NextCloud is an Open Source, Self-Hosted or Cloud Hosted, File Sync and Sharing Platform. It's Secure, Private and Easy to use. Compatible with Windows, Linux, Android and Apple iOS devices.
This is assuming that you already have Ubuntu Server installed, patched and updated.
1. Download the latest version of NextCloud.
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sudo wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest.zip
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2. Install some required packages.
sudo apt install libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra php php-apcu php-bcmath php-cli php-common php-curl php-gd php-gmp php-imagick php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-zip php-xml -y |
3. Install Marid DB Server.
| sudo apt install mariadb-server -y |
4. Secure Marid DB installation, follow on-screen prompt and instructions.
| sudo mysql_secure_installation |
5. Configure Maria DB Server.
CREATE DATABASE nextcloud; SHOW DATABASES; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'ncuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ncpass'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; QUIT; |
6. Enable PHP Modules.
| sudo phpenmod apcu bcmath gmp imagick intl |
7. Install Unzip Apps.
| sudo apt install unzip -y |
8. Unzip the downloaded NextCloud file.
| sudo unzip latest.zip |
9. Copy and Rename the extracted NextCloud folder.
| sudo cp nextcloud demo.com |
10. Move the renamed folder to Apache server path.
| sudo mv demo.com /var/www/ |
11. Grant permissions to NextCloud folder.
| sudo chwon -R www-data:www-data /var/www/demo.com |
12. Create Apache configuration file for NextCloud.
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@local.com ServerName demo.com DocumentRoot /var/www/demo.com <Directory /var/www/demo.com> Options MultiViews FollowSymlinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/demo.com/error.log TransferLog /var/log/apache2/demo.com/access.log <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains" </IfModule> </VirtualHost> |
13. Configure and modify PHP file. Modify the value according to your requirements.
memory_limit = 512M upload_max_filesize = 512M max_execution_time = 360 post_max_size = 512M date.timezone = Asia/Kuala_Lumpur opcache.enable = 1 opcache.interned_strings_buffer = 16 opcache.max_accelerated_files = 10000 opcache.memory_consumption = 128 opcache.save_comments = 1 opcache.revalidate_freq = 1 |
14. Enabled Apache modules for NextCloud use.
| sudo a2enmod dir env headers mime rewrite ssl |
15. Enable APCU module in PHP.
| sudo nano /etc/php/8.3/mods-available/apcu.ini |
add the following line :-
| apc.enable_cli = 1 |
16. Open your favorite browser, such as Google Chrome browser. And type the URL of NextCloud server (eg. http://demo.com). At the main screen, you need to configure the NextCloud Database (eg. nextcloud) created earlier including its username (eg. ncuser) & password (eg. ncpass). You also need to create the First Administrator account with a valid email address too.
17. NextCloud screen will auto refresh upon successful connection to the database, now login with the new administrator account created in earlier step.
18. Secure NextCloud with Let's Encrypt SSL.
| sudo certbot --apache |
19. Fix missing Indices in NextCloud.
| sudo chmod +x /var/www/demo.com/occ |
| sudo /var/www/demo.com/occ db:add-missing-indices |
| sudo chmod -x /var/www/demo.com/occ |
20. Change permissions of NextCloud config file.
| sudo chmod 660 /var/www/demo.com/config/config.php |
| sudo chown root:www-data /var/www/demo.com/config/config.php |
21. Modify NextCloud configuration file.
| sudo nano /var/www/demo.com/config/config.php |
Modify the following lines according to you needs :-
'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\APCu', 'default_phone_region' => 'MY', 'maintenance_window_start' => 1, 'filelocking.enabled' => true, 'memcache.locking' => '\OC\MemCache\APCu', |
22. Restart Apache server.
| sudo systemctl restart apache2 |
23. Configure Crontab.
| sudo crontab -u www-data -e |
Add the following line :-
| 00 * * * 1 php -f /var/www/demo.com/cron.php |
OPTIONAL STEPS
24. Remove Skeleton Files and Folders when User account is created.
| sudo rm -R /var/www/demo.com/core/skeleton/Templates |
25. Remove Work Flow Engine, to prevent User from installing WorkFlow.
sudo /var/www/demo.com/occ config:app:set workflowengine user_scope_disabled --value yes |
26. Install "Redis" as MemCache for NextCloud.
| sudo apt install redis php-redis -y |
| sudo systemctl enable redis |
| sudo systemctl start redis |
| sudo nano /var/www/demo.com/config/config.php |
'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\Redis', 'memcache.locking' => '\OC\Memcache\Redis', 'redis' => array( 'host' => '/var/run/redis/redis.sock'. 'port' => 0, 'timemout' => 0.0, ), |
| sudo nano /etc/redis/redis.conf |
unixsocket /var/run/redis/redis.sock unixsocketperm 660 |
| sudo usermod -aG redis www-data |
| sudo systemctl restart redis |
27. If Redis is distributed, add following line into NextCloud config file :-
| 'memcache.distributed' => '\OC\Memcache\MemCached', |
28. To clear all NextCloud log entries.
| sudo -u www-data truncate /var/www/demo.com/data/nextcloud.log --size=0 |
!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!
