Install on Ubuntu 2204¶
h1. Install on Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.10
h2. Requirements
- A server running Ubuntu 20.04.
- A valid domain name pointed to the server or Nginx Proxy Manager IP. See A Record
- A root password is configured on your server.
- install software-properties-common
sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common
After successfully installing software-properties-common, you can add the PHP PPA as follows:
sudo LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt-get update
Before starting, LAMP stack must be installed on your server. If not installed, you can install it with the following command:
NOTE: If you are installing Nextcloud 26 + on Ubuntu 20.04, you will need php8, this so use this LAMP stack
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php8.1 php8.1-cli php8.1-fpm php8.1-intl php8.1-imagick php8.1-pdo php8.1-mysql php8.1-zip php8.1-gd php8.1-mbstring php8.1-curl php8.1-xml php8.1-bcmath libapache2-mod-php8.1 php8.1-gmp -y
NOTE: to use 8.3 php install the following...
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php8.3 php8.3-cli php8.3-fpm php8.3-intl php8.3-imagick php8.3-pdo php8.3-mysql php8.3-zip php8.3-gd php8.3-mbstring php8.3-curl php8.3-xml php8.3-bcmath libapache2-mod-php8.3 -y sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin sudo apt-get install --reinstall php-imagick
if you have installed 8.1 you can remove it using this...
sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-php8.1 php8.1 php8.1-bcmath php8.1-cli php8.1-common php8.1-curl php8.1-fpm php8.1-gd php8.1-gmp php8.1-imagick php8.1-intl php8.1-mbstring php8.1-mysql php8.1-opcache php8.1-readline php8.1-xml php8.1-zip sudo apt-get autoremove sudo systemctl restart apache2
After installing all packages, edit the PHP configuration file and change some default settings:
Use php -v to check which php is installed, and change the #.# with the right numbers
in my case it say, PHP 8.1
nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini
Change the following lines:
date.timezone = UTC or what ever time zone you are in memory_limit = 512M upload_max_filesize = 500M post_max_size = 500M max_execution_time = 300 opcache.interned_strings_buffer=16
Note: https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
Save and close the file then restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
systemctl restart apache2
Create a Database for Nextcloud¶
Nextcloud uses a MariaDB database as a database backend so you will need to create a database and user in MariaDB.
First, connect to the MariaDB shell with the following command:
mysql
Once you are connected to the MariaDB, create a database and user with the following command:
NOTE: Change the 'password' to the password you would like to use.
CREATE DATABASE nextcloud; CREATE USER 'nextcloud'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
Next, grant all the privileges to the Nextcloud database with the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost';
Next, flush the privileges and exit from the MariaDB with the following command:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; QUIT;
Download Nextcloud¶
At the time of of updateing this article, the latest version of Nextcloud is 26.0.2. It is now nextcloud-28.0.0.zip - You can download it with the following command:
NOTE: you can go to https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/ to check which is the latest version
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-28.0.0.zip
Once the download is completed, unzip the downloaded file with the following command:
apt install unzip unzip nextcloud-28.0.0.zip
Next, move the extracted directory to the Apache web root with the following command:
mv nextcloud /var/www/html/
Next, change the ownership and permission of the Nextcloud directory using the following command:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/nextcloud chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/nextcloud
Create an Apache Virtual Host for Nextcloud¶
Next, you will need to create an Apache virtual host configuration file for Nextcloud. You can create it with the following command:
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/next.conf
Add the following lines:
NOTE: Change the admin@example.com and next.example.com, to the right one for you
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/nextcloud
ServerName next.example.com
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/nextcloud>
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
SetEnv HOME /var/www/html/nextcloud
SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/html/nextcloud
<IfModule mod_dav.c>
Dav off
</IfModule>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file then activate the Apache virtual host and other required Apache modules with the following command:
a2ensite next a2enmod rewrite dir mime env headers
Next, restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
systemctl restart apache2
NOTE: we have had it where the default site configuration was overriding my vhost configuration, if this happens to you you can disable the default configuration.
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf service apache2 reload
Now in a web-browser go to your nextcloud address(http://next.example.com) and finish the install,
Set up an admin user account, and for the database it should be,
Database user: nextcloud Database password: what ever you used Database name: nextcloud Database hose:localhost
The install should now be complete.
"Configure a Memcache for Better Performance in Nextcloud"
Depending on how you setup your network and server you might have to install a SSL more information on how to do that below.
You should also go to "Administration Settings" and in the Overview tab, see the Security & setup warning, see https://lightningcr.com/projects/nextcloud/wiki to help you with each warning you get.
also setup your Email Server, this is found in Basic setting, again see https://lightningcr.com/projects/nextcloud/wiki to help you with this.
Installing SSL with Let's Encrypt SSL
Installing on with a Nginx with a reverse proxy using a Nginx Proxy Manager¶
Updated by Gareth Eaton 4 months ago · 56 revisions