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
    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.