I’m currently debating on how to manage files on my servers. I have a jellyfin and a minecraft server on which I need to add, remove or download files quite often. I don’t really want to use scp for everything, so I was wondering what everyone uses.

Edit: I’m looking for a gui solution, but a somewhat automated process of backups etc. is also nice

Edit 2: For anyone wondering what my final solution was: I am currently using a wireguard vpn on a raspberry pi to access my servers. I use Xpipe as a gui interface to transfer my files. I also just use tmux and ssh to execute commands and run services.

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I use samba for normal usage and rsync for backups.

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Do you automate your backups in some way? And can you also use samba remotely

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For automatic stuff I use synching to keep my home an documents in sync.

I don’t normally use samba remotely but I have a wire guard VPN that I connect to if I’m not at home and that gives me access to samba or any other “local” services I might need when away

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