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I recently setup a immich server on a mini PC, and can access it through cloudflare etc.

It works pretty smoothly except for files bigger than 100mb (cloudflare limitation)

I have a few questions, if you can answer some please do.

  1. What's your setup like? Do you have any tips/tricks for a newbie I should know about?
  2. What's your backups like? Is your data safe if your house burns down?
  3. Is there a cloudflare alternative I can use that will handle any file size from anywhere in the world without needing to tun on/off a vpn like tailscale?

(i would like to also set it up for my family, but for that is needs to work VERY smoothly, no needing to turn on and off VPN's to sync)

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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Check my wiki where I tried to detail all the steps

https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=services%3Aimmich

I have a 3,2,1 backup strategy with restic+backrest. One full backup local on an external disk. Second backup in the house on a disk mounted to an OpenWRT router in the garden, third backup remote on my vps. Backup is daily at night.

My external access is via a static public IP on a VPS I rent using a double layer of NGINX reverse proxy. Vps is connected to home via wireguard, so nobody has to complain that they require a wireguard VPN on their phones... WAF is critical here.

[–] samsi@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Great setup! What WAF are you using?