I would like to add a "cloud drive" or "web drive" for my users to access via the internet. Is there a relatively easy way to do this with VIrtualMin?
Should I upgrade my VirtualMin GPL installation on CentOS 5.6 . . ? I only have two domains with email and web pages. I have read a little about CloudMIn but it seems to focus on virtualization and I could not easily find a topic on adding a "cloud driver" to my existing VirtualMin installation.
So basically, on one of the domains I would like to add a password protected link for a user to access the "cloud" or "web" drive where they can store files.
Forgive me if this is a "newbie" question.... I have moderate experience with Linux and VirtualMin. If someone could point me to a good resource on accomplishing adding web accessible drive or folder for users I would appreciate it . . .
Thanks to all...
--David LeNorman..
I don't have a good resource to point you to -- but you may want to consider looking into a cloud drive that allows you to mount it from your Linux system, so that it looks like a drive within the users home directory.
You may be able to do that with Amazon's S3, though I'm not sure sure. You can probably do that with multiple accounts on one server using Dropbox (I know it works fine for one account). And I believe I've heard that JungleDisk does that.
There's bound to be more that offer similar functionality, those are just some examples.
-Eric
Thank you Eric for your response. I checked into Amazon S3 and DropBox. Both of those are pay per gig services and are definitely an alternative for consideration.
Since I have large drives in my physical server, what I am looking to do though is use an existing folder on my hard drives and be able to use it with the same functionality as a cloud drive for my user. There does not have to be a separate drive for each user. A single drive (folder) is sufficient for all users for sharing files.
Basically I guess I want to be a cloud drive server using a folder on my existing CentOS 5.6 VirtualMin installation... any other ideas would be greatly appreciated... thanks!
--David..
then you can make that folder a share and do a NFS Export. I have such a set up where a different server uses the NFS.