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