NextCloud

h1. Moving Nextcloud to a New Server

1. Backup old nextcloud data folder I use filebrowser for https://filebrowser.org

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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebrowser/get/master/get.sh | bash

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The login 

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filebrowser -a 192.168.*.* -p 8080

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Login to it using your web browser http://192.168.*.*:8080 NOTE: change the 192.168.*.* with you IP address.

Download the Nextcloud/Data folder

2. In the CLI back up your mysql database, mysql -u your_mysql_username -p your_database_name < your_backup_file.sql

 in my case

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mysql -u nextcloud -p nextcloud < nextcloud-sqlbkp.bak

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3. install a new copy of ubuntu 20.04 on your new server, update and follow the in stall instinstrushion for a new copy of nextcloud, when you get to add user call it nextcloud-admin

put the install in to sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:mode --on

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sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:mode --on

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4. now using fileziller upload the database and data folder to the new server

5. use rsyne to mv the data to the nexcloud/data folder

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sudo rsync -avP source_directory/ /var/www/html/nextcloud/data/

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6. restore the data base, mysql -u your_mysql_username -p your_database_name < your_backup_file.sql

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mysql -u nextcloud -p nextcloud < nextcloud-sqlbkp.bak

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7. now you should be able to accsess, check your userers and file are good.

8. delete the data file and data base you uploaded