Snappy Nextcloud

Nextcloud server packaged as a snap. It consists of:

• Nextcloud 11.0.2
• Apache 2.4
• PHP 7
• MySQL 5.7
• Redis 3.2
• mDNS for network discovery

How to install

This Nextcloud snap is available in the store for release series 16 (e.g. Ubuntu 16.04). Install via:

$ sudo snap install nextcloud

How to use

After install, assuming you and the device on which it was installed are on the same network, you should be able to reach the Nextcloud installation by visiting <hostname>.local in your browser. If your hostname is localhost or localhost.localdomain, like on an Ubuntu Core device, nextcloud.local will be used instead.

Upon visiting the Nextcloud installation for the first time, you'll be prompted for an admin username and password. After you provide that information you'll be logged in and able to create users, install apps, and upload files.

Note that this snap includes a service that runs cron.php every 15 minutes, but Nextcloud doesn't currently expose the cron admin setting to autoconfig, so there's no way for the snap to change the setting from Ajax to Cron for you. You must do that manually in the admin interface if you want to take advantage of the performance improvements.

Also note that the interface providing the ability to access removable media is not automatically connected upon install, so if you'd like to use external storage (or otherwise use a device in /media for data), you need to give the snap permission to access removable media by connecting that interface:

$ sudo snap connect nextcloud:removable-media

Included CLI utilities

There are a few CLI utilities included:

• nextcloud.occ:
  • Nextcloud's occ configuration tool. Note that it requires sudo.
• nextcloud.mysql-client:
  • MySQL client preconfigured to communicate with Nextcloud MySQL server. This may be useful in case you need to migrate Nextcloud installations. Note that it requires sudo.
• nextcloud.mysqldump:
  • Dump Nextcloud database to stdout. You should probaby redirect its output to a file. Note that it requires sudo.
• nextcloud.enable-https:
  • Enable HTTPS via self-signed certificates, Let's Encrypt, or custom certificates. HTTP will redirect to HTTPS. Non-custom certificates will automatically be kept up-to-date. See nextcloud.enable-https -h for more information. Note that it requires sudo.
• nextcloud.disable-https:
  • Disable HTTPS (does not remove certificates). Note that it requires sudo.
• nextcloud.manual-install:
  • Manually install Nextcloud instead of visiting it in your browser. This allows you to create the admin user via the CLI. Note that it requires sudo.

Where is my stuff?

• $SNAP_DATA:
  • Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Redis logs
  • Keys and certificates
  • MySQL database
  • Redis database
  • Nextcloud config
  • Any Nextcloud apps installed by the user
• $SNAP_COMMON
  • Nextcloud data
  • Nextcloud logs