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h1. 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":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 which Nextcloud & Ubuntu you are going to install
This 1st one will work on Nexcloud 26+ & Ubuntu 22.10*
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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 Nextcloud 26 + on Ubuntu 20.04, 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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*NOTE: You might want to see [["Fixing PHP OPcache Configuration Issue in Nextcloud"]], and [["Enabling Required PHP Modules "gmp" and "bcmath" for WebAuthn Passwordless Authentication."]], make thous changes as well.*
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*
<pre>
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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[["Adding default phone region to Nextcloud config file for validating phone numbers in profile settings."]]
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The install should now be complete.
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[["Configure a Memcache for Better Performance in Nextcloud"]]
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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.
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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]]