How To Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04 May 20, 2020 Raj 4 min read CONTENTS Features Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04 1: Install Nextcloud using Offical Archive System Requirements Install Apache, MySQL & PHP Create Database Download Nextcloud Setup NextCloud 2: Install Nextcloud using snap Install SNAP Install Nextcloud Setup Nextcloud Conclusion SHARE THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CentOS 8 CentOS 7 Debian 10 Debian 9 Ubuntu 18.04 Nextcloud is an open-source file sharing and hosting solution. It is like a Google Drive / Dropbox that permits you to store, collaborate, and share documents, pictures, and videos within your organization. Nextcloud Enterprise is available with support, including phone and email access to Nextcloud developers. Features Access your files anywhere. Share your files with the others and protect the links with a password. Supports two-factor authentication Tracking changes in your files. More here. Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04 You can install Nextcloud on Ubuntu using Snap or from Official archive. 1: Install Nextcloud using Offical Archive System Requirements Nextcloud runs on top of the LAMP stack, Linux: Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04, Redhat Enterprise Linux 8/7, CentOS 8/7, Debian 10. Web: Apache 2.4 with mod_php Database: MariaDB (10.2+) or MySQL (5.7+) PHP: v7.2+ Install Apache, MySQL & PHP Install the Apache webserver. sudo apt update sudo apt install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php bzip2 Then, install the necessary PHP modules for Nextcloud installation. sudo apt install -y php-gd php-json php-mysql php-curl php-mbstring php-intl php-imagick php-xml php-zip php-sqlite3 Enable mod_rewrite for NextCloud work properly. sudo a2enmod rewrite Also, you need to enable a few additional Apache modules. sudo a2enmod headers sudo a2enmod dir sudo a2enmod env sudo a2enmod mime Restart the Apache service. sudo systemctl restart apache2 Finally, Install the MariaDB server (v10.3) from the Ubuntu repository. READ: How To Install MySQL 8.0 On Ubuntu 20.04 READ: How To Install MariaDB v10.4 On Ubuntu 20.04 sudo apt install -y mariadb-server mariadb-client Create Database If you are setting up a MariaDB server for the first time, then: READ: How To Secure MariaDB Server with mysql_secure_installation Log in to the MariaDB server using the root user to create a database. You do not need to enter the root password when you prefix the sudo with mysql command. Just press the enter when MariaDB prompts for the root password. sudo mysql -u root -p Create a database called nextclouddb. create database nextclouddb; Grant permission to nextclouduser to access the nextclouddb database on the localhost with a password. grant all on nextclouddb.* to 'nextclouduser'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; Exit from the MariaDB shell. quit Download Nextcloud NextCloud offers Nextcloud tar archives for server admin’s to download and set it up on top of a LAMP stack manually. wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest.tar.bz2 tar -jxvf latest.tar.bz2 sudo mv nextcloud /opt/ Update the ownership of Nextcloud directory so that the webserver can write data into it. sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/nextcloud/ Configure Apache in such a way the Nextcloud can be accessible by going to http://your.ip.addr.ess/nextcloud. sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/nextcloud.conf Add below configurations to the above file. Alias /nextcloud "/opt/nextcloud/" <Directory /opt/nextcloud/> Require all granted AllowOverride All Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews <IfModule mod_dav.c> Dav off </IfModule> </Directory> Enable the newly created site. sudo a2ensite nextcloud Restart the Apache service. sudo systemctl restart apache2 Setup NextCloud Open a web browser and navigate to it Nextcloud setup. http://your-ip-addr-ess/nextcloud Enter the username and password for creating the admin account. Then, click on Storage and Database to set the location of the data folder to hold your files and the database information. You can choose either SQLite or MariaDB for the Nextcloud installation. If you decided to use the SQLite database, then you do not need to enter database details. Using the SQLite server in a production environment is not recommended. So, we will use the MariaDB database here. Nextcloud Admin Account & Database Details You can also install recommended applications using Install recommended app. Calendar, Contacts, Talk, Mail, and OnlyOffice will be installed along with Nextcloud. Click X to dismiss the popup. Nextcloud Initial Tour You will now get the home page of Nextcloud. Click the + sign button and then Upload Files to begin uploading files. Nextcloud Interface If you ever change your Nextcloud server ip address, you need to add the new ip address in trusted domains. 2: Install Nextcloud using snap Install SNAP First, install the Snap package manager with apt command. sudo apt update sudo apt install -y snapd Install Nextcloud Installing Nextcloud using snap is a straight forward way. Install Nextcloud with the snap command. sudo snap install nextcloud The Nextcloud installation may take a few minutes to complete. Output: nextcloud 18.0.4snap1 from Nextcloud✓ installed Verify the Nextcloud installation using the below command. sudo snap list nextcloud Output: Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes nextcloud 18.0.4snap1 20498 latest/stable nextcloud✓ - Setup Nextcloud Open a browser and navigate it to Nextcloud URL. http://your-ip-addr-ess/ Enter the username and password for creating the admin account and then click Finish setup. Create Admin Account You can also install recommended applications using Install recommended app. Calendar, Contacts, Talk, Mail, and OnlyOffice will be installed along with Nextcloud. Nextcloud Initial Tour You will now get the home page of Nextcloud. Click the + sign button and then Upload Files to begin uploading files. Nextcloud Interface Conclusion That’s All. I hope you have learned how to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04. As a security measure, you can consider enabling HTTPS for securing the uploading and downloading of files. 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