cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/29249226

OpenVFS and Systemd-Homed possible?

I’m into selfhosting and Im looking for a way to centralize the Userhomes and have a better Backup of these files.

The idea is to use a virtual filesystem to sync needed data to the client PC and have Homed to encrypt userdata and store the data on server.

That way I do not have to backup the client PCs.

What do you think? And are there any working examples out there?

  • ShimitarAEnglish
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Why is good old NFS not a viable option? I think homed is something that nobody asked for and it’s basically unused. But I might be wrong.

    • ratatouille@feddit.orgOP
      11·
      6 hours ago

      All family member I support and provide with services use a Laptop. They are connected over wireguard. Solutions that depends on Network connections will not work.

      • ShimitarAEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        Then I suspect homed will not really help. Something like syncthing is probably the way to go.

        • ratatouille@feddit.orgOP
          1·
          13 minutes ago

          Thanks for the hint. Long ago I also used syncthing. At that time it not fit my needs. But in this case it may is a possibility.

          Any best practises for excluding files in Home for syncing like .cache ?

          As far syncthing does not come with a vfs.

        • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          I second syncthing as a solution.

          I personally use an smb server and tail scale client + Headscale and then those smb files are locally backed up to a different drive / different PCs that remain in the network, but that doesn’t automatically sync and instead works by connecting to the server directly.

          What you’re describing sounds like a solution that automatically resynchronizes on connection, and that means you’re looking for versioning / sync, thus probably syncthing is the easiest.