What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? (sopuli.xyz)

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Hello selfhosted! Sometimes I have to transfer big files or a large amounts of small files in my homelab. I used rsync but specifying the IP address and the folders and everything is bit fiddly. I thought about writing a bash script but before I do that I wanted to ask you about your favourite way to achieve this. Maybe I am missing out on an awesome tool I wasn't even thinking about.

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Depends on what I'm transferring and to/from where:

scp is my go-to since I'm a Linux household and have SSH keys setup and LDAP SSO as a fallback
sshfs if I'm too lazy to connect via SMB/NFS (or I don't feel like installing the tools for them) or I'm traversing a WAN
rsync for bulk transfer and backups
Snapdrop/Pairdrop for one-off file/text shares between devices with GUIs (mostly phone <--> PC)
SMB if I'm on a client PC and need to work with the files directly from the fileserver
NFS between servers
To get bulk data to my phone (e.g. updating my music library), I connect via USB in MTP mode and copy from the server via SMB or sshfs.

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