdav folder.
There is an option to encrypt the
files as well.
s simple to set up and runs
flawlessly. The official documentation
s great, which I might say is a
Asterisk was fairly simple to set up.
experiencing significant latency, but
t was my own fault. Sometimes, I
gnore recommendations when I don't
like them. In this case, the solution
the way. WiFi is your enemy with VOIP.
Check out this old (and super simple)
configuration guide:
The only change I made was to disable
all codecs in /etc/asterisk/sip.conf
(this is the head, or beginning, of
the file):
[general]
context=incoming
allow=ulaw
allow=alaw
allow=gsm
Doing this seems to have eliminated
[1] Here's the reddit thread through
which I learned about this issue:
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/5ybmf1/nextcloud_scanning_peoples_owncloud_and_nextcloud/
You can read Nextcloud's
assessment of what happened here:
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-releases-security-scanner-to-help-protect-private-clouds/
