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Nextcloud

On this site, you find a guide to install Nextcloud on CloudPanel.

Creating a Nextcloud Site

Via CloudPanel

  1. Click on + Add Site and then click on Create a PHP Site.
Create a PHP Site
  1. Select the Application Nextcloud 25, enter Domain Name, Site User, Site User Password, and click on Create.
Create a Nextcloud Site

Via CloudPanel CLI

If you like the command line, you can create a Nextcloud Site with the following command as root user.

clpctl site:add:php --domainName=www.domain.com --phpVersion=8.2 --vhostTemplate='Nextcloud 26' --siteUser='john-doe' --siteUserPassword='!secretPassword!'

Creating a Nextcloud Project

  1. Log in via SSH with the Site User:
ssh john-doe@server-ip-address
  1. Go to the tmp directory:
cd ~/tmp
  1. Download and extract the latest Nextcloud version.
curl -sLo nextcloud.zip https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest.zip && unzip nextcloud.zip -d nextcloud
  1. Copy files to the root directory of your site:
cp -R nextcloud/nextcloud/* ~/htdocs/www.domain.com/
  1. Clean up the tmp directory.
rm -rf ~/tmp/*
  1. Create a Database, open your site in the browser, and go through the Nextcloud Installer.
Nextcloud Installer
  1. Done. Nextcloud has been installed.
Nextcloud Installed