Nextcloud

Nextcloud is an amazing open-source, self-hosted alternative to Google Drive or Dropbox. However, hosting it on an affordable VPS often means you quickly run into local storage limitations. The solution? Integrating S3 Object Storage! In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through deploying Nextcloud via a Docker container on a VPS, configuring an S3 bucket (e.g., AWS S3, Wasabi, or Hetzner Storage Box) directly as your primary storage component. Warning: This tutorial does not cover backup setups (for the database and server configurations). A comprehensive backup strategy is strictly required for any production deployment! ...

Real-time collaboration in Word or Excel files directly in the browser—whenever you host platforms like Nextcloud or Seafile, you will eventually stumble across the OnlyOffice Document Server. However, simply booting an OnlyOffice Docker container and putting it public without specific precautions creates a highly dangerous vulnerability: anyone on the internet who discovers your OnlyOffice URL could configure their own cloud instance to use your server, hijacking your CPU and RAM resources. ...