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In this video I will explain how you turn a computer into your own home server
This server will help you to share files over the network, create private cloud storage and more than 40 other software you can use
Let's get started
To build your own server as described, you need a computer with basic hardware
In addition, you need another PC and a usb stick to create the installer
To be able to install my own server I use nethserver
First go to nethserver homepage and download the latest iso file
Unlike other NAS software, nethserver only requires your computer to have at least one hard drive
After you download the latest iso file you need an app that creates an installer with a usb stick
My favorite software is Rufus
A compact and free software
You select the usb stick and the nethserver iso file you just downloaded in the previous step to create a bootable installer
It will take a few minutes to create the required installer
Then you plug the USB into the target computer and start installing nethserver
You adjust the boot order of the target computer to the usb stick before installation
Nethserver is installed on the operating system centos
You will be asked to update the time zone and keyboard style
I recommend you to set a static ip address for your home server
You choose to set the ip address manually
In this example, I assign the ip address to 10.11.32.124
The gateway address is 10.11.32.140
You set up the appropriate ip address for your local network
Next you set up the dns address for your computer
After configuring the static ip address for the computer, you can start the installation
Next you will be asked to set up a root password
Please write down your password to be able to log in to nethserver
It will take about 5 minutes to complete the installation
When the computer restarts you adjust the boot order to the hard drive
After the computer has finished booting, you will receive a message telling you how to access the nethserver system
You will use the ip address and port 9090 to access the nethserver web interface
From another computer on the same local network, open any web browser and enter the ip address of the target server and port 9090
Default username is root
You enter the password created in the previous step
First, you will be asked to update the hostname
Then you edit the company name, but you will update a name you like
On the left menu you click software center
Here you will find more than 40 software you can install on nethserver
The interesting point here is that you install these software using the graphical interface and do not need to use any commands at all
Here I will install two popular software
The first software is commonly used file sharing on Windows operating system, it will help you to easily share files for everyone over the network
The second software is nextcloud, it will turn your server into private cloud storage
Unlike previous videos I made, you don't need to use complicated commands to install these software
To share files over the network you create a shared folder, in this example I create a folder named test
From any computer on the local network you can access the shared folder, upload and download shared files
Next you try nextcloud software by accessing settings
Then you access the application nextcloud
Default username is admin
And the default password is Nethserver,1234
So you have installed nextcloud on your private server
Also you have about 40 other software that can be installed on this server for you to explore
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