Hey! Need help with setting up cloud storage?

[Bailey Allen]

i would like to be able to setup freenas on a crappy laptop and mirror several HDD's to create secure storage.

after this i need to be able allow family to login and use it like a cloud service (upload and download files etc)

the thing is, i have freenas 9 on a vmware to play with first but i cant make shares only visible for the user they are meant for.
how would i go about setting this up?

my current setup:
virtualbox running my NAS
Works great on LAN but i need help with getting others to connect.
i have got users and groups sorted, super easy :)
i know how to allocate certain amount of storage at a time.

would really appreciate any help. my deadline is 2 weeks as thats when i get the hardware :)

 

[pirateghost]

VPN for access. DO NOT expose your windows shares over the internet. it is just plain stupid

 

[Bailey Allen]

why?
you say its stupid but i know very little?

what other alternatives do you propose?
i will have multiple users accessing files, most probably up to 5 at a time?

 

[HoneyBadger]

why?
you say its stupid but i know very little?

Because I will get into your file shares if you do this.

what other alternatives do you propose?
i will have multiple users accessing files, most probably up to 5 at a time?

[How-To] ownCloud using NGINX, PHP-FPM, and MySQL

Follow that guide for a safe and secure method of sharing your files with those outside your network.

 

[Bailey Allen]

is it worth putting owncloud IN freenas? why not just get owncloud?

 

[pirateghost]

is it worth putting owncloud IN freenas? why not just get owncloud?

Eh?

You mean pay for hosted owncloud?

Kind of defeats the purpose of controlling your own cloud....

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

[gpsguy]

Hosted owncloud will probably be better for his file integrity.

After all he wants to run FreeNAS on a crappy laptop with several connected drives. I cringe at the thought of how bad it will be.


Sent from my phone