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I'd like to display information like:

• "Look, here's that one new shiny app you can use for XY" or
• "If you have questions, please consider contacting your admin on mail@admin" or even
• "hey, we have to restart our server. downtime will be tomorrow at hh:mm"

+1 from me; a more recent blog post by the dev suggests that there's progress for self-hosting omnivore: https://blog.omnivore.app/p/deploying-a-minimal-self-hosted-omnivore

Hey,

I thought it would be great if we could have at least one Markdown-Section in the Dashboard. E.g. one could place short messages, announcements or other important information for users. In the footer, we can already use markdown. But I think it might be very helpful for admins, to put some text more "in ya face".

Here's a quick mockup, how this cloud look:

The textbox could go either on the very top, the very bottom – which might be more easily implemented. Or – as shown in this example – somewhere in between. Then it must be specified which apps go above and which below.
Editing could be similar to navigating the settings of an app: a small gear-icon in the top right corner of the textbox. Also, you could set visibiliy according to groups of users.

This could function as some sorting or customizing the dashboard which was suggested here but never gained more detailed attention.

Hey,

I noteiced that after updating Rallly to v3.0 the pro features are missing. According to the developer, they should be available with the self hosted version. He stated, that cloudron might use an older package?

Can you confirm that, @nebulon?

best
David

Hey,

I know this tool is more of a niche tool. But it can be extremely helpful in the field of (university) teaching: Recogito Studio allows multiple users to read a text or view an image and annotate (highlight and comment on) parts of it. These annotations can be commented on by other users, creating a shared reading experience which may be crucial for understanding articles or completing reading assignments.

I think it would be great if the tool were also available via Cloudron. Here is the GitHub repo: https://github.com/recogito/recogito-studio

Great. Everything works fine now.

All right, these are my impressions of Recogito Studio after the software demo:

The software seems very mature. For users, there are:

• the possibility to reply to comments
• Comments can be private, read-only or only visible to certain groups
• You can create reading assignments and link them to documents
• Not only texts, but also images can be annotated
• annotations can be exported as CSV (PDF export is in the making)
• annotations can contain rich media (e.g. embedded youtube videos or images)

For admins:

• can define different roles (instructors, students)
• Login is possible via SAML
• The software is GDPR-compliant

in this short video, you can see how the software works:

I pointed the team to this very thread, maybe someone of the developers might join this discussion. Again, I'd be very glad if we had Recogito Studio available on Cloudron.

Hey,

first and foremost: This is neither a rant nor a complaint. I'm happy with my new VPS and domains at netcup...

The cloudron docs say, that DNS propagation on netcup is slow. I can confirm that since every install takes a few minutes while configuring DNS.

Can sombody explain to me, why this is like it is? I've got no experience in all the technical stuff behind domain registration. I'd just like to understand what's going on there.

thanks in advance!
David

Thanks for your suggestion. I'd rather go with the one-app-per-folder/domain solution. lamp and apache stuff seems to nerdy/advanced for me (at least at this point in my journey towards being responsible for a webserver).

+1 for Socioboard. It would be great to have a service lice Hootsuite, Buffer etc. on my own server.

Hello all,
I am currently experimenting with Cloudron and am considering switching from my managed hosting to a server with Cloudron.

Is there any way to have a domain point directly to a directory (e.g. in the surfer app)? On my current webspace I have static HTML files in some folders, which are a very simple web page. The domain simply points to the corresponding directory on my webspace. Is there something like that in Cloudron too?

best
David

I would also like to see Canvas LMS in cloudron

The minimal version is provided by netcup as image for a fresh server. I'll try to install Ubuntu server. (not minimal)

Uh, you're right.

Here's more information: https://www.performantsoftware.com/software/
On the page where you can schedule a demo, there's a short videoclip: https://www.performantsoftware.com/pages/recogito/

One of the developers stated on mastodon that you could self host the software: https://higher-edu.social/@aboutgeo@vis.social/112712104233743061

aaand; I've scheduled such a software demo for this evening (next week on 12th of August) – I'll report back.

Alright; after installing the whole Ubuntu Server from a DVD-image (not the minimal one) everything works just as expected.

Maybe you should delete Netcup from your docs on this page: https://docs.cloudron.io/installation/#install_1 – as it does not seem to be that simple to install.

Hi guys,

I've just wanted to install Cloudron on a new Server, but it can't finish the installation.

Here's the error message:

Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 resolvconf
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

To be honest; I'm quite inexperienced with running a webserver (that's why I chose cloudron), so I really hope, someone can help.

The server runs Ubuntu 22.04.3 lts (jammy jellyfish) - minimal. (Maybe the minimal is the problem here?)

best
David

Just wanted to share an update: I guess the "extended permissions" in the group folder app/settings were responsible for my troubles.

Everything works fine now. (this topic can be marked as "solved")

Since the latest update to Etherpad Lite, the admin login won't work properly.

As mentioned here, the cloudron credentials of users are not recognized by domain-of-pad.tld/admin

I've got the

"username": {
  "is_admin": true

in the setting.json, but I can't login with the users' credentials.

Hey,

I've noticed that for a few weeks, my Wordpress (Developer) gets stuck every once in a while.

The logs point me at either the health check, or assumedly the Activity Pub Plugin, this occurs more often that it should, I guess:

2024-05-04T09:57:07.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded
2024-05-04T09:57:16.000Z 217.197.86.170 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:15 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26856 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://twitter.resolvt.net/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:16.000Z 5.161.137.157 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:15 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26641 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://citydweller.social/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:16.000Z 57.128.95.174 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:15 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 27017 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://mastodon.uno/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:16.000Z 57.128.95.181 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:15 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26964 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://sysadmin.run/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:17.000Z 141.95.205.41 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:16 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 27038 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://med-mastodon.com/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:17.000Z 169.61.78.163 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:16 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26643 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://toad.social/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:17.000Z 44.212.243.118 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:17 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 27038 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://social.alexayers.com/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:17.000Z 5.161.74.177 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:16 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 27083 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://newsie.social/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:17.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded
2024-05-04T09:57:18.000Z - - - [04/May/2024:09:57:18 +0000] "GET /wp-includes/version.php HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla (CloudronHealth)"
2024-05-04T09:57:18.000Z 144.217.65.224 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:18 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26811 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://zeroes.ca/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:18.000Z 20.163.210.12 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:17 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 27047 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.7; +https://trystero.social/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:19.000Z 15.204.47.199 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:18 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26932 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://moth.social/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:19.000Z 207.81.174.71 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:19 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26891 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://securitycafe.ca/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:19.000Z 217.224.171.38 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:18 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26885 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.1.15; +https://wiesbaden.social/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:19.000Z 75.41.75.93 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:18 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 26804 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.2.8; +https://social.yearg.in/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:19.000Z 99.251.41.236 - - [04/May/2024:09:56:18 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 27068 "-" "http.rb/5.1.1 (Mastodon/4.1.15; +https://social.sineware.ca/)"
2024-05-04T09:57:24.000Z => Run cron job
2024-05-04T09:57:25.000Z Executed the cron event 'jetpack_sync_cron' in 0.01s.
2024-05-04T09:57:25.000Z Executed the cron event 'jetpack_sync_full_cron' in 0.005s.
2024-05-04T09:57:25.000Z Success: Executed a total of 2 cron events.
2024-05-04T09:57:27.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded
2024-05-04T09:57:37.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded
2024-05-04T09:57:47.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded
2024-05-04T09:57:57.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded
2024-05-04T09:58:07.000Z => Healtheck error: Error: Timeout of 7000ms exceeded

For now, I have deactivated the AP plugin and will observe. The app itself should have sufficient RAM (4GB) and CPU (75% of 4 cores) assigned.

Hey,

Since there were some recent changes with Nextclouds E2E encryption, I wonder what might is the "most secure yet easy-to-use-for-non-tech-savvy-people" (aka "users", not admins) for secure file storage & sharing with Nextcloud on Cloudron.

2FA might be too much for most of my team, is server side encryption sufficient? Do I need any App that adds another layer of security?

thanks in advance!
David