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h1. Install on Ubuntu 2204 <pre> h1. Install on Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.10 </pre> 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. * install software-properties-common <pre> sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common </pre> After successfully installing software-properties-common, you can add the PHP PPA as follows: <pre> sudo LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt-get update </pre> 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 <pre> 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 -y </pre> 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* <pre> nano /etc/php/#.#/apache2/php.ini </pre> Change the following lines: <pre> 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 </pre> Note: https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php Save and close the file then restart the Apache service to apply the changes: <pre> systemctl restart apache2 </pre> h2. 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: <pre> mysql </pre> 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.* <pre> CREATE DATABASE nextcloud; CREATE USER 'nextcloud'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; </pre> Next, grant all the privileges to the Nextcloud database with the following command: <pre> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost'; </pre> Next, flush the privileges and exit from the MariaDB with the following command: <pre> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; QUIT; </pre> h2. Download Nextcloud --- At the time of of updateing this article, the latest version of Nextcloud is -26.0.2.- It is now nextcloud-27.0.2.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* <pre> wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-27.0.2.zip </pre> Once the download is completed, unzip the downloaded file with the following command: <pre> apt install unzip unzip nextcloud-27.0.2.zip </pre> Next, move the extracted directory to the Apache web root with the following command: <pre> mv nextcloud /var/www/html/ </pre> Next, change the ownership and permission of the Nextcloud directory using the following command: <pre> chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/nextcloud chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/nextcloud </pre> h2. 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: <pre> nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/next.conf </pre> Add the following lines: *NOTE: Change the [email protected] and next.example.com, to the right one for you* <pre> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin [email protected] 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> </pre> Save and close the file then activate the Apache virtual host and other required Apache modules with the following command: <pre> a2ensite next a2enmod rewrite dir mime env headers </pre> Next, restart the Apache service to apply the changes: <pre> systemctl restart apache2 </pre> 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. <pre> sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf service apache2 reload </pre> 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, <pre> Database user: nextcloud Database password: what ever you used Database name: nextcloud Database hose:localhost </pre> --- [["Adding default phone region to Nextcloud config file for validating phone numbers in profile settings."]] --- 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. --- h3. [[Installing SSL with Let's Encrypt SSL]] [[Installing on with a Nginx with a reverse proxy using a Nginx Proxy Manager]]