Usr6 Posted December 10, 2017 Report Posted December 10, 2017 Story Save and access docs and photos and music on your own local Pi Cloud server! The best part: you can use it if, or when, the Internet goes down (or if you're in a remote spot & want access to Wikipedia). Oh hey, and if your friend gets one and they live close (*ahem*80ft*ahem*), you can share stuff with them and make your own personal chat line! If enough folks built Pi Cloud servers, we could crowdsource the Internet! That would be an 11/10 on a scale of greatness. With the new models of the Raspberry Pi computer, it's possible and not even expensive! (What! Tell me more!) This tutorial will show you how to set up a short-range (~ 80 ft) WiFi Access Point and a personal web server ('bringin it back to HTML bbies). You can set this up as a (closed) local network only (i.e. your own personal "cloud" backup device), or broadcast it to the rest of the world! (..if you do this be sure you know network security.) That said, assuming you have a basic knowledge of the Pi, here's the breakdown: Read Time: ~ 40 min Build Time: ~ 60 min (less if you are experienced w/ Linux) Cost: ~ $35 (for the Pi 3) Link: https://www.hackster.io/jenfoxb0t/make-your-pi-a-local-cloud-server-c4f3f1 1 2 Quote
