They are file synchronization and sharing services based on the Nextcloud platform, an open source system designed to be easy to use and highly secure. The Nextcloud platform performs self-hosted file sharing, in other words it provides a security solution that gives data owners complete control over the location and access policies of their data with a hybrid or private cloud solution. As a result, NextStorage services enable GDPR compliance, while also providing encryption and user management.

Platform overview: ease of access and use

Accessibility to the platform and data is ensured by the availability of client software for both mobile (Android, iOS) and desktop (Linux, Windows e Mac OS X) devices . These clients allow users to synchronize and share files securely through https connections.

Clients for mobile devices have automatic uploading of photos and videos captured by users and can synchronize selected files and folders. Clients can manage multiple accounts, show all current activity on the server and notify events such as the availability of new shares. In addition, tools such as shared calendar and address book are included.

You can manage privileges, access history and changes.

The following video-guides on the use of the desktop client are available on the youtube channel of Hosting Solutions .

• NextStorage: an overview of the service
• NextStorage: how to synchronize a folder from the client to the server
• NextStorage: how to upload and create files

Client software

On the Nextcloud website desktop clienst are available for all common operating systems: here, Windows and macOS users can find the necessary installation files, while Linux users (openSUSE, Archlinux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian) can find them already in the package management of their distribution.
Free apps for Android and iOS are available for access from mobile devices as well as a paid app for Windows Phone. Clients allow the synchronisation of one or more local folders with the server. Thanks to the file manager and file sharing, all saved documents can be easily controlled and shared with other server users or via public links.

Configuration domain

The service will be configured on a third level of the nextstorage.it domain, for example: companyname.nextstorage.it.

However, it is also possible to configure the service on the third level of any other domain, for example cloud.companyname.it with an additional cost for the Rapid SSL certificate needed to guarantee the encrypted connection, in addition to the cost of domain registration if this does not already exist.