NextCloud: Difference between revisions

You can run the following command to download it on your server.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>You can always use the above URL format to download NextCloud. If a new version comes out, simply replace <code>21.0.1</code> with the new version number.

Once downloaded, extract the archive with <code>unzip</code>.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

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</syntaxhighlight>The <code>-d</code> option specifies the target directory. NextCloud web files will be extracted to <code>/usr/share/nginx/nextcloud/</code>. Then we need to change the owner of this directory to <code>www-data</code> so that the web server (Nginx) can write to this directory.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

Log into MariaDB database server with the following command. Since MariaDB is now using <code>unix_socket</code> plugin to authentication user login, there’s no need to enter MariaDB root password. We just need to prefix the <code>mysql</code> command with <code>sudo</code>.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>Then create a database for Nextcloud. This tutorial name the database nextcloud. You can use whatever name you like.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>Create the database user. Again, you can use your preferred name for this user. Replace <code>your-password</code> with your preferred password.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>Grant this user all privileges on the <code>nextcloud</code> database.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>Flush privileges and exit.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

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Create a <code>nextcloud.conf</code> file in <code>/etc/nginx/conf.d/</code> directory, with a command-line text editor like Nano.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>Copy and paste the following text into the file. Replace <code>nextcloud.example.com</code> with your own preferred sub-domain. Don’t forget to create DNS A record for this sub-domain in your DNS zone editor. If you don’t have a real domain name, I recommend going to NameCheap to buy one. The price is low and they give whois privacy protection free for life.<syntaxhighlight lang="nginx">

</syntaxhighlight>Save and close the file. (To save a file in Nano text editor, press <code>Ctrl+O</code>, then press <code>Enter</code> to confirm. To exit, press <code>Ctrl+X</code>.)

Then test Nginx configuration.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

</syntaxhighlight>If the test is successful, reload Nginx for the changes to take effect.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

Run the following commands to install PHP modules required or recommended by NextCloud.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">