Anyone still using nextcloud for syncing

Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.13.3

Desktop version info

3.13.3

Sync target

Nextcloud

What issue do you have?

sync with nextcloud stopped working a couple of days ago. I see one other thread about nextcloud mysteriously encrypting files from this past april, but nothing else.

Is anyone still using nextcloud (Tab) successfully for syncing?

Hi there,

yes, I am. I am syncing my desktop Joplin (MacOS) to a folder within my Nextcloud folder and let the Nextcloud client do the uploading/downloading.
On my iPad and iPhone, I have configured Joplin to use WebDAV as sync target and pointed it to my Nextcloud. Everything works totally fine.

Server sided encryption is enabled in my Nextcloud, so that shouldn't be a problem. Have you tried re-setting up your sync via Nextcloud?

Cheers
Martin

i have written nextcloud forum. I'll find out if any useful info is given.

in the meantime, if I should decide to try using nextcloud client from win10:
what folder/files should I tell nextcloud client to sync to nextcloud joplin folder?

I am guessing the joplin files/folder needs to be in a nextcloud sync folder: how do I tell joplin that it will use that location in the future?

No. You connect Joplin directly to Nextcloud.

See this page 🡇

Huh? This is exactly the problem. As referred in my first post, and referred to a different thread seeking a possible solution, the Joplin sync to Nextcloud has failed since 4 days ago. It is no longer working for me. This is why I started this thread.

Fair enough. I sort of fixated on your last post and forgot the point you made in your first post.

It is a while since I used a Nextcloud server for sync but an option is to try the WebDAV sync connector option rather than the Nextcloud one. I used to use that when I had a Nextcloud server as I found it more reliable. Of course this is unlikely to work if Tab Digital have done something that causes the OpenSSL mismatch between client and server. (Your other post).

The other option is, as you say, to try to use the Nextcloud client (assuming it does not also suffer the same error) to do the work instead. In that case you use file system sync to point Joplin to the folder being synced by the Nextcloud client.

Always backup first, just in case.

Interesting idea, though don't know the details of what it means. I did try setting Joplin sync to Webdav, using the Nextcloud url , un/pw. Returned same error.

Of course, I may be doing it totally wrong. I won't have time to research the webdav procedure until tomorrow, or maybe later.

That's what I used to do. I used the same Nextcloud connection information (URL, user, pass) but with the WebDAV connector. So it appears that you have confirmed that this also errors due to the OpenSSL problem.

Can i use joplin webdav sync setting to sync Joplin thru a different cloud site? (and skip dealing with nextcloud client).

Definitely. I connect to OwnCloud via WebDAV. There are issues with other services such as pCloud, however, which can be found in user reports here in this forum.

good and bad. good that I can connect via webdav to other cloud sites. bad, since pcloud was my first choice. but there are others.

the faq says copy everything from existing folder (nextcloud/joplin?) to new cloud joplin folder, and not to forget the .resource folder. I don't see a .resource folder.

also, the current nextcloud/joplin folder presumably is up to date with iphone joplin. but not with the windows joplin folder. can I presume that all this data with get synced to the windows joplin folder? and not deleted?

The safest way to switch nextcloud provider without risking any data loss would be:
-Make a full jex backup of your good profile
-Make a new profile on one of your Joplin clients
-Import your jex backup into the new profile, connect it to your new Nextcloud account, and let it fully sync
-Make a new profile on your other Joplin clients and sync them to your new Nextcloud account
-Once you are happy everything if working, you can delete the old profile on all clients and close your old Nextcloud account