I made a video about copyparty, the selfhosted fileserver I’ve been making for the past 5 years.

The main focus of the video is the features, but it also touches upon configuration. Was hoping it would be easier to follow than the readme on github… not sure how well that went, but hey :D

This video is also available to watch on the copyparty demo server, as a high-quality AV1 file and a lower-quality h264.

  • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Sometimes I feel so new to setting up my own digital ecosystem because I look at a thing and think “that’s so cool” but struggle to imagine it at home. So could someone help me understand.

    This would be a replacement for something like Google Drive or Proton Drive? The actions I would use this for would be:

    • sending files to friends
    • managing a collection of files like PDFs, music, ISO’s that could be accessible by my friends (or just my household)

    So I would spin this up on my NAS or my main PC and replace those services and accomplish those actions using this software?

    Are there other services or actions I’m missing? Am I misunderstanding the premise entirely?

    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Oh yea, copyparty could do that. I might just do that too. My issue is more how do I grant them access to my network to get the thing tough? I currently use wireguard profiles and lock down where they can reach with rules and shit on a firewalla on a per account basis but that’s really complex and inelegant. It works and would working copypasta, but I kind of wish there was a simple webUI where I could define what a WireGuard user should be able to reach on my network with simple checkboxes by rules I have created over time. Probably wouldn’t tie into firewalla nicely though it could be more likely with OPNsense.

      Hmm. Surely someone must have thought of that already. It would make adopting things like copypasta much simpler and less risky.