NextCloud

h1. Install on Ubuntu 2204

h2. Requirements

* A server running Ubuntu 22.04.

* A valid domain name pointed to the server 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:

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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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After installing all packages, edit the PHP configuration file and change some default settings:

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nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

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Change the following lines:

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date.timezone = UTC

memory_limit = 512M

upload_max_filesize = 500M

post_max_size = 500M

max_execution_time = 300

</pre>

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

<pre>

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:

<pre>

mysql

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Once you are connected to the MariaDB, create a database and user with the following command:

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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 writing the article, the latest version of Nextcloud is 24.0.1. You can download it with the following command:

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wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-24.0.1.zip

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

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unzip nextcloud-24.0.1.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:

<pre>

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:

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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:

<pre>

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

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