NextCloud

h1. Install on Ubuntu 2204

h2. Requirements

* A server running Ubuntu 22.04.

* A valid domain name pointed to the server or Nginx Proxy Manager IP.  See "A Record":https://lightningcr.com/projects/dns/wiki/A_record

* A root password is configured on your server.

Before starting, LAMP stack must be installed on your server. If not installed, you can install it with the following command:

*NOTE: We have two LAMP stack, depending on wich Next cloud you are going to install*

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apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-cli php-fpm php-json php-intl php-imagick php-pdo php-mysql php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath apache2 libapache2-mod-php -y

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NOTE: If you are installing next cloud 26 + you will need php8, this so use this LAMP stack 

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sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php8.0 php8.0-cli php8.0-fpm php8.0-intl php8.0-imagick php8.0-pdo php8.0-mysql php8.0-zip php8.0-gd php8.0-mbstring php8.0-curl php8.0-xml php8.0-bcmath libapache2-mod-php8.0 -y

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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 8.0.28*, so I would use 8.0

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nano /etc/php/#.#/apache2/php.ini

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Change the following lines:

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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

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Save and close the file then restart the Apache service to apply the changes:

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systemctl restart apache2

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h2. Create a Database for Nextcloud

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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:

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mysql

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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.*

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CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;

CREATE USER 'nextcloud'@'localhost' identified by 'password';

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Next, grant all the privileges to the Nextcloud database with the following command:

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost';

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Next, flush the privileges and exit from the MariaDB with the following command:

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FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

QUIT;

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h2. Download Nextcloud

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At the time of of updateing this article, the latest version of Nextcloud is 26.0.2. 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*

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wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-26.0.2.zip

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Once the download is completed, unzip the downloaded file with the following command:

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unzip nextcloud-26.0.2.zip

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Next, move the extracted directory to the Apache web root with the following command:

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mv nextcloud /var/www/html/

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Next, change the ownership and permission of the Nextcloud directory using the following command:

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chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/nextcloud

chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/nextcloud

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h2. Create an Apache Virtual Host for Nextcloud

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Next, you will need to create an Apache virtual host configuration file for Nextcloud. You can create it with the following command:

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nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/next.conf

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Add the following lines:

*NOTE: Change the admin@example.com and next.example.com, to the right one for you*

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<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>

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Save and close the file then activate the Apache virtual host and other required Apache modules with the following command:

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a2ensite next

a2enmod rewrite dir mime env headers

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Next, restart the Apache service to apply the changes:

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systemctl restart apache2

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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.

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sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

service apache2 reload

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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,

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Database user: nextcloud

Database password: what ever you used

Database name: nextcloud

Database hose:localhost

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The install should now be complete.

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Thins to do after the install,

"Your web server is not properly set up to resolve “/.well-known/caldav”"

"Fixing PHP OPcache Configuration Issue in Nextcloud"

"Database Column Conversion to Big Integers in Nextcloud."

"Missing indexes in Nextcloud database"

"Configure a Memcache for Better Performance in Nextcloud"

"Adding default phone region to Nextcloud config file for validating phone numbers in profile settings."

"Enabling Required PHP Modules "gmp" and "bcmath" for WebAuthn Passwordless Authentication."

"How to Install SVG Support for php-imagick Module for Better Compatibility"

How to Upgrade Nextcloud from 24.0.12 to 25.0.6 Using the Command Line

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h3. [[Installing SSL with Let's Encrypt SSL]]

[[Installing on with a Nginx with a reverse proxy using a Nginx Proxy Manager]]