Looking to setup a Dropbox type server but in house

Posted by skywatcher2022@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 17 comments

I have a customer who has requested a Dropbox style server be installed inside their local LAN for the sales reps and some customers to be able to add large uploads to for technical support issues.

They want it to have a simple web based interface with drag and drop uploads and downloads for the staff support reps to use to be able to browse through the folders.

They want support for SFTP with a link provided by the support technicians based on their case number ( each folder to be isolated by case number)

The request doesn't seem to be terribly unreasonable, but I'm sure this is already been done a hundred times over so why should I reinvent the wheel. Looking for suggestions from the crowd.

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lsudo@reddit

Went with a Synology nas just for this. Even has a client side sync app similar to one drive and Google cloud desktop.

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cats_are_the_devil@reddit

Synology seems to be the simplest solution to this.

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Adam_Kearn@reddit

You could just buy a NAS such as QNAP or Synology. They come with easy to setup RAID allowing for redundancy if a disk fails.

You can use the web interface to access the files or even just map the drive into windows

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inflatablejerk@reddit

Yup! I have a synology and use “synology drive” will automatically sync a folder on my desktop and can access it via web/mobile/mapped drive.

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ZAFJB@reddit

You could do this with Entra B2B and SharePoint.

Bit of a pain to setup, but once you are done it uses Entra credentials and MFA.

And because it is your cloud you don't have to poke holes in your firewall.

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Outside-After@reddit

TrueNAS supports SMB, so can be mapped with a drive letter for simple and easily understood, old-fashioned use. I think it also has a user web interface for file manipulation.

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I spent a while configuring a couple of them recently, for home use and then for work, and I have privately resolved that if I ever become a millionaire and start my own company, we're gonna be using them for cloud storage, email, collaborative office, etc. in preference to any third-party cloud supplier.

I even used it as a media server for a large company. Threw off our media off Microsoft Stream onto a NAS share (read-only for everyone but me), pointed Nextcloud at it, and it just played in the browser.

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BlueOdyssey@reddit

Have a look at LiquidFiles, might suit your requirement.

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TheNewFlatiron@reddit

We use owncloud for this exact reason. I've heard good things about NextCloud and SeaFile, but do not have any experience with those products. Obviously: do not put your owncloud server in their local LAN if clients will be accessing it publicly. Make sure you isolate this machine. Also, activate TOTP for everyone.

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Doowrednu@reddit

Seafile - imho more robust than nextcloud/own cloud it does one job and it does it well

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da_peda@reddit

Nextcloud. Enterprise plans are available if they want to ~~shift the blame~~ have support.

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skywatcher2022@reddit (OP)

And yet another possible answer I was in the first 8 minutes. Ask Reddit and you shall receive.... Thanks

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picklednull@reddit

SFTPGo.

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skywatcher2022@reddit (OP)

This looks like another possible answer, thanks

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sharpied79@reddit

Owncloud?

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skywatcher2022@reddit (OP)

In my 30 seconds investigation, That looks like something I will investigate further tomorrow morning(after I finally roll out of bed and can think again). Thank you for the suggestion