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Probando el plugin para sincronizar Obsidian Android y App portable Windows con mi nube de Koofr -> 😍

#obsidian #Koofr

TL;DR

Backuping Moodle1 server to external location requires some gymnastics and the setup is not straight forward. There are plugins that can backup using FTP2, but I didn’t explore them.

What I wanted to accomplish was 1. firstly, moving course backups out of Moodle’s strange file structure and 2. backuping them to external server (Koofr via rclone). Simply put:

Moodle filearea –> /var/backups –rclone–> Koofr

Courses backup is the second backup strategy I’m using. The first one is a daily backup of a virtual server from a proxmox host to NAS via NFS.

1. Set Moodle’s automated backup location (same server)

Firstly, I had to convince Moodle to store backups of courses in my folder.

Moodle -> Site Admin / Courses / Backup / Automated backup setup

Automated backup storage setting is set to Course backup filearea by default. Moodle’s filearea is accessible (in /moodledata/), but the naming of folders and files is … unfriendly to put it mildly and I can’t make any of it. Take a look:

I wanted to change it to ‘Course backup filearea and the specified directory‘. But I couldn’t, because my Moodle install does not allow manually setting paths from admin UI (it’s a security setting). I didn’t want to circumvent it ($CFG->preventexecpath = true; in config.php).

So I had to set the backup path in Moodle’s config.php. Firstly, I couldn’t find how to set it, then I found it in one forum post3.

But firstly, I created a directory where I want my backups and allowed that user www-data (apache server) can write to it:

mkdir /var/moodlebackups
chown www-data:www-data /var/moodlebackups
chmod 750 /var/moodlebackups

Then I modified Moodle’s config.php and added the location4:

$CFG->forced_plugin_settings['backup']['backup_auto_destination'] = '/var/moodlebackups';

Went back to Moodle’s admin UI, refreshed and I could see the backup location:

Finally I could set Automated backup storage to Course backup filearea and the specified directory.

2. Backup to remote location using rclone and Koofr5

Now that I convinced Moodle to spit out backups of courses to the location I wanted, I proceeded with:

1. Install and configure rclone (a program to copy/sync files to variety of cloud services)

apt install rclone
rclone config

To configure rclone, I just followed these instructions.

2. I made a new folder in my Koofr for Moodle backups and tested the connection:

List Koofr dirs:

rclone lsd koofr:Backups/Moodle

Test copying from local folder to Koofr:

rclone copy /var/moodlebackups/ koofr:Backups/Moodle --progress

I used ‘rclone copy’ instead of ‘sync’, because I want copies: if something happens to backups on Moodle server (e. g. get corrupted, compromised or deleted), I don’t wont this to propagate to backup on Koofr.

3. Lastly, I created a cron job that runs rclone every morning at 6AM6 and writes to a log about it:

crontab -e 

0 6 * * * /usr/bin/rclone copy /var/moodlebackups koofr:/Backups/Moodle --log-file=/var/log/rclone_backup.log --verbose

In the morning I checked the Koofr’s Backup folder and … voila, backups are there.

Now I have another piece of mind in case anything goes wrong.

1. v4.5 ↩︎
2. For example https://moodle.org/plugins/local_backupftp ↩︎
3. https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=453937 ↩︎
4. finding this setting gave me a lot of headache. As a last resort, I asked LLM, but it couldn’t help me. Of course it didn’t, what did I expect. It persistently tried to convince me that the right setting is $CFG->autobackuplocation = ‘/var/moodlebackups’, which is wrong. Another proof of LLM’s incapability and my naïveté. But then, I dug in Moodle’s forums (above) and found the right config keyword. Thank you, PEOPLE, especially Susana L.! ↩︎
5. Cloud storage from EU, https://koofr.eu/ ↩︎
6. Why at 6AM? Because Moodle automated backups run at 4AM and they are finished in a few minutes. ↩︎

@Frisk Hmm, well, I can compile a small list of issues with #Koofr that I see:

• There's no pressing left/right to switch between documents no matter the file type
• Labels (paid plan, that's fine)
• I can't view contents of archives
• There's no file metadata section for general files, only images
• Left click defaults to open rather than select
• The selection area is too small given the large icon
• The selection area lacks contrast in dark mode and with different backgrounds (preview/thumbnail)
• Plain text files get shown way to the left instead of being reasonably centered
• Breadcrumb navigation between directories has a way too small button (more like a link) and it's tucked into a corner
• No low density mode so I can get larger sidebar and buttons

To be fair the bigger problems I see with it are related to input (accessibility), contrast (accessibility) and navigation (accessibility), so it's mostly just accessibility problems rather than missing features :P

De flesta förvarar eller säkerhetskopierar säkerligen sina bilder på iCloud, Google Photos eller Microsoft Onedrive. En del kanske använder Flickr eller nån annan sajt. Samtliga de nämnda sajterna ägs av US-amerikanska företag och alla förutom Flickr ägs av ett av de 5 stora IT-företagen.

De flesta förvarar eller säkerhetskopierar säkerligen sina bilder på iCloud, Google Photos eller Microsoft Onedrive. En del kanske använder Flickr eller nån annan sajt. Samtliga de nämnda sajterna ägs av US-amerikanska företag och alla förutom Flickr ägs av ett av de 5 stora IT-företagen.

TL;DR

I fell for a strange pattern of techy computer users to describe / brag about reducing their dependance of IT services owned by US-based tech giants and other companies that embraced enshittification principles.

I didn’t invented nothing new, I just made some small steps towards better control of my data and IT equipment.

IT usage is very political imho. With the recent imperialistic developments and sharp drop in human rights in US, I feel uneasy about using their platforms (Microsoft, Google, social media). This is one of the reasons I’m trying to move away from them and towards FOSS & non-enshittified companies. The other reason is curiosity for exploring new things.

But even selecting FOSS/sustainable IT alternatives is not trivial. They usually lack polished UI, and … ugh, … sometimes there is quite some drama associated with them (e. g. main developer adopts techbro mentality).

OS

As I wrote extensively, I transitioned from Windows to Linux Mint as a daily driver in March 2025.

It’s pretty boring – Mint works, it didn’t crash beyond repair (yet), I don’t think about it anymore.

Now is Dec. and I still haven’t booted to Windows partition. It’s time to delete it and dedicate space for something else.

Browser

Firefox, but looking for alternatives. Mozilla is not my favourite company anymore because of their efforts to stick genAI into the browser and dismissing the community. Yes, I still wear their t-shirt from 2004 and probably will until it disintegrates.

Office

I cancelled to M356 subscriptions for my company and left only 1 license for special cases (spreadsheets with macros for reporting to EU and similar).

Firstly I used OpenOffice in 2003-2006 when I wrote my dissertation and MsWord started to crash after 100 pages. At that time, OpenOffice saved a lot of time, because it handled formulas and references really well. Then I stopped using it until last year. Now it’s my daily driver (Libre Office) again alongside Google Docs (yeah, I know).

I made a promise that all documents that I send out to other people will be in .odt format. In last several months I received in total 0 complaints. Even people with MSOffice can open it and probably they don’t even notice the change of the format.

I especially like (not so well known): Libre Draw for editing PDFs, Libre Write for creating ePUBs.

I also installed NextCloud and it’s NextCloud Office on my selfhosted Yuno, but I haven’t used it much yet. It looks promising, but more complex in comparison with Google Docs.

Email

I bought Tuta subscription and connected it with my domain. I’m using Linux desktop app, mobile app alongside Gmail.

I haven’t transitioned from GMail yet. I gave my new email address only to some specific people and I’m trying to keep it away from various online subsctiptions. I still use GMail, where all the junk goes.

Probably I will keep using GMail as a throw away email account and Tuta for things I care about – such as communication with state institutions, health institutions, friends.

I’m still trying to get used to Tuta UI.

I could even recreate my workflow from GMail to Tuta: Starred emails. In GMail, I star emails that need my further attention. In Tuta, I use labels for the same purpose. I created a new label ‘todo’ which I can apply to the email. It needs some more clicks than starring emails in GMail, which is not optimal, but it’s good enough.

Calendar

I still don’t know how to transfer my calendar from Google Calendar to something else, e. g. Tuta Calendar. I use Google Calendar with 10+ calendars, intervowen with my family’s calendars. Will try to figure it out in 2026.

Cloud storage

This one is the most difficult one.

But I started to ween off Google Drive, which I use from its beginnings. Until now I haven’t found a good replacement, especially for Google Docs.

Lately I bought a lifetime Koofr subscription for 1 TB. I’m using it as a (3rd) backup for all of my family’s photos and videos. It backups my NAS via WebDAV and my desktop via rclone. I also sync my media from the phone to Koofr. Maybe I’ll even use it instead Google Photos. Will see – but at the first glance it doesn’t miss much – maybe albums and search by photo description.

Koofr looks promising and most importantly, it’s based in EU.

backup data dengan #restic -> #rclone -> #koofr
ternyata asyik juga, mudah.
kenapa pakai koofr?
karena jumlah repo dalam free plan dari borgbase cuma 2 sedangkan koofr tidak terbatas selama kapasitas penyimpanan masih cukup (sama - sama 10GB free seperti borgbase).

I went with Koofr, in case anyone's looking to do the same. Generally a good experience, with helpful support. Slightly odd approach, and no file history, just un-delete, but I'm mostly using it as a destination file store for Kopia backups, so it's not a deal breaker for me.

https://koofr.eu

#FileStorage #koofr

Un nuevo servicio (bastante reciente) de almacenamiento en la nube cifrado (OJO sólo la carpeta VAULT) by UE, bien de precio y con una oferta de 1 Tb por vida a 129 € aprox (vía Stacksocial).
Yo lo he pillado y tira muy bien -> https://koofr.eu/

#koofr

Kampania APT28 “Phantom Net Voxel” – połączenie steganografii z C2 w chmurze, a wszystko aby uniknąć wykrycia

Badacze bezpieczeństwa z zespołu ds. wykrywania i reagowania na zagrożenia (Threat Detection and Response) w Sekoia.io’s  wykryli nową kampanię prowadzoną przez grupę APT-28 (znaną jako Fancy Bear, Sofacy, BlueDelta, Forest Blizzard), w której atakujący zastosowali szereg technik umożliwiających ominięcie standardowych metod wykrywania. Kampania została nazwana “Phantom Net Voxel” i stanowi...

#WBiegu #Apt28 #Bearshell #C2 #Koofr #Phantomnetvoxel

https://sekurak.pl/kampania-apt28-phantom-net-voxel-polaczenie-steganografii-z-c2-w-chmurze-a-wszystko-aby-uniknac-wykrycia/

@Phantastopia

Soll es einfach nur eine Alternative zu #OneDrive sein, dann würde ich #NextCloud empfehlen. Dort sind dann auch gleich Kalender u.v.a. mehr dabei bzw. können kostenfrei nachgerüstet werden.
Hier gibt es sehr viele unterschiedliche Anbieter, gerade in Europa.

Ich habe die 10-TB-Variante bei #Hetzner, das ist die günstigste Variante (für große Speicheranforderungen).

* 1 TB = 5,11- Euro / Monat,
* 5 TB = 16,89- Euro / Monat,
* 10 TB = 32,59- Euro / Monat.
(Siehe auch: https://www.hetzner.com/de/storage/storage-share)

[Kleiner Hinweis: wir reden hier von Terabyte, nicht von Gigabyte!]

Wenn es besonder sicher sein soll, dann eher Koofr (siehe: https://koofr.eu/).

Hier kann man Daten aus anderen Datenpools, z.B. OneDrive importieren.

Weiteres zu den Kosten findet man unter: https://koofr.eu/pricing/

Bei #Koofr sollte man vielleicht das Konzept des #Vault hervorheben, in dem man besonders vertrauliche Daten zusätzlich gesichert ablegen kann:

https://vault.koofr.net/

Ik ben afscheid aan het nemen van #Google Workspace waarin ik met behulp van Google Apps Script ongeveer alles had geautomatiseerd wat er te automatiseren viel.

Nu een stapje terug (nou ja, een soort van) met #Linux, #LibreOffice (database, writer), #Koofr (Sloveense cloudprovider met een Linux ' spiegel' ), #Vivaldi.

@AAMfP @fredonline I went in for #filen since #koofr has worse speed performances. Plus, Filen claims to be E2EE encrypted. However, if you need a webdav implementation (i.e. required by some android apps like Joplin, etc) Koofr (or nexctloud) is the way to go. I am still waiting for a proper and safe #webdav implementation with folder based and read/write passwords.

#Koofr seems to have a new size and a discount for the launch 😀

https://changelog.koofr.net/introducing-new-500-gb-storage-plan-315872

https://koofr.eu/discount/

3. Second #backup level on 250GB #Koofr cloud storage through #RClone, also locally encrypted before sending.
This does not contain all files but "only" few less than 200GB of them, the most interesting.
Copy happens through a batch file, taking files directly from source (1), not from (2).
To be possibly updated by mounting the encrypted remote and using, again, RoboCopy.

I've also been trying Slovenia based Koofr, their servers are all located in Germany. Their UI is IMHO better than Filen, and is more configurable. And WebDAV just works. I've upgraded my account to 'Koofr 10GB' at EUR 4.92 per year. With the initial free 10GB I now have 20GB storage in total. I have no need for terrabytes of cloud storage, this is more than sufficient for my needs.

https://koofr.eu/

#Koofr #cloud #europeanalternative

@j_j @thoralf
Ich hatte auch so meine Probleme mit der Nextcloud und habe gerade nach acht Jahren gewechselt. Ich glaube, die Nextcloud versucht eine eierlegende Wollmilchsau zu sein, und das ist eben kein Selbstläufer, sondern man muss dauernd Hand anlegen. Und das kostet Zeit und Nerven. Mit meinen Daten bin ich in der Zwischenzeit bei #Filen und #koofr gelandet, Kalender und Kontakte funktionieren wunderbar mit posteo.

**Koofr on Linux**

Read it on my blog, it has a nicer image/text layout.

As a newly Mint-ed desktop Linux user I tried to connect to various cloud storages (Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Drive – Team drive) and lastly, Koofr.

Some brief words about my experiences connecting to Koofr.

There are 2 ways to connect to it (that I’m aware of): Koofr desktop app and rclone.

Connecting via rclone

Because I already have rclone setup for Dropbox and GDrive, I tried it first.

rclone has built-in support for Koofr (#26), which is great.

I had some minor difficulties to set it up. Nothing serious. Easier than connecting to Google Drive (and obtaining their app ID), for example.

Firstly, I went to my Koofr account -> Preferences -> Passwords and created a new app password especially for rclone.

Then I ran

rclone config

All went smooth until the step after entering an username:

Option password. Your password for rclone (generate one at https://app.koofr.net/app/admin/preferences/password).Choose an alternative below.y) Yes, type in my own passwordg) Generate random passwordy/g>

I was a bit puzzled. What does it mean ‘my own password’? Should I make it up? Or use Koofr generated password?

Firstly, I chose the g) option. I thought rclone will somehow communicate with Koofr and set the password. I was wrong. It didn’t work. Then I restarted the config and chose y) option and pasted previously created app password from Koofr website.

It worked.

Then I adapted my Dropbox/GDrive mount script (mount_koofr.sh):

#!/bin/bash# Define remote name and mount pointREMOTE="Koofr-Tomi"MOUNT_POINT="$HOME/Koofr-Tomi"# Create the mount directory if it doesn't existmkdir -p "$MOUNT_POINT"# Unmount if already mountedif mountpoint -q "$MOUNT_POINT"; then    echo "Unmounting $REMOTE..."    fusermount -u "$MOUNT_POINT"fi# Mount Koofr with VFS caching enabledecho "Mounting $REMOTE to $MOUNT_POINT..."rclone mount "$REMOTE": "$MOUNT_POINT" \    --vfs-cache-mode full \    --daemonecho "Mounting complete!"

After running this script, a new mount appeared with 3 pre-made folders:

Then I added some files and subfolders and it synced as it should.

Bottomline: It works fine, setup of password in rclone could be more understandable for ordinary users like me.

Connecting via desktop Koofr app

I’ve installed the app (Linux Mint), no errors or issues, which is good.

But when I tried to run the app, I saw this screen. No login input field or buttons. Maybe because I use fractional desktop scaling to 125%? Don’t know. When I set it to 100%, there was no change in app layout.

I contacted their support on Saturday afternoon and…

Their support was super quick (during the weekend & I’m just a rando non-paying user) and helped me to resolve the issue in less than a day. Do you hear that, Google?

As I understood, their app uses built-in stripped browser.

According to the support’s instructions, I had to deleted the file:

~/.koofr-dist/storagechrome 

but I rather renamed it to:

~/.koofr-dist/storagechrome_old

Then I ran the app again, Koofr login screen opened in a system browser (Firefox) and I could login. It looks like a Koofr desktop app is actually a local web app. Cool.

Sync app looks similar to Google Drive’s app and shows the status of sync and last synced files.

Bottomline: It works. I know it’s a Linux and all the difficulties because of different distros and desktops and libraries, but nevertheless. The install could be a bit more polished. Desktop app (first login) is the first thing user experiences. I’m not easily scared away, but many less experienced users are.

Can not comment on long-term usage yet. But the syncing looks quick enough and so far without issues.

Observations after several days of usage:

• When computer wakes up from suspend state, the app doesn’t wake up immediately. It needs several minutes to start syncing. Until then, it shows sync error. Rclone starts syncing immediately.

But why, would you ask?

Just prepping for possible Google (Drive) enshittification. Having EU (Slo) cloud storage alternative at hand makes me calmer.

Tags: #koofr #rclone #mint #linux #cloudstorage

https://blog.rozman.info/koofr-on-linux/

#cloudstorage #koofr #Linux #Mint #rclone

@carloscabello
If you want to experiment something else European, there's also #Koofr, with WebDAV and their zero-knowledge Koofr Vault (that is also open source and on F-Droid).

Also here, you can use Cryptomator or @cyberduck to upload encrypted files.

I found a lifetime offer for this on StackSocial, years ago when I bought it.

Ni pa #Koofr idealen. Jaz, recimo, zelo pogrešam, da bi aplikacijskemu passwordu lahko dodelil nek poddirektorij in bi potem z njim imel dostop zgolj do njega.

Da v primeru, če slučajno gre kaj narobe, ima tista aplikacija ali naprava dostop samo do svojih stvari, ne kar do celega Koofr accounta.

@mropret

Zaklenjenih razdelkov imaš po moje lahko poljubno veliko. Jaz nisem opazil kakšne omejitve. Morebiti so v sami aplikaciji Koofr Vault, ampak potem lahko imaš več instanc le-te ali uporabiš kakšno drugo orodje, npr. rclone, ki #Koofr podpira direktno.

@mropret

@mropret Keepass2Android odlično deluje v navezi s #Koofr in to direktno brez kakšnih posrednikov vmes. Točno to kombinacijo že kar nekaj časa v praksi uporabljam.

Dobro deluje tudi z originalnim Keepass, le da tam imam še Koofrovo aplikacijo vmes, ki skrbno za sinhronizacijo med lokalnim računalnikom in Koofrom.

Do zdaj nikoli nisem zares uporabljal storitve #Koofr, zdaj pa vidim, da je povsem primerljiva s tistimi, ki so precej bolj priljubljene. Ni idealna, v nekaterih vidikih bi rabila določene poenostavitve in olepšave, zato pa nudi nekatere "Pro" možnosti. Cene so čisto sprejemljive in se jih da (s kodo za prvo leto) in popusti "zvestobe" še nekoliko znižati.
https://tehnozvezdje.si/preverite-ce-vam-domaci-kovcek-morebiti-bolj-ustreza-kot-tuja-skatla/

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/server-in-der-eu-und-eigene-schluessel-schuetzt-das-vor-us-zugriffen/

Ich persönlich manche seit einigen Wochen gute Erfahrungen mit @filen und #koofr

Kommentare oder Ergänzungen?

#unplugtrump

💡 I know a couple of these will come in handy...

[Koofr hidden tips and tricks](https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/koofr-hidden-tips-and-tricks)

#koofr

Is there any information about the infrastructure of #koofr? The "stored across several secure, EU-based data centers" could mean anything: From own high-security data centers (unlikely) to the use of European providers such as Hetzner or OHV to the use of hyperscalers such as Azure or AWS.

I couldn't find any information about it on the website.

I just got a #Popup from #Microsoft saying that my 365 subscription is going up by about 30% a month - Since I don't use Office any more, and I am 100% paying for #onedrive (which I hate!) I may as well just switch to something else if it's cheaper.

So - Anyone got any #advice on #Cloud providers?

#Koofr seems okay, and has a lifetime plan which seems my ideal and there seem to be offers.

I was told not to touch #NordVPN and #PCloud with a bargepole and I don't like #Google much.