Install Nextcloud on Debian

Introduction

In this tutorial you will learn how to install Nextcloud.

I am doing this on a Debian 11 server (RS Zimtstern) but the installations should also work on other Debian versions.

Requirements

You need Apache2, PHP and MariaDB installed on your server. See here.

Installing Nextcloud

Nextcloud is an open source cloud software.

• Follow Step 1.5 and create a new domain or subdomain for the website.
  
• Switch to the folder you have just created (replace FOLDER with the name of the folder):

cd /var/www/FOLDER
curl -L -o setup-nextcloud.php https://download.nextcloud.com/server/installer/setup-nextcloud.php

• Create a database for the web service (see Step 1.7).
  
• Open Nextcloud via https://DOMAIN/setup-nextcloud.php and follow the steps shown:
  
• When you are asked for a database, select MySQL/MariaDB and enter the database login data.
  

After you installed Nextcloud you should adjust some more settings by running:

nano config/config.php

... and adding the following lines after 'installed' => true,

  'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\APCu',
  'default_phone_region' => 'DE',
  'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',

• Change DE if you do not live in Germany, look here for the ISO code of your country.
  
• Save your changes by pressing CTRL + X, then y and finally by hitting ENTER. Next, execute the following commands:
  

sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:update:htaccess
nano .htaccess

• Go to the end of the file and add: Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000".
  
• Save your changes by pressing CTRL + X, then y and finally by hitting ENTER.

Conclusion

Now you have completed the installation of Nextcloud.
This tutorial contains content sourced from https://github.com/SanCraftDev/Debian-Setup/blob/main/README.md.

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