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Cloud storage via TIPI
TIPI operates on top of the extensible capabilities of a Linux operating system. This allows end users to control how storage is provided. For instance, cloud storage can be fairly easily added by installing synchronization software or one or more network filesystems.
Webdav
I personally use nextcloud as my private-cloud solution. Nextcloud provides Webdav protocol support. This makes it easy to add to my TIPI filesystem.
login to the raspberry pi as user tipi and install the davfs2 package:
sudo apt-get install davfs2
Make a CLOUD directory that the TI-99/4A will be able to see:
mkdir /home/tipi/tipi_disk/CLOUD
Create a configuration folder for the user mountable webdav filesystem:
mkdir ~/.davfs2
cd ~/.davfs2
sudo cp /etc/davfs2/secrets .
sudo chown tipi:tipi secrets
chmod 600 secrets
Edit the secrets file and add your webdav server and credentials:
vi secrets
It should now have lines that look something like:
/home/tipi/tipi_disk/CLOUD username password
Create a folder on your webdav server that you want to share with the TIPI. I called mine TIPI4A.
Now edit the system file system table to control mount on powerup:
sudo vi /etc/fstab
Where webdav.yourserver.net is the hostname of your NextCloud or other webdav server.
username is the login user, and TIPI4A is the folder to share.
Make the substitutions necessary for your own server. It should have a new line that looks like:
https://webdav.yourserver.net/remote.php/dav/files/username/TIPI4A /home/tipi/tipi_disk/CLOUD davfs user,rw,auto,_netdev 0 0
Grant the tipi user access to use the webdav filesystem:
sudo adduser tipi davfs2
Mount and test the CLOUD folder:
mount /home/tipi/tipi_disk/CLOUD
You should now be able to see files you save in TIPI.CLOUD. from your cloud storage interface.
If the mount prompted for credentials, then you have mistyped the mount path in the secrets file and/or the /etc/fstab.
Now to mount on startup, edit /etc/rc.local
sudo vi /etc/rc.local
before the exit 0 line, insert a line that reads:
su - tipi -c "mount /home/tipi/tipi_disk/CLOUD"
Google Drive
There are tools like gdrivefs, and this install/setup script that wraps it: