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I made a portable cloud in a small box without using Owncloud, Nextcloud, or port forwarding. I did this because I tried to set those up and found it frustrating.

- Fits in a small case with the components I used

- Provides its own wireless access point for a private network

- Works over the internet

- Uses Syncthing but allows SELECTIVE DOWNLOADS AND UPLOADS

- Can access the full storage capacity of your hard drive

- Does not take up space on every Syncthing node all the time, terabytes of storage with only kilobytes of data shared to enable access

Build your own!

LINKS TO THE COMPONENTS I USED:

Passageway program:

• source code available and ready to use for all donors: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=WSGD53MFR7DBL&amount=5&no_recurring=0&item_name=I%27ll+use+this+money+to+build+things+for+you%2C+and+then+I+will+give+them+to+you.&currency_code=USD

Raspberry Pi 3b+:

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3QImgM7

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3S40t2M

screen:

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3qDfVqG

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3BF041m

Raspberry Pi power supply:

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3DozGdp

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3Beyvui

External HDD enclosure:

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3BzfMdd

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3LaX7Zr

HDDs:

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3qUOqJD

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3eRv7ha

portable wi-fi hotspot, no contract needed (I used an old cellphone):

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3DkFxjT

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3U6jF1v

cheap USB optical mouse:

• shop for yourself: https://amzn.to/3DqrlpC

• direct link: https://amzn.to/3Bj7Tsd