Would self-hosting a Nextcloud instance locally without an internet connection be viable?

Use case: Around 5 people need to share files over the network, collaborate on Office documents in real-time, use GitLab, and a To-do/Task management tool.

Beyond the initial setup, does any of these requirements need an active Internet connection, or can we all connect to the Raspberry Pi server via Ethernet?

  • @MarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlOP
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    22 years ago

    That’s a bit beyond my expertise, but thanks for answering.

    Follow-up question: Would setting it up in a way that it is connected to the internet, but when it gets disconnected, it automatically works over the network?

    Reason: My country is going through rough times, and sometimes the internet connection is lost/gets extremely slow. It can last from 10 minutes to a few hours. I want to find a solution to this, so that we can remain productive without disruption (like if the internet went down, everything should remain working automatically without us interfering and losing focus)

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      2 years ago

      It is not very difficult with a router OS like OpenWRT or OPNsense, but I guess it might still try to do DNS queries, not 100% sure. You could probably also run your own local DNS server, but I never tried that.

      What you can maybe do is add a second mobile connection as a fallback via Mwan3 if that is a bit more reliable.

      But maybe something like Syncthing and desktop apps is in the end more reliable then stuff that is really meant for internet facing services.