Currently these are the situations I want to engineer for (with scripts / software tools)
* Suspension of my Google account (emails/photos/ contacts) * Suspension of my Flickr (photos) - not really an issue as I have backups of photos * Suspension of dropbox account * Backup of music (MP3s) * Backup of personal files * Phone gets stolen or destroyed
I have a HTPC (home theatre pc) with Ubuntu Server 18.04 running and sufficient storage.
I want to have it running at home in a secure location (well ventilated).
My first phase I am currently doing, is figuring out how to make it connectable outside ADSL router. How can I communicate with it from a non fixed IP address?
Second phase is synchronising with all trusted devices using Nextcloud self hosted server.
Third phase is to write a script to check for my emails from Gmail or perhaps just use an email client like Thunderbird?
Fourth phase is checking for sending notifications or log events e.g. "Synchronised as of 9:04GMT.", "Low storage.", "96 Duplicate photos removed"
Any suggestions or instructions?
Power: strongly recommend that you install an intelligent UPS. That is one that can shutdown the server on command once the battery power is below a set threshold.
Non-fixed IP address: the simple solution is to configure one of the many dynamic DNS services. Most firewall/routers have support for this feature.
Internet facing server: Although you can use DDNS, I personally would rather have a well firewalled server doing suitable pull requests.
Gmail: you can configure either LDAP or POP3 and periodically copy down all your emails. POP3 is a bit simpler to set up, whilst LDAP has more features. You could use Thunderbird or simply a suitably configured SMTP daemon.
Duplicate files: the 'fdupes' utility can be very useful. However, I recommend doing a backup before you run it. There are scenarios when a malformed command can delete more than you had intended.
Backups: no matter how much storage you have on your HTPC it would be prudent to configure scheduled backups to external hard-drives which then you store securely, preferably with at at least one set at another location.