Allow for custom server for frontend apps #504
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This would be huge. I'm super excited about getting the chance to selfhost this and compare it to Immich! |
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I’ve landed on just using Synology Photos, but I’m uncomfortable with the theoretical access I have to everyone’s photos as the admin. Plus, the backup experience on iOS leaves a lot to be desired. I’m super interested in pivoting my family to using this when this feature is implemented. Side note: If I didn’t already have replicated local storage I would be interested in the paid hosted solution. Are there any ways to recurrently donate? You’re providing a unique feature set. |
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This feature would be awesome, super interested |
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I'm super, super interested in this. I'm selfhosting everything else and would really like to be able to selfhost my 2FA app. As soon as we can have an easy to deploy server and web app (docker?), and the ability to use a custom server URI without building the app from source I'll be thrilled. |
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Since this feature would amount to letting self hosters running the whole thing for free - as in beer, I would even be happy if the folks behind the project would make a copy of the app titled specifically as “ente - selfhosted” or something like that, and charge a reasonable fee for it. This way, self hosters can pay for the convenience of the app, contributing financially to the project, while still using their own server and photo storage. Count me as your customer #1 if you get there. I played around with the ente app, in view of replacing iCloud Photos. But, the lack of ability to use the app to my own backend stopped me from proceeding any further. If I need to pay a cloud vendor anyway, I might as well pay Apple and enjoy the integration convenience. |
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Considering the importance of cost and data management, perhaps exploring a hybrid storage model would be beneficial. This model could allow for archiving less critical photos on personal servers, while keeping frequently accessed ones on Ente's cloud. It acknowledges the practicality of self-hosting for archival data, ensuring seamless integration with Ente's cloud for essential access, even when the self-hosted servers are temporarily offline. This approach promotes data autonomy and cost savings, aligning with our shared goals of efficiency and control over our digital footprint. |
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Update: We will first allow Auth to connect to a self-hosted instance. This necessary changes are done in #726, and will be available in the next release. Photos will follow. |
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Hey thank you very much for the great product!! Not sure if I should start a separate discussion on this but, a dumb question... does Ente Auth server share the same backend with Ente Photo? I mean when I look at the dir structure I only see |
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Not sure if already a thing but since implementing a custom server for the frontends it also would be great for us developers to have some debugging features (which can be enabled via the same way of the changing the server), whether logs etc. |
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Update: Photos app now supports connecting to a self-hosted instance. The changes were made in #1302 and the release is available here: https://github.com/ente-io/ente/releases/tag/photos-v0.8.75 Will keep this issue open until the release is live on PlayStore, AppStore & F-Droid. |
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Fair enough. Do self-hosters have the ability to bulk upload though? I thought that was only achievable via the Desktop app? |
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Hello, |
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Since the server is now open-sourced and can be hosted using Docker, I would love to keep using the existing frontend apps (Android, iOS & Windows), but use my own backend / URL.
I can do that when building everything myself, but it is quite a hassle - taking iOS as an example with needing an Apple developer account and a developer enabled iOS device etc.
I want to be able to use the default consumer apps, but just be able to switch to a custom server. I'm especially interested in ente Auth having this feature. The official Bitwarden app has exactly that feature - you can self-host the Bitwarden server and just use its URL in the official app instead of the commercially hosted Bitwarden version.
Feature request in short: I want to be able to use my custom server URL / backend in the existing frontend apps for iOS, Android & Windows.
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