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Ubuntu Server Installation - Nextcloud

Part 1: Setting Up Cloudflare

  1. Ensure Your Domain Uses Cloudflare DNS 2024-09-30_16-55

  2. Cloudflare Zero Trust

  3. Navigate to Network > Tunnels.

  4. Create the tunnel and select Debian 64 Bit architecture.

  5. Copy the Cloudflared Connector and install on Ubuntu 24.04 server

  6. Configure Public Hostname
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Part 2: Installing Nextcloud on Ubuntu Server 24.04

Step 1: Initial Setup

  1. Install Necessary Packages:

    sudo apt install -y eza redis-server build-essential unzip libmagickwand-dev librsvg2-dev libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra

  2. Replace .bashrc:

    rm ~/.bashrc
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drewgrif/jag_dots/main/.bashrc_server
mv ~/.bashrc_server ~/.bashrc
bash

  3. Update and Upgrade:

    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt clean

  4. Updating hostname

    sudo nano /etc/hostname
    Add the subdomain from cloudflare ex: my.justaguylinux.cloud 
    sudo nano /etc/hosts

    Add line 127.0.1.1 ex: venetian my.justaguylinux.cloud

  5. Reboot the Server:

    sudo reboot

  6. Log Back In.

Step 2: Downloading and Installing Nextcloud

  1. Download Nextcloud:

    wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest.zip

  2. Install MariaDB:

    sudo apt install -y mariadb-server
sudo mysql_secure_installation

    Follow these prompts:

    • Current root password: Enter

    • Switch to unix_socket authentication: n

    • Change root password: Enter or Y and set a new password.

    • Remove anonymous users: Enter or Y

    • Disallow root login remotely: Enter or Y

    • Remove test database: Enter or Y

    • Reload privilege tables: Enter or Y

  3. Create Nextcloud Database:

    sudo mariadb

    Inside the MariaDB shell:

    CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

    Exit with CTRL+D.

Step 3: Set Up Apache Webserver

  1. Install Required PHP Packages:

    sudo apt install 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 php-redis

  2. Enable Apache Modules:

    sudo a2enmod dir env headers mime rewrite ssl

    sudo phpenmod bcmath gmp imagick intl redis

  3. Unzip Nextcloud:

    unzip latest.zip

  4. Rename nextcloud to subdomain

    mv nextcloud my.justaguylinux.cloud
    5. Change nextcloud ownership 
    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data my.justaguylinux.cloud

  5. Move nextcloud to apache

    sudo mv my.justaguylinux.cloud /var/www
    7. Disable default apache site 
    sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

  6. Configure Apache for Nextcloud:

    sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/my.justaguylinux.cloud.conf

    Add the following content:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud"
    ServerName my.justaguylinux.cloud

    <Directory "/var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/">
        Options MultiViews FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    TransferLog /var/log/apache2/my.justaguylinux.cloud_access.log
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/my.justaguylinux.cloud_error.log
</VirtualHost>

  7. Enable Nextcloud Site and Restart Apache:

    sudo a2ensite my.justaguylinux.cloud.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Adjust PHP Settings

  1. Edit PHP Configuration:

    sudo nano /etc/php/8.3/apache2/php.ini

    php.ini

    Some of these will need changed others will need uncommnented and changed.

    memory_limit = 512M

    upload_max_filesize = 2G

    max_execution_time = 360

    post_max_size = 2G

    date.timezone = America/New_York

    opcache.enable = 1

    opcache.interned_strings_buffer = 32

    opcache.max_accelerated_files = 10000

    opcache.memory_consumption = 128

    opcache.save_comments = 1

    opcache.revalidate_freq = 1

  2. Enable acpu module

    sudo nano /etc/php/8.3/mods-available/apcu.ini

    Add to the file: apc.enable_cli=1

  3. Restart Apache:

    sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Nextcloud via Web Browser

  1. Install via Web: https://my.justaguylinux.cloud 2024-10-01_13-50

  2. Install recommended applications

Part 3: Dealing with Warnings

  1. Change config.php permissions

    sudo chmod 660 /var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/config/config.php

  2. Detected some missing optional indices.

    Make occ executable: 

    sudo chmod +x /var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/occ

    Then add missing indices:

    sudo /var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/occ db:add-missing-indices

    Check to see if error is no longer

  3. One or more mimetype migrations are available

    sudo /var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/occ maintenance:repair --include-expensive

  4. The following warnings

    • Server has no maintenance window start time configured.

    • The database is used for transactional file locking.

    • No memory cache has been configured.

    • Your installation has no default phone region set.

    • You have not set or verified your email server configuration yet.

    sudo nano /var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/config/config.php
    Remove: maintenance => false,

    Add:

    'mail_from_address' => 'nextcloud',
'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_domain' => 'gmail.com',
'mail_smtphost' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
'mail_smtpport' => '587',
'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
'mail_smtpname' => '[email protected]',
'mail_smtppassword' => 'app-specific-pw',
'maintenance_window_start' => 1,
'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
'memcache.distributed' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'redis' => 
array (
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => 6379,
),
'default_phone_region' => 'US',
'overwriteprotocol' => 'https',

  5. **Some headers are not set correctly on your instance - The Strict-Transport-Security HTTP header is not set (should be at least 15552000 seconds). **

    sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/my.justaguylinux.cloud.conf

    Add after 

    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000; in>
</IfModule>
    Restart apache2 
    sudo systemctl restart apache2

  6. Array: Not a warning but good idea

    sudo nano /var/www/my.justaguylinux.cloud/config/config.php


        'trusted_domains' => 
    array (
    0 => '192.168.254.80',
    1 => 'venetian',
    2 => 'my.justaguylinux.cloud',
    ),

Source: https://www.learnlinux.tv/complete-walkthrough-for-installing-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-24-04/