Rant on OpenMediaVault

Zitat von andremar22

OMV is too minimalistic in my opinion to be defined as a NAS OS.

As someone who uses enterprise SANs and NASes, I disagree with statement 100%.

Zitat von andremar22

I see what you mean but NextCloud is damn difficult to set up and mantain, OMV is too minimalistic in my opinion to be defined as a NAS OS.

In the end I will install something like https://filebrowser.org/ over OMV but having it included inside OMV would be a real deal breaker.

This is really simply, someone needs to contribute it as OMV plugin. OMV provides everything to extend it; the only problem is nobody wants to contribute. OMV is OSS, so there is absolutely nothing that should stop volunteers.

Zitat von andremar22

NAS on my 120€ Fritzbox and it works pretty well if you put a USB key on its data port, and most other commercial NAS products  (= +400€ ?) offer this functionality without IT pros in the equation.

OMV =  0€

Just a thought.

Maybe I'm not really clear on the OP's problem... but.. Filebrowser literally takes about 2min to set up in docker. If you've already got swag/reverse proxy configured, it takes about another 2min to reverse proxy through your domain for remote access. Maybe a 10min setup if you have to set up Filebrowser and swag and a domain. At that point, you essentially have SMB in a file browser.

I mean I guess a plugin could be useful, but unnecessary given how easy the container is to set up.

You're all missing the point;

Zitat von andremar22

What omv seriously lacks in my opinion (and incredibly all open source competitors such as TrueNas, FreeNas etc) are the functionalities for quickly browsing its storage while on the go

this isn't just about omv this is ALL open source nas solutions, to hell with the security he wants access 'on the go'

Zitat von geaves

You're all missing the point;

this isn't just about omv this is ALL open source nas solutions, to hell with the security he wants access 'on the go'

The fact all open source products lack this, should probably make the OP take some time to reflect on his rant.

Remote file access can be done securely.. but most open source products value security over ease of use so it's not enabled "by just checking a box"... Commercial products.. their goal is to make money so they have to make ease of use a primary concern vs security. The fact Synology's are constantly getting hit with some new ransomware should make the OP see this.

Zitat von KM0201

Filebrowser literally takes about 2min to set up in docker.

What container do you use?

And OP, Nextcloud is not that hard to install. It’s not a “one button” job but … good grief!! macom ’s Guide makes it where anyone can deploy Nextcloud securely in about 30 minutes.

Zitat von Agricola

What container do you use?

https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser

version: "2"
services:
  filebrowser:
    image: filebrowser/filebrowser:latest
    container_name: filebrowser   
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/data
      - /path/to/srv:/srv
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - 8080:80
    restart: unless-stopped

Setting up the reverse proxy is super simple is well.

Thanks KM0201. Let’s see, I have something on 8080. I’ll have to move that up a couple three notches.

Zitat von Agricola

Thanks KM0201. Let’s see, I have something on 8080. I’ll have to move that up a couple three notches.

Yeah, obviously OMV runs on 80, and 8080 was just the first thing that came to mind when I needed a port.

I just realized I screwed up that compose... somehow I copied 'watchtower' as the name of the service... corrected.

Yes, when I first saw it i saw the 'watchtower' and figured that was a slip. Super easy to set up. I haven't tried the reverse proxy yet because i set it up on a test machine and don't have Swag set up on it, but I did notice that Swag has a filebrowser.subdomain.conf file. It should be a breeze.

Is there a way to give a user access to some folders but not all folders? I assume it has to do with the scope entry, but I haven't been able to figure it out.