Install nextcloud on Ubuntu 22.04 Natively (Without snap Package) Part 1b
how to install nextcloud on ubuntu without using the snap package.
Commands include:
Packages Needed – Apache and Mariadb or mysql and some PHP modules.
Creating a local user
adduser ncadmin
usermod -aG sudo ncadmin
Installing updates
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
Cleanup updates
sudo apt autoremove
Setting the Hostname
sudo nano /etc/hostname
Disabling root login via SSH
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sudo systemctl restart ssh
Download Nextcloud
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server...
Database Installation and Setup Mariadb
sudo apt install mariadb-server
systemctl status mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Create Nextcloud Database
sudo mariadb
CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mysecurepassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Setup Apache Web Server
sudo apt install php php-apcu php-bcmath php-cli php-common php-curl php-gd php-gmp php-imagick php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-zip php-xml
systemctl status apache2
Satisfy Nextcloud requirement and enable recommended PHP extensions.
sudo phpenmod bcmath gmp imagick intl
sudo apt install unzip
unzip latest.zip
Install Nextcloud’s files and setting up their permissions.
• Rename the Nextcloud folder
mv nextcloud cloud.geek2gether.com
• Set file and group ownership
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data cloud.geek2gether.com
• Move file to proper directory /var/www
sudo mv cloud.geek2gether.com /var/www
• Disable Apache DEFAULT SITE
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Creating host configuration for Nextcloud.
• Setup Nextcloud CONFIG file for Apache
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/cloud.geek2gether.com.conf
Enable the site.
sudo a2ensite cloud.geek2gether.com.conf
Configuring PHP
sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini
memory_limit = 512M
upload_max_filesize = 200M
max_execution_time = 360
post_max_size = 200M
date.timezone = America/Detroit
opcache.enable=1
opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8
opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000
opcache.memory_consumption=128
opcache.save_comments=1
opcache.revalidate_freq=1
• Ensure required PHP modules are enabled.
sudo a2enmod dir env headers mime rewrite ssl
• Restart Apache to make sure PHP settings take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Nextcloud PHP recommendations:
https://geek2gether.com/ttsystems/saf...
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