Raspi Config and Nextcloud Portability

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Yesterday when I tried to migrate nextcloud between two locations I used one that I installed from scratch and when I got to another network I was unable to use it. In the evening when I got home I re-installed Nextcloud but this time I used the NextcloudPi package, rather than installing it myself. I tested sudo raspi-config and went to change the SSID. When I saw that I could do this I decided that it was safe for another experiment this morning.

## Sudo Raspi Config

Although it sounds like nothing having “sudo raspi-config” available is key to making a Pi install flexible enough to “travel” with. If you can play with the config from this interface all you need is a keyboard and a monitor and you can do what you need, with ease.

The second part of the experiment, although only glimpsed at, just now, was to connect to the Pi remotely. It worked with ease. If you setup a Pi for yourself, or for someone else, that is in a remote location remote access is key. It means that you can take care of system updates, upgrades and more, without needing to go to a location in person. Remote access isn’t just limited to administrative tasks.

## Remote Backup

With a Nextcloud, Immich or Photoprism device you want to be able to access it remotely to update data from site A to site B, but also from a mobile phone while you’re at a café, or walking. If you can backup your photos while you’re driving back from a day’s hiking or cycling then you can afford for your phone to be lost, or smashed to pieces. If you’re climbing then that isn’t so far fetched. Having written this, don’t litter.

## And Finally

If you setup a Raspberry Pi with Nextcloud, Immich or Photoprism you can get the same functionality as you get from iCloud or Google Photos, but also as from a NAS from Synology, for a fraction of the price. You also gain the freedom to migrate Data from the cheapest cloud solution to the next on a whim, if you already have a local backup of your data. For years mine was trapped in the cloud and I only just released it from there and now I have more freedom to choose cloud services.