From 2be43cc479dfd4cfb621f14381330c708291e324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Cleberg Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 19:46:20 -0500 Subject: conversion from Zola to Weblorg --- content/blog/2022-03-23-nextcloud-on-ubuntu.md | 149 ------------------------- 1 file changed, 149 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/blog/2022-03-23-nextcloud-on-ubuntu.md (limited to 'content/blog/2022-03-23-nextcloud-on-ubuntu.md') diff --git a/content/blog/2022-03-23-nextcloud-on-ubuntu.md b/content/blog/2022-03-23-nextcloud-on-ubuntu.md deleted file mode 100644 index af96eb3..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-03-23-nextcloud-on-ubuntu.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2022-03-23 -title = "Self-Hosting Nextcloud" -description = "" -draft = false -+++ - -# What is Nextcloud? - -[Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) is a self-hosted solution for storage, -communications, editing, calendar, contacts, and more. - -This tutorial assumes that you have an Ubuntu server and a domain name -configured to point toward the server. - -# Install Dependencies - -To start, you will need to install the packages that Nextcloud requires: - -```sh -sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php7.4 -sudo apt install php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-intl -sudo apt install php7.4-gmp php7.4-bcmath php-imagick php7.4-xml php7.4-zip -``` - -# Set Up MySQL - -Next, you will need to log in to MySQL as the `root` user of the machine. - -```sh -sudo mysql -uroot -p -``` - -Once you've logged in, you must create a new user so that Nextcloud can manage -the database. You will also create a `nextcloud` database and assign privileges: - -```sql -CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; -CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS nextcloud CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci; -GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.** TO 'username'@'localhost'; -FLUSH PRIVILEGES; -quit; -``` - -# Download & Install Nextcloud - -To download Nextcloud, go the [Nextcloud downloads -page](https://nextcloud.com/install/#instructions-server), click on `Archive -File` and right-click the big blue button to copy the link. - -Then, go to your server and enter the following commands to download, unzip, and -move the files to your destination directory. This example uses `example.com` as -the destination, but you can put it wherever you want to server your files from. - -```sh -wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-23.0.3.zip -sudo apt install unzip -unzip nextcloud-23.0.3.zip -sudo cp -r nextcloud /var/www/example.com -``` - -# Configure the Apache Web Server - -Now that the database is set up and Nextcloud is installed, you need to set up -the Apache configuration files to tell the server how to handle requests for -`example.com/nextcloud`. - -First, open the following file in the editor: - -```sh -sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/nextcloud.conf -``` - -Once the editor is open, paste the following information in. Then, save and -close the file. - -```config - - DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com - ServerName example.com - ServerAlias www.example.com - ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log - CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined - - - Require all granted - AllowOverride All - Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews - Satisfy Any - - - Dav off - - - -``` - -Once the file is saved, enable it with Apache: - -```sh -sudo a2ensite nextcloud.conf -``` - -Next, enable the Apache mods required by Nextcloud: - -```sh -sudo a2enmod rewrite headers env dir mime -``` - -Finally, restart Apache. If any errors arise, you must solve those before -continuing. - -```sh -sudo systemctl restart apache2 -``` - -For the app to work, you must have the correct file permissions on your -`nextcloud` directory. Set the owner to be `www-data`: - -```sh -sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/example.com/nextcloud/ -``` - -# DNS - -If you do not have a static IP address, you will need to update your DNS -settings (at your DNS provider) whenever your dynamic IP address changes. - -For an example on how I do that with Cloudflare, see my other post: [Updating -Dynamic DNS with Cloudflare API](../updating-dynamic-dns-with-cloudflare-api/) - -# Certbot - -If you want to serve Nextcloud from HTTPS rather than plain HTTP, use the -following commands to issue Let's Encrypt SSL certificates: - -```sh -sudo apt install snapd -sudo snap install core -sudo snap refresh core -sudo snap install --classic certbot -sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot -sudo certbot --apache -``` - -# Results - -Voilà! You're all done and should be able to access Nextcloud from your domain -or IP address. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2