Using webdav storage as a file system on a immutable system
Using webdav storage as a file system on a immutable system
On immutable systems like bazzite, what's the best way to mount webdav storage as a file system in order to open it with Cryptomator?
options i'm thinking are:
- use distrobox bc there i can install davfs and cryptomator
- look for flatpak softwares that enables this function
I'm basically clueless. Any kind of info would be much appreciated.
I am not familiar with webdav, and I'm no bazzite expert (although it's my daily driver), but I would guess that distrobox could be a way to do this.
Either install a distrobox of arch or mint or Debian or whatever, and do the install there, or check out what distrobox has to offer for mounting WebDAV storage. I found it has options for implementing local AI that I would never have dreamed of, so who knows what else it can do?
https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/Distrobox/
Yup, seems like distrobox is the way to go in any case.
If you don’t get a solution here I would recommend asking on bazzites discord or forum. There are more helpful people with more insights into immutable there. If it can‘t be solved without layering they might even be open to having it included in the image by default.
That’s awesome I didn’t think of that. Yup, I will look into suggestions from other people then get help/request on their forum
Can rely on https://rclone.org/webdav/ too.
thanks for the suggestion. how can I install rclone on Bazzite? A quick searching didn't bring anything clear. Are you referring to using rclone via Distrobox or something?
I'm not familiar with Bazzite but I do have a SteamDeck with SteamOS and I do have things installed on it. There is for it 2 ways :
- keep binaries in home, e.g. ~/bin/rclone because that does not get deleted on updates
- allowing SteamOS to not be read-only and add a package. Here it seems to be via
ujustbut I don't seerclonein there so I'd go down their list https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/ and it seemsbrew install rclonewould work.
You can install software on immutable distros, it just becomes part of the ostree image
That's supposed to be the last resort though, when nothing else works.