Since the whole pandemic thing has happened, I've been getting non stop calls from cloud providers to help migrate my users to home. I came up with my own solution that works but probably could be better. I'm using a Samba file server that is a domain member, then use nextcloud so users can use Webdav and other resources in Nextcloud from home. It seems to work but isn't fast as I only have a 20Mbs internet at the office (yes that's the fastest we can get). I've been wondering about getting a virtual machine in the cloud and using it as a AD DC connected to our internal domain and using them to host our files. While I'm sure I can make it work, is this the worst idea you've ever heard of? I'm a little worried about security. Thanks. -- Stephen
On Fri, 2021-03-26 at 10:02 -0600, Stephen Atkins via samba wrote:> Since the whole pandemic thing has happened, I've been getting non stop > calls from cloud providers to help migrate my users to home. I came up > with my own solution that works but probably could be better. I'm using > a Samba file server that is a domain member, then use nextcloud so users > can use Webdav and other resources in Nextcloud from home. It seems to > work but isn't fast as I only have a 20Mbs internet at the office (yes > that's the fastest we can get). > > I've been wondering about getting a virtual machine in the cloud and > using it as a AD DC connected to our internal domain and using them to > host our files. > > While I'm sure I can make it work, is this the worst idea you've ever > heard of? I'm a little worried about security.Putting it all behind a VPN is the only thing I would mention, otherwise a Samba AD DC in the cloud is a quite reasonable thing. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett (he/him) https://samba.org/~abartlet/ Samba Team Member (since 2001) https://samba.org Samba Developer, Catalyst IT https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba
Hi Stephen, By accessing your VM the cloud provider can essentially take over everything within your domain. Essentially the question is whether you can/want to trust your cloud provider that much. Best Regards, Joachim -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: samba <samba-bounces at lists.samba.org> Im Auftrag von Stephen Atkins via samba Gesendet: Friday, 26 March 2021 17:03 An: samba at lists.samba.org Betreff: [Samba] Samba in the Cloud Since the whole pandemic thing has happened, I've been getting non stop calls from cloud providers to help migrate my users to home. I came up with my own solution that works but probably could be better. I'm using a Samba file server that is a domain member, then use nextcloud so users can use Webdav and other resources in Nextcloud from home. It seems to work but isn't fast as I only have a 20Mbs internet at the office (yes that's the fastest we can get). I've been wondering about getting a virtual machine in the cloud and using it as a AD DC connected to our internal domain and using them to host our files. While I'm sure I can make it work, is this the worst idea you've ever heard of? I'm a little worried about security. Thanks. -- Stephen -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba