How To Setup Nextcloud On My Ubuntu 18.04

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Now I want to share how to install nextcloud my own ubuntu 18.04. The nextcloud is an open source platform. This include many features and plugins.

#01. Some dependency installation on your Ubuntu 18.04 server.

$ apt-get install apache2 php7.2 bzip2 -y

$ apt-get install libapache2-mod-php php-gd php-json php-mysql php-curl php-mbstring -y

$ apt-get install php-intl php-imagick php-xml php-zip -y

$ apt-get install mysql-server php-mysql -y

After completed then create mysql root password using below command.

$ mysql_secure_installation

Then press Y for create root password.

#02. Database creation for install nextcloud on ubuntu 18.04

$ > mysql -u root -p

$ > create database nextcloud;

$ > create user ‘nextcloud’@’localhost’ identified by ‘passw0rd’;

$ > grant all privileges on nextcloud.* to ‘nextcloud’@’localhost’;

$ > flush privileges;

$ > exit

$ service mysql restart

#03. Download latest nextcloud from official web link.

$ wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/prereleases/nextcloud-16.0.4RC1.zip

$ tar xf nextcloud-16-latest.tar.bz2

$ rm -rf /var/www/html/index.html

$ mv nextcloud/* /var/www/html/

$ chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

$ chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/

$ nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/nextcloud.conf

Insert all below line into nextcloud.conf file.

     ServerAdmin admin@example.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
     ServerName nextcloud.biztosnet.lcoal
     ServerAlias nextcloud

     
        Options +FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
          
            Dav off
          
        SetEnv HOME /var/www/html/
        SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/html/
     

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

#04. Setup web server and upload size.

$ a2ensite nextcloud

$ systemctl reload apache2

$ a2enmod rewrite headers env dir mime

$ systemctl restart apache2

$ sed -i ‘/^memory_limit =/s/=.*/= 512M/’ /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini

$ systemctl restart apache2

#05. Create admin account from web gui. So goto your server ip address & input database information.

http://192.168.200.20/

Then see like example below image:

Now type all details below.

Username : admin			<< This is admin user		
Password : ********			<< This is admin password
Data folder : /var/www/html/data	<< This is data folder
Database user : 			<< This is database user name
Database password :			<< This is database password
Database name :  			<< This is database name
localhost				<< Must be localhost

After all input complete then click Finish setup. Wait upto you see redirect login page.