This is how I set up my nextcloud

Prerequisites:

1. Arch based distro
2. Domain name

Steps:

1. Install docker and docker-compose
2. Start Nextcloud for the first time
3. Systemd unit creation
4. (Optional) Make known to public!!

Make sure ports 80 and 443 are exposed, either through port forwarding or through your firewall.

Install docker and docker-compose

Install the packages:

sudo pacman -S docker docker-compose

Enable the docker systemd service:

sudo systemctl enable --now docker

Add yourself to the docker user group so that you don’t have to use sudo every time

sudo usermod -aG docker <your username>

Reboot your computer.

Nextcloud Docker Set-Up

Next step is creating and configuring the Nextcloud docker-compose.

First, you’ll have to create folders in which your nextcloud files and redis cache are stored. This can be anywhere on your computer. The folders should be named config custom_apps ncdata and redis. On my home server, they are all stored in a folder called nextcloud on a separate drive.

Next, choose a location to store the docker-compose file. I keep mine in my home folder, in Projects/nextcloud.

Next, to to the folder where you want to store the docker-compse file, and then create a docker-compose file. vim docker-compose.yml

Then add the following, making sure to replace values between <>

version: '2'

volumes:
  nextcloud:
  db:

networks:
  nextcloud_network:
    external: false

services:
  db:
    image: mariadb
    restart: unless-stopped
    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW --innodb-file-per-table=1 --skip-innodb-read-only-compressed
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<password>
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=<password>
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
      - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
    networks:
      - nextcloud_network

  app:
    image: nextcloud:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8080:80
    links:
      - db
    volumes:
      - <path to nextcloud/ncdata>:/var/www/html/data
      - <path to nextlcoud/config>:/var/www/html/config
      - <path to nextcloud/custom_apps>:/var/www/html/custom_apps
    environment:
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=<password>
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
      - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
      - MYSQL_HOST=db
      - REDIS_HOST=redis
    networks:
      - nextcloud_network

  redis:
    image: redis:alpine
    container_name: redis
    volumes:
      - <path to redis folder>:/data
    networks:
      - nextcloud_network
    restart: unless-stopped

After that, run the command docker-compose up -d to start the docker.

Systemd Service Creation

A systemd service is a nice-to-have that will automatically start the docker upon reboot, and it should pull the latest nextcloud image every time. To create the systemd service, create the file /etc/systemd/system/nextcloud-docker.service

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/nextcloud-docker.service

Now paste in the following:

[Unit]
Description=Nextcloud docker using docker-compose
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
WorkingDirectory=/home/johann/Projects/nextcloud
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker-compose up -d
ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker-compose down
TimeoutStartSec=0

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save and quit, and enter in the following command to make systemd reload the unit/service configuration:

systemctl daemon-reload

And now you can enable the service nextcloud-docker

systemctl enable nextcloud-docker

You should be all done now, enjoy Nextcloud with full caching support :)

Make known to public!

Install caddy and add this configuration to /etc/caddy/conf.d/nextcloud

<domain name> {

        rewrite /.well-known/carddav /remote.php/dav
        rewrite /.well-known/caldav /remote.php/dav

        reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:8080
}

When using caddy, you are technically accessing nextcloud over the http port, but because of caddy you are using https. This can confuse nextcloud. To force the protocol Nextcloud broadcasts, edit config.php in the folder where you are storing your nextcloud configuration files (the config folder) and add the following to the bottom section of the configuration file:

'overwriteprotocol' => 'https',

This should mainly resolve the issue of not being able to connect your phone to nextcloud.

• tech