Asustor NextCloud where to put client

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Hi

I’m an absolute newbie to NextCloud, and also extremely old, and seek the help of this wise forum.

I have an Asustor AS-302T NAS server and a Linux desktop.

The Asustor has a NextCloud app in it’s downloadable repository.

So, here’s the question:

Do I install the app on the Asustor server and access it remotely, or do I install NextCloud on the desktop and use that to access the server, or both?

Appreciate any help, thanks.

Brooksie

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You have the Nextcloud server (which can be an app on your NAS), on the server you don’t need to run a NC client. On your Linux desktop you can either use Nextcloud as webdav network storage directly or use the sync client to sync a local folder with NC.

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Many thanks for that.

I’ll go ahead and install the app on the server.

I didn’t want to end up in a situation where I lost everything!

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Therefore please test first if the software works like it should. Also do backups!