- More privacy and security
- Cost-Effectiveness
- Scalability
- More Control and Customisation
- A computer running Ubuntu or any Debian flavor.
- Check if your ISP allows you to enable port-forward [Optional]
- Own a domain [Optional]
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove- Install all necessary packages (some may be optional based on your requirements)
sudo apt install neovim wget mariadb-server php php-apcu php-bcmath php-cli php-common php-curl php-gd php-gmp php-imagick php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-zip php-xml unzip nmap- Modify the file and assign an appropriate hostname or domain name to your server
sudo nvim /etc/hostname
sudo nvim /etc/hosts
- Restart your server to apply the changes made thus far
sudo reboot- Download the Nextcloud ZIP file
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest.zip- Check the status of the
mariadbservice
systemctl status mariadb- Run the secure installation script
sudo mysql_secure_installation- Then you should see a several question. Answer following the provided input below
Password prompt --> Click Enter key
Switch to unix_socket_auth [Y/n] --> n
Change the root password [Y/n] --> Y
Enter your secure password:
Remove anonymous users [Y/n] --> Y
Disallow root login remotely [Y/n] --> Y
Remove test database and access to it [Y/n] --> Y
Reload privileges tables now [Y/n] --> Y
- Access to MariaDB
sudo mariadb- Create the database
CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;- Set-up permissions
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;- Press CTRL+D to exit
- Enable these PHP extensions
sudo phpenmod bcmath gmp imagick intl- Unzip the Nextcloud file
unzip latest.zip- Move the files to the serving location and set the appropriate permissions
mv nextcloud your.domain.name- Change permissions
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data your.domain.name- Move the directory to /var/www
sudo mv your.domain.name /var/www- Disable the default site for apache
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf- Create an Apache config file for serving Nextcloud
sudo nvim /etc/apache2/sites-available/your.domain.name.conf- Insert the provided content into the file, ensuring to modify the part that mentions 'your.domain.name'
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/your.domain.name"
ServerName your.domain.name
<Directory "/var/www/your.domain.name/">
Options MultiViews FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
TransferLog /var/log/apache2/your.domain.name_access.log
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your.domain.name_error.log
</VirtualHost> - Enable the site
sudo a2ensite your.domain.name.conf- You have to tweak certain lines in order to work nextcloud
sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini- Within the file, locate and modify these parameters
memory_limit = 3G #(Increase the value if you have more RAM)
upload_max_filesize = 50G #(Increase/Decrease the value following your purposes)
max_execution_time = 3600
post_max_size = 50G #(Increase/Decrease the value following your purposes)
date.timezone = Europe/London #(View the link below to adjust your timezone)
opcache.enable=1
opcache.interned_strings_buffer= 128
opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000
opcache.memory_consumption=128
opcache.save_comments=1
opcache.revalidate_freq=1- Enable PHP mods for Apache
sudo a2enmod dir env headers mime rewrite ssl- Restart Apache
sudo systemctl restart apache2- When you first enter the page you should see something like this
- Enter the following information into the respective boxes
Username --> Your Username
Password --> Set a secure password to login into Nextcloud
Data Folder --> Leave as default
Database user --> nextcloud
Database password --> nextcloud_db password
Database name --> nextcloud- Then, Install the recommended apps
- As mentioned earlier, to establish a connection to your Nextcloud from outside your private network, you need to enable port forwarding on your router
- In order to proceed, in this example, I configure my port forwarding on a Movistar router
- The first thing you need to do is search for your private IP using the following command
ifconfig -a
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Next, enter your router portal to configure the port forwarding. Enter the IP address and select 'web-server' at port 80, then enable it
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To check if your port 80 is open, run the following command
sudo nmap -n -PN -sT -sU -p80 {IP} -
Check if the nextcloud page is accessible typing your public IP on the web browser
- You should see something like this
- If you want to access to your nextcloud through your public IP
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Edit
config.phpsudo nvim /var/www/your.domain.name/config/config.php
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On trusted_domains add your public IP
- Initially, you require a domain, which can be either purchased or obtained for free
- Several websites provide affordable domain options
- Once you've acquired a domain, proceed to the Advanced DNS settings and establish a host record
- In the
IP Addresssection, input your public IP address - Then, on the
HOSTsection put "@"
- Proceed to edit the
config.phpfile
sudo nvim /var/www/your.domain.name/config/config.php- Add your domain name to the
trusted_domainsarray
- Now, you can access to Nextcloud through your domain
- Install snapd
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install core && sudo snap refresh core- Install certbot
sudo snap install --classic certbot
sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot- Get and install your certificates
sudo certbot --apache- For troubleshooting, search the internet. Most forums typically have solutions
- I case that you don't know how to solve the problem. Please feel free to contact me via email
- Nextcloud Documentation
- Nextcloud Community
- Feel free to ask anything, is a wonderful community
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