7
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
7 points (100.0% liked)
nextcloud
722 readers
1 users here now
Nextcloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services.
IRC: #nextcloud on libera.chat
Matrix: #nextcloud:matrix.org
Other Nextcloud communities on Lemmy
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
I've had a bit of a play and answered my own question:
The answer is "no". It may use WebDAV for the actual file sync. process, but there seems to be a bit of a Nextcloud specific handshake required first. I could maybe build an appropriate response to "nextcloud/status.php", but this seems like the start of a slippery maintenance slope that I don't want to go down.
Now that I have my Apache WebDAV server working, I'm looking into other options for Windows, WebDAV based, file sync. clients. Any suggestions appreciated.
Windows has native support for WebDAV:
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-map-webdav-in-windows
I would recommend the “awesome WebDAV list” For both apps, tools and tips for WebDAV: https://github.com/fstanis/awesome-webdav
Yeah, I've done the opposite myself - used Windows native webdav integration in file explorer to access my Nextcloud data.
Note that this isn't "syncing" anything in the way that (say) Dropbox would - all the data is stored remotely and you're accessing it online only essentially.
Yes, I'm aware. But it's specifically sync. that I want, not just mapping. I need the ability to have most stuff available from the server as needed with a subset always kept on the client devices. Just like the OneDrive, Google Drive and Nextcloud sync. clients.