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Cloud Pi is my solution for providing private cloud services in my home without spending a lot of money to install it or a lot of time maintaining it.
My primary goal is to provide file hosting and automatic synchronization, similar to Dropbox or One Drive. I also want the few Apple devices on my network to integrate as well, since they refuse to do traditional CIFS/SMB file sharing with Samba.
Secondary goals include a Home Assistant home automation system running as a Docker container, rather than as a dedicated stand-alone piece of hardware. Along with Home Assistant, I want a message queuing server (MQTT) to integrate with Internet of Things (IoT) devices that support it. A containerized version of Node Red will be installed as well to enable more complex automation than Home Assistant supports out of the box.
The system is comprised of a Raspberry Pi model 4 running Raspberry Pi OS Lite on a microSD. There is also a USB flash drive for data storage. The network connections is hardwired. (Wireless operation may be possible, it's just not not something I'm attempting, so it won't be in this wiki.)
All other software is free / libre / open-source and most of it comes from Docker Hub or Debian apt repositories.
I'm going to assume that this isn't your first Raspberry Pi project and you know enough about Ethernet and TCP/IP to administer a small home network. If you've got these skills and this sounds like something you'd like to do, head on over to the hardware and OS install page page get started.
- Installing Hardware and OS
- Installing Ansible and System Updates
- Preparing a USB Flash Drive for /opt/docker
- Installing Docker and Portainer
- Running Nextcloud
- Infrastructure Enhancements (Not all are required. Choose which ones best fit your environment.)