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<h1>Will Holdsworth</h1>
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<h1>Quick & easy cloud storage with dufs and NixOS</h1>
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dufs<sup
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><a id="footnote-1-ref" href="#footnote-1" title="link to footnote"
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>1</a
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></sup
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>
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(the distinctive file utility server) is a cloud storage replacement for
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those looking to move away from third-party services like Google Drive
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or Proton Drive. it supports WebDAV and HTTPS file transfer protocols.
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It's very easy to set up and get going in NixOS using a Docker
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container.
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</p>
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<h2>Set up dufs</h2>
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<p>First, enable docker in your <code>configuration.nix</code>:</p>
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<pre>
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<code>
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virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
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</code>
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</pre>
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Then define a Docker container, either in your
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<code>configuration.nix</code> or in a custom module:
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<pre>
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<code>
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virtualisation.oci-containers = {
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backend = "docker";
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containers.dufs = {
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# automatically restart server after reboot
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autoStart = true;
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image = "sigoden/dufs";
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ports = [
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"5000:5000"
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];
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# the files i want to serve are in /srv/dufs
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volumes = [
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"/srv/dufs:/data"
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];
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# tells dufs to serve the files in the docker volume /data
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cmd = [
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"-A"
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"/data"
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];
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};
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};
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</code>
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Rebuild your configuration by running
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<code>sudo nixos-rebuild switch</code> and head on over to
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<code>http://localhost:5000</code> to behold your lovely files. Now we
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need a method to access our files on other devices inside (and outside) of
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our home network. Tailscale<sup
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><a id="footnote-2-ref" href="#footnote-2" title="link to footnote"
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>2</a
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></sup
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provides commands to accomplish this easily.
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<h2>Set up Tailscale</h2>
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<p>
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You can use Tailscale to access the files on other devices inside (and
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outside) of your home network. Tailscale is like a crazy-fast vpn with a
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bunch of other comfort features like MagicDNS<sup
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><a id="footnote-3-ref" href="#footnote-3" title="link to footnote"
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>3</a
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></sup
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>, keyless SSH<sup
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><a id="footnote-4-ref" href="#footnote-4" title="link to footnote"
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>4</a
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></sup
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and easy HTTPS<sup
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><a id="footnote-5-ref" href="#footnote-5" title="link to footnote"
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>5</a
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></sup
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>.
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</p>
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<p>
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To enable it in nixos, add the following to your
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<code>configuration.nix</code>:
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<code>
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services.tailscale.enable = true;
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networking.firewall.trustedInterfaces = [ "tailscale0" ];
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</code>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Once again, rebuild your configuration by running
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<code>sudo nixos-rebuild switch</code> and run
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<code>tailscale up</code> to start tailscale. The tailscale connection
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will persist on reboot, so no need to worry resume adding it to your
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init process.
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<p>
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I recommend enabling MagicDNS in the admin console > DNS > MagicDNS, but
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if you prefer not to, your server's IP address will be visible by
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running <code>tailscale ip -4</code>.
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</p>
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<p>
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Head over to <code>http://<hostname or ip>:5000</code> on one of
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your other machines running tailscale to upload, download, and view your
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self-hosted files.
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</p>
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<h2>dufs clients</h2>
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As for client recommendations, Round Sync<sup
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><a id="footnote-6-ref" href="#footnote-6" title="link to footnote"
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>6</a
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></sup
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on android is quite good. it supports both WebDAV and HTTPS remotes, I
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chose to use WebDAV when connecting.
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</p>
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<br />
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<p>Thanks for stopping by ^.^</p>
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<h2>Footnotes</h2>
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<li id="footnote-1">
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<a href="https://github.com/sigoden/dufs">dufs</a>
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<a href="#footnote-1-ref" title="return to text">↩</a>
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</li>
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<li id="footnote-2">
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<a href="https://tailscale.com/">Tailscale</a>
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<a href="#footnote-2-ref" title="return to text">↩</a>
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</li>
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<li id="footnote-3">
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<a href="https://tailscale.com/kb/1081/magicdns">MagicDNS</a>
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<a href="#footnote-3-ref" title="return to text">↩</a>
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</li>
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<li id="footnote-4">
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<a href="https://tailscale.com/kb/1193/tailscale-ssh"
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>Tailscale SSH</a
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>
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<a href="#footnote-4-ref" title="return to text">↩</a>
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<li id="footnote-5">
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<a href="https://tailscale.com/kb/1153/enabling-https"
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>Tailscale HTTPS</a
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<a href="#footnote-5-ref" title="return to text">↩</a>
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<li id="footnote-6">
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<a href="https://github.com/newhinton/Round-Sync">Round Sync</a>
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<a href="#footnote-6-ref" title="return to text">↩</a>
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