I’m trying out Nextcloud to use as on my home server. It looks great, but seems way overkill for just two users that really only want the file sync. capability.
As I’m reading I’m seeing references to WebDAV and it seems that the Nextcloud file sync. server might be “just” a WebDAV server? If it is, might it be possible to point the Nextcloud sync. client (on Windows and Android) at an appropriately configured Apache or nginx server?
The reason I’m asking here, rather than just trying for myself, is that I have no experience with WebDAV and have no idea what an appropriately configured server might mean in this situation. I’m happy to go do the required learning to make it work - just looking for someone to tell me it’s not possible before I put too much effort into it.
I’ve had a bit of a play and answered my own question:
The answer is “no”. It may use WebDAV for the actual file sync. process, but there seems to be a bit of a Nextcloud specific handshake required first. I could maybe build an appropriate response to “nextcloud/status.php”, but this seems like the start of a slippery maintenance slope that I don’t want to go down.
Now that I have my Apache WebDAV server working, I’m looking into other options for Windows, WebDAV based, file sync. clients. Any suggestions appreciated.
Windows has native support for WebDAV:
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-map-webdav-in-windows
I would recommend the “awesome WebDAV list” For both apps, tools and tips for WebDAV: https://github.com/fstanis/awesome-webdav
Yeah, I’ve done the opposite myself - used Windows native webdav integration in file explorer to access my Nextcloud data.
Note that this isn’t “syncing” anything in the way that (say) Dropbox would - all the data is stored remotely and you’re accessing it online only essentially.