Damn! That was a GREAT and COMPREHENSIVE tutorial video! It taught me everything I wanted to know before undertaking a local NextCloud server project. THANK YOU for taking the time and effort to create the video.
Your videos are SO HELPFUL!! THANK You so much! I appreciate how thorough you are in explaining things! THANK YOU! One last suggestion, can you make a video on how I would retrieve my backup if something went wrong and I needed to use it to restore Nextcloud. Thank you!!
I found your channel last week - truly brilliant way of explaining everything, particularly to someone who is long in life experience but short on IT experience ; ) . Keep up your brilliant work - you should have so many more followers
Thanks for taking the time to share with us the steps needed for installation and the overview of the Next Cloud application. It was extremely helpful. I cant wait for the next video showing accessibility over the internet with this app in the future.
This is another great video. I never knew you could install it this way. Always used to do the manual installation installing each component separately.
Wow what a great video I did try using next cloud a few years ago but it wasn't as good as you have just shown us. It had quite a few bugs then but it looks great now thanks for sharing going to give this another go. Looks a lot more secure now as well with the 2FA .
Many thanks for this detailed video. I checked several other videos but mostly all are doing things on Pi and one of the other things failed. I used an old laptop for this setup and followed your steps and all worked like a charm. Just need to find a way to make it accessible from outside the home. Might use DDNS and see how that goes..
You're welcome. DDNS is certainly a good way to deal with a dynamic public IP address and, if you're after a good free provider, Duck DNS ( www.duckdns.org/ ) is well worth a look. Alternatively, if you don't fancy punching holes through your firewall, feel free to check out my ZeroTier video: th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps :)
I have figured out how to access it from outside. As this is running on my old laptop, I need to edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf however I don't find a way to do that. Someone suggested below. sudo snap install classic --devmode --edge sudo classic And now I could install nano however as soon as i reboot and come back and check the logind.conf file its still the same. How can I edit it so I could close the lid of my laptop while keep it running to serve me as nextcloud?
@@Aexvishu To stop the laptop going to sleep when you close the lid, you need to ssh into your Ubuntu Appliance and run the following command: sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target Once that's done, restart the laptop: sudo reboot Hope that helps :)
Very nice and detailed information! I have two questions. Can I install this version if I already have Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS installed? Can Wordpress be installed? I try to make things as simple as possible, but to be able to use both Nextcloud and Wordpress on the same machine. Maybe if you have time it would be good to have a tutorial like this, Nextcloud and Wordpress working on the same machine / pc.Thank you very much for sharing!
So far the best nextcloud video i have ever seen. Awesome Job... This is one of the small channels that deserves 1m subs. Can HTTPS be added? can it be accessed from a non local network, like a regular cloud. or just get a vps for that.
Thanks very much - feel free to spread the word :) If you take a look at my follow up video, this goes through accessing Nextcloud over the internet: th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps.
Why this way and not when installing Ubuntu Server? Nextcloud is an option when installing. Regarding the mobile app, have you had an issue with auto-upload? Particularly auto-uploading photo's
The 'Ubuntu Appliance' is a great way to quickly and easily get up and running with Nextcloud. As the name suggests, its built specifically for the job, so you don't have to worry too much about the inner workings. Ubuntu server would be the way to go if you want to delve a little deeper under the hood. I'm not sure if the Nextcloud package you mention (when installing the server) includes the Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) Office package - I know from experience that setting this up manually can be a challenge! I haven't had any issues with the auto uploading of photos from the Nextcloud app (touch wood!). I'm running it on Android, so not sure about iOS. Thanks for your feedback.
Hi, hope you are fine and doing well. Would it be possible for you to make a video about the installation of the face recognition feature in the next cloud opensource hosting service?
Salute to you sir. This is called tutorial , very well step by step explanation ,even for noobs like me :) was looking for a week to find a solid solution “how to install nextcloud” but no one else was able to teach. All of other channels are either none pro or advertisers. ONE Question though.... I’m stuck in the middle to complete the setup and TAB button doesn’t paste the nextcloud image on XZCAT command prompt, i restart my P C but still same issue, is there any other way around? I highly appreciate your help.
Thank you for your kind words. Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the installation. If the tab key isn't doing anything, there are a couple of things to check. First, make sure that the terminal is open in your USB stick's directory. This should be something like /media/ubuntu/USB (or whatever your USB drive is called). If that's correct, next check the name of the Nextcloud image you copied to the USB stick. You can enter the entire name manually after the xzcat command (e.g. xzcat nextcloud-core18-amd64.img.xz), but so long as you've entered the first part of it accurately, the tab key should complete the rest - note that the letters are case sensitive. Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thank You for quick reply, I tried as you said didn’t work by pressing TAB again, then I tried to type manually the image name by keeping in mind the case sensitivity, it says “no such file or directory”
You're welcome. At the terminal prompt, where it reads "ubuntu@ubuntu:...", what does the rest of this line say? Also, have you copied the "nextcloud-core18..." image file directly on to your USB stick (not into a subfolder) and connected this to the computer running the live Ubuntu desktop? - both USB sticks should be connected to the PC at this point. If the terminal is open in the correct location, typing "ls" (without the quotes) and pressing Enter should list the "nextcloud-core18..." image file. It sounds as though the terminal is either not opening in the correct location (the root of the USB stick), or the Nextcloud image is not there.
Hello, I am stuck after rebooting the pc. I copied the img onto the harddisk using terminal and restarted. removed the pendrives when prompted. It then went into a bootloop while showing 'findfs unable to resolve 'label=writable' . Is this an issue with the BIOS or my harddisk
This is a great video, but it doesn't help me with my main problem - accessing Nextcloud securely and remotely. Can you please help with this by posting a video? Thanks!
Thank you for your excellent and clear video. Being a skinflint I found refurbed mini computers on eBay with an i3 for just £50.. d'you reckon if I add a 1TB SSD that would be powerful enough as the server? We'll only have a max of 5 people on it at any one time, though will be using it to store large graphics files.
No problem. When you install a Nextcloud Appliance, you'll get the latest version. Better still, once installed, the Appliance will automatically keep itself up to date :)
It looks like I need to get to and modify this: Please contact your administrator. If you are an administrator, edit the "trusted_domains" setting in config/config.php like the example in config.sample.php.: Not sure how to do that with the appliance.
Is there anyway to add a raid storage to Nextcloud if the raid is on the server itself? I have been able to creat a raid and mount it but nextcloud cant see it :(
Wonderful video! Very detailed and simple at the same time! Same as the one for ZeroTier. A have one question-what about adding additional storage later in the system?
While the Ubuntu Appliance makes life MUCH easier when it comes to setting up Nextcloud. On the flipside, unfortunately this simplicity makes hardware changes, such as adding an additional drive, a lot more complex. The bottom line is that, by far the easiest/quickest way to increase the storage using the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance is to back up your data, set up the appliance on a larger drive, then restore the data to it. The alternative would be to set up Nexcloud the traditional way, which again is a LOT more involved. If you'd like to take a look at going this route, check out the official Nextcloud support pages at docs.nextcloud.com/server/21/admin_manual/installation/ Hope that helps and thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for the excellent video. I followed it and at Profile setup, I input my registered e-mail address for Ubuntu login. I get an error saying- request canceled while waiting for connection(Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers) What is wrong?
You're welcome. That error is usually when the server can't reach the internet. I'd double check the network connection between your server and router.
Great video! It is easy to follow and it has a lot of useful information. Thank you very much :) I have a question about the backup. Do you know and have suggestions about how to do the backup of Nextcloud using Linux?
You're welcome :) You can still use WinSCP in Linux by running it with Wine. I'd use PlayOnLinux as it's more user friendly than just Wine. If you'd sooner use a native Linux app, take a look at Krusader. Hope that helps :)
Which mini pc did you use for this cloud service computer and what would be the recomended specs. Most computers have windows 10 preinstalled on them, do i just format the drive and install abuntu as shown. I know from experience you carn't easily recover a system once the hd is errased. I know i need a computer with an ssd hd for better performance is there any thing else i should consider essential. I am keen to try and set this up your tutorial is very instructive and it looks fairly straightforward fingers crossed. Thank for any help you can provide
It sounds like you're giving this some serious consideration. It's always better to plan ahead as it often saves time in the long run. I used an economically priced Beelink BT3-X Mini PC in the video. You don't need a power house for running Nextcloud. In fact, since you'll probably leave it on 24/7, low power consumption is best. In terms of specs, providing you only have a handful of people using Nextcloud, a Celeron processor should be ample - you may even get away with an Intel Atom. I'd go with at least 4GB of RAM, although 8GB would be better - especially if you do have multiple users. Unlike a desktop PC, you may actually be better off putting a traditional hard drive in your Nextcloud Appliance. The speed of your network will be a bigger factor than the speed of the internal drive, and you'll be able to pick up a much larger traditional drive for your money. For example, you could get a whopping 3TB Seagate Ironwolf (a model well suited to data storage) for under £100 - note, you'd probably need a 2.5" drive if you go the Mini PC route though. As you say, the vast majority of PCs will come with Windows 10 preinstalled. The good news is that you don't need to format the drive ahead of installing the Nexcloud Appliance, the installation process will wipe it and take care of all of that for you (or if you fit a larger drive to start with, this won't be an issue anyway). It's always worth taking a system backup of a new computer in case you ever want to return it to its factory state. If you'd like to see how to do this, feel free to take a look at my "Rescuezilla: Disk Imaging Made Easy" video: th-cam.com/video/20WpVButTW8/w-d-xo.html I hope this helps. Have fun setting up your own cloud storage :)
By far the easiest way to increase the storage is to image (copy) your setup onto a larger disk. Have a look at the following video to see how to do this: th-cam.com/video/20WpVButTW8/w-d-xo.html
@@contrivix_quest_kwt The nature of the Ubuntu Appliances makes them easy to set up but difficult to customise. The Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance uses a Snap package of Nextcloud, which is in a container. This level of separation from the underlying operating system is what would make it difficult to add an additional drive. Even if you managed to, when the Appliance updates it may break the drive's mount point. That's why, if you're going to stick with the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance and need more storage space, I suggested imaging the installation onto a larger drive. The alternative is a manual install of Nextcloud (which is a much more involved process), but would allow far greater control over the setup. You can read more about this here: docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html Hope that helps :)
Wonderful video - thank you sir! How does one go about making a NextCloud instance, following this method, accessible online (outside my home network)?
Allow me to direct you to my follow up video for setting up remote access: th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated :)
@@bytemypi2918 Wonderful (yet again!) - Follow up question. Where does one (via SSH I'm assuming) go to update the NextCloud Appliance with a new IP address? New internet provider and new IP - Thanks again!
@@wyethlynch417 You're welcome. I'm assuming you set your Nexcloud appliance with a static IP address. If this is the case, you'll need to connect your computer and the Nextcloud appliance to one another directly (either using a crossover cable or via a network switch that is not connected to your new network) and give your computer a (temporary) static IP on the same (old) network as Nextcloud so that you can ssh into it. Once you're connected, locate the network file in "/etc/netplan". It will be called something like "50-cloud-init.yaml". You'll need to edit this using the vi text editor, as unfortunately nano isn't installed in the Ubuntu appliance. Once you've changed Nextcloud's static IP address to one on your new network (and restarted the appliance), change your computer's IP back to DHCP. Now connect both devices to your new network and hopefully you should be good to go :)
Thank you for creating this video! However, I have run into a problem: once I get to the "Press Enter to Configure" step, only the WiFi adapter ("wlan0") shows as available. I have a NUC and it does have an ethernet adapter. When I boot into the Ubuntu OS on the USB, it detects the wired connection. What is the best way to proceed?
You're welcome :) Apparently there may be a potential issue with the Intel NUC where you need to make sure it's running the latest version of the BIOS. Certainly worth checking.
Great job, i just stumbled on this. I tried a lot others but is not as clear as you. I ran into an issue, hopefully you can help me. I installed the appliance, went thru the setup of the appliance. I was able to log in remotely using terminal (Mac) I know it talks to it since I send the reboot command, it recognize the correct fingerprints. but when I input IP in address bar to access nextcloud. it says cant connect. any ideas? Thanks
Wonderful tutorial! Thank you... I reach the 15 min mark on video after PC restarts per direction without any usb drives and stops at [Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount..... _] it just hangs for several minutes then finally load more scrolling texts to appear to finally and at line [findfs: at unable to resolve 'LABEL=writable' ] done.
The Nextcloud Appliance is designed to be installed and run from a single drive. You could try setting up the Pi to boot from USB and then installing Nextcloud to your external drive.
Thankyou So much I nearly gave up setting up nextcloud long ago but your video broght in a new life in my project. Just one issue i have 3 partitions on my hdd i.e. dev/sda1, dev/sda5, dev/sda6 and i installed it on dev/sda5 but it did not boot up. Please guide
The Ubuntu Nexcloud Appliance is designed to take over the entire drive, not to be installed onto a single existing partition. Let it wipe the entire disk during installation. If for some reason it won't, you could use a disk partitioning tool like gparted to wipe the disk first. Hope that helps :)
Completly brilliant video, you are so good at explaining things step by step. I now have setup nextcloud and its running perfectly. However I've managed to mess up the ssh access. Worked fine from my PC so I thought I would add my laptop so I could access from that too. added an ssh key to the ubuntu account but then trying to connect the laptop I asked for a password which was constantly rejected. Ended up deleting the keys in the ubuntu account and generating new ones from the PC and Laptop and now neither can access the nexcloud machine. I see the keys on the nextcloud machine when it boots up. Do I need to copy these into the ubuntu account somehow?
@@robdcl Glad you got it going again. If you want to SSH in from a different computer, you need to copy the keys to that - and its always a good idea to keep a backup copy of them :)
All goes well until the restart after loading nextclound. The computer will only boot to the ubuntu usb . If I femove the USB I get an error stating no boot disk found. HELP I open to any suggestions
Try checking the UEFI/BIOS and make sure the internal drive is first in the boot order (you may also need to disable secure boot and enable legacy mode). If that doesn't work, try retracing your steps in the section where you used the Ubuntu live distro to copy the Nextcloud appliance to the internal drive. Hope that helps :)
I hope you can help, first thanks for the best videos. I loaded Nextcloud on a laptop and was wondering is there a way to disable sleep when i close the lid? Thanks
You're welcome, glad you're enjoying the videos. To stop the laptop going to sleep when you close the lid, you need to ssh into your Ubuntu Appliance and run the following command: sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target Once that's done, restart the laptop: sudo reboot And that's it. All being well, you should now be able to both open and close the laptop lid while continuing to use Nextcloud. Hope that helps :)
I have the appliance running but after adding my domain I have with no-ip and also my ip that my isp has given me to the Trusted Domains I still get "Access through untrusted domain" in the browser. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
If you take a look about 22 minutes into my ZeroTier video it covers adding trusted domains to an Ubuntu Nextcloud Appliance: th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps :)
@@edfletcher1716 It sounds it. Probably a daft question, but have you tried restarting the appliance since making the changes - just to make sure everything has been applied.
@@edfletcher1716 Make sure you added your public IP to the Trusted list (stick the internal one in as well for good measure). The domain should be in the format 'domain.com' (e.g. mycloud.com) - check you haven't included the 'https' part. Also list what's stored in each slot, as demonstrated in my ZeroTier video. It should show the public IP, private IP, and domain name. Hope you get to the bottom of the problem.
Not a problem. Glad to hear it's working well for you. The purpose of the Ubuntu Appliance is to package up a system in a way that makes it far easier to deploy. The downside to this is that its not a simple task to get under the hood and make changes at the base level. Adding additional hard drives to a standard Ubuntu server is a relatively straight forward process. That said, it's a little more involved with a web server in the mix, as is the case with Nextcloud, as extra permissions need to be taken into account. With the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance, it only runs the core of the Ubuntu operating system and Nextcloud is actually run as a Snap package. While this is great from a security point of view, providing a smaller attack surface and an extra layer of isolation, it adds even more complexity when it comes to making changes such as adding additional storage. The bottom line is, while it should be technically possible to add extra hard drives, it is certainly not a simple endeavor. If you want a more customisable setup, I'd look at installing Ubuntu server and then manually installing Nextcloud on top of that. Be aware this is a time consuming task as a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack needs to be created and configured. You can find comprehensive instructions in the Nextcloud Admin Manual: docs.nextcloud.com/server/21/admin_manual/installation/ If you require more storage space for your data, a much simpler solution would be to install the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance on to a single larger hard drive. I hope this information helps you make a decision as to what route to take.
You're welcome. I'm always keen to hear what people are looking for. When I research potential video topics, I usually try and find the easiest way to achieve the desired end result. Not that long ago most projects would have required a more hands on set up. These days there are many more 'turnkey' type solutions. While these are great in that they do a lot of the heavy lifting, it can be at the expense of customisation. I've been considering going a little more in depth - a kind of from the ground up approach - in certain videos. I just don't want to alienate anyone who prefers faster results. Maybe I'll try a Linux server set up video in the not too distant future (Ubuntu server makes a great base for myriad open source projects) and see what kind of interest that generates. Thanks for your kind words.
Hi! I wanted to do it with a Raspberry Pi 4 but I dont found where to buy it, every store says "out of stock". Do you know if a Pi 3 would work for this? Thank you
@@InmobiliariaPromueve WinSCP actually works on Linux if you install Wine first. You could install PlayonLinux as it makes Wine easier to use. You can simply use the SSH command in the Linux terminal instead of Putty :)
Hi! I have a problem. Im using a laptop with Ubuntu. After I copy de Appliance to the internal Drive and reset the computer instead of saying "Press enter to configure" it says "System not found".... Can you help me?
Try checking the BIOS/UEFI settings on your laptop and make sure that secure boot is disabled and that the internal drive is detected and set to boot first.
@@bytemypi2918 Ok thank you. I just try to change does settings and the internal drive is set as the first boot options but i have a problem with the secure boot option. I am using a Dell Inspiron N4110, and I think I dont have the option to change the secure boot option. Any other idea? Or I have to try with other computer? Thank you
One more question. Does the Desktop and Mobile app need to be connected to the same router to work? When Im connected with my phone to the same router it works but when I disconnect the wifi I cant use the app
I followed your instructions and everything seemed to work except trying to log on with my browser. My router is showing and Unbuntu machine with the correct address but no luck connection with the browser. Any suggestions? The PC I used had a full install of Unbuntu already on it so I don't know if that made a difference? Should I have formatted the hard drive first? Or may I configured the netowrk incorrectly. Can you reconfigure it after it's all done?
Sorry to hear you're having trouble getting it to work. Ubuntu Appliances are designed to be self sufficient. As such they need to be set up independent of anything else. So, in answer to your question, yes, format the drive first and start from scratch. Since you already have an Ubuntu installation set up, you could alternatively install Nextcloud on top of that, but it's probably both easier and faster to start over with the Ubuntu Nextcloud Appliance. Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thanks for the reply. I just started over and it’s working great. I think the problem was I was using the ip that was used when I had freenas on that old pc. I reinstalled and changed the static ip to something different and it worked. Thanks for the very well done video.
Hi, I've not tried it, but there appears to be an 'Antivirus for files' app available for Nextcloud, which should make it very easy to implement. You can find it here: apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_antivirus Hope that helps.
Hello, GREAT VIDEO IT IS! I made an attempt follow your guidance, everything was fine, until I removed the two USBs, and rebooted my computer, then it stucked there and did not display the prompt "Press enter to configure"...what shall I do now, please help. ;-)
You're welcome :) If you're sure you copied Nextcloud to the correct internal drive, make sure that the drive is set to boot first in your computer's BIOS/UEFI. It might also be worth checking that secure boot is disabled. Hope that helps.
@@bytemypi2918 Thank you so much for your kind response...After checking the relevant information on Ubuntu Appliance, I'm pretty sure that there is no problem with your tutorial, which is very good work! I think the reason for my failure is that I did it on a Windows 11 system, since I'm sure that I copied the right nextcloud to the right internal drive (actually there was only one internal drive when I installed the nextcloud file through two USBs). After having your response, I also tried the "secure boot" as you mentioned, but found my motherboard (B85-G43 gaming) doesen't have this setting option. Almost tried everything, but still can not make it... Through a Windows PE tools, I finally access to the interal drive, and found some changes, the previous partition of "100MB (EFI sys)+446.38 GB (start...)+654MB (recovery)" has been changed into "5MB(?)+100MB (EFI sys)+447.?? (start... ps: I can't remember the specific value)". So I think this is due to some certain mechanism of Windows 11 that I don't kown. And I will use a Windows 10 platform to complete this work later... This is a wonderful video, thank you!
@@ajsniper You're welcome. I don't have a Windows 11 PC, but I'd be surprised if that in itself is the problem. As I mentioned, I suspect it's the UEFI that for some reason is preventing Linux from booting. If your new computer came with any support included from the manufacturer, it could be worth a word with them as to how you configure it to boot a non-Windows operating system. Best of luck :)
@@bytemypi2918 I tried everything... upgrade/refreshed the BIOS, set the boot option in various options, even contacted the manufacturer of motherboard, unfortunately, didn't make it. So really I can not found any other reasons for my failure. :-)
@@bytemypi2918 In addtion, I wanna share something with you (maybe privately): when I upgraded my two old equipments (a PC bought in 2017 & a Notebook bought in about 2011) into Windows 11 system, I actually used an informal way. I firstly downloaded the official ISOs of Win10 and Win11 through Microsoft, then unzipped both of them, after that, I replaced the "install.esd" in the “sources” folder of Win10 by the "install.wim" in the “sources” folder of Win11. After that, I copy the whole files of Win10 (with the "install.wim" from Win11, and delete the "install.esd") to the root of a USB, then through a "clean installation", I successfully bypassed the various restrictions of installing Win11. In other words, I used the install-framwork of Win10 to installed Win11 on the both old equipments. I've already used both of them (PC and Notebook with Win11) for over a month, everything looks good and normal. If you have time, I sincerely would like you to have a try, of course, if you don't think it is an appropriate way to install Win11, then just hide (or delete) my feedback on this issue...all the best, and happpy to talk with you... ;-)
Thank you, your video is by far the easiest to setup for me. But after install nextcloud on the pc, when i try to login from cmd, it asked me to provide password, is it the password from ubuntu account? or did i somewhere created a password without knowing it?
Hi This is asking me for a password. Is that the passphrase set for the ssh key or is there another password. I have not set up any accounts so there should be no password? Frustrated me for 2 days now🤔
@@bytemypi2918 Aaah okay I think I see it now. I have been using an existing SSO key and not one created on the same terminal I'm creating and accessing the appliance from. I set up the appliance in a Proxmox VM with 2x HDDs to avoid having to use 2x USBs, as the system is remote, so all the setting up was done in a terminal on a VM. The key was generated some time ago on my own physical PC. Does this limit the usefulness of the SSO keys if they can only be used from the same terminal that created them? I'll create a new key on the VM terminal used to access the appliance and copy that to the SSO repository as well. I'll report back.
Glad you sorted it out. Would you like to share the command you had issues with and the solution you found in case anyone else with a mac experiences it? Thanks.
Thanks to Andrew for sending the following command for those using a mac: pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub When entered into the Terminal, this will copy the SSH key to the clipboard.
What a great and thorough tutorial. Thank you so much for explain everything step-by-step. I got stuck at "Please remove installation medium, then press enter." After that my PC does not recognize any boot drives. Any tips? Does this mean the nextcloud image wasn't successfully copied onto the hard drive? When I tried it a second time, after running the fdisk command I saw this on my hard drive "GPT PMBR size mismatch (1829601 != 488397167) will be corrected by write. The backup GPT table is not on the end of the device. This problem will be corrected by write." I followed the instructions here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/314317/backup-gpt-table-is-corrupt-fix-will-disappear-at-reboot and was able to get the error message to go away but still no success on installing the nextcloud appliance. Any help is appreciated!!
You're welcome, thanks for your kind words . It sounds as though whatever was previously on your computer's hard disk is interfering with the Nextcloud install. I'd try downloading GParted gparted.org/ and using Etcher to copy this to a usb stick. Boot from it on the PC you're trying to install Nextcloud on to, and go with the default options (press Enter when it says "Which language do you prefer?", and Enter again on "Which mode do you prefer?"). When you reach the desktop and the gparted window opens, select the drop down list at the top right and choose your computer's internal hard drive - it's probably /dev/sda (but check the size to make sure, as the following procedure will wipe the selected disk). Then, in the main part of the window, click on the entry to highlight the disk. From there, click on "Device" on the top bar and select "Create Partition Table". Providing your disk is no larger than 2TB, leave the partition table type set to "msdos" (for larger disks you'll need "gpt") and click Apply. Then click "Partition" on the top bar and select "New". The defaults should be fine but just check that both "Create as: Primary Partition" and "File system: ext4" are selected. Then click "Add". Next, click on the green tick (Apply All Operations) and confirm by clicking "Apply". When its done, close out of the gparted window and double-click "Exit" on the desktop to reboot. Remove the GParted USB stick and reconnect the Nextcloud one. Now you can run through the installation again - fingers crossed, it will go smoothly this time. Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this!! I tried this and it still did not work. Long story short, I thought I was getting rid of the hard drive I’m trying to install next cloud on and used DBAN to delete the files. I am still getting the same result. Thank you again for taking the time to reply! Liked and subscribed :)
@@andrewmedina5508 You're welcome. Darik's Boot and Nuke - now there's a blast from the past! I haven't used that program for years. Despite the severe sounding name, technically there shouldn't be anything in DBAN that would destroy the physical drive. That said, the process of securely wiping data involves writing bits on to every sector of the hard drive, usually multiple times. So it's possible that if the drive was already on the way out, this could have pushed it over the edge. There are programs out there (usually made by the drive manufacturer) to perform a low level format to try and restore it. Personally, once a drive starts misbehaving, I wouldn't trust it any more. If the rest of the computer is ok, I'd look at replacing the drive. Thanks for subscribing.
if we don't trust M$ Google etc, so why should we trust a snap image from Ubnt? why don't install OwnCloud? At least there is more chances to repair it if something will go wrong. Anyway, like and respect for your work.
Being open source, the code for the Nextcloud Snap package used in the Ubuntu Appliance is available on GitHub: github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap If you still don't like the idea of using an Ubuntu Appliance, you could install Nextcloud manually (or OwnCloud, if you prefer). You are quite right that, by taking this route, if things turn pear-shaped you may be in a better position to fix them, but you equally need to know how (and have a desire) to set it all up the "hard way" in the first place. Thanks for your feedback :)
@@bytemypi2918 =) I already have. On RPi4 under Ubuntu. OwnCloud - the pure vanilla. It goes along with minIO server as a part of infrastructure. (Hope you'll make another video about minIO)
@@eugenesmirnov252 I seem to be reading a lot about Kubernetes these days. Maybe I'll have to progress beyond the safe confines of Docker, but it seems a little like overkill on a home network!
@@eugenesmirnov252 I'm never sure if Gentoo users are total Linux enthusiasts or just masochists! Either way, I guess you must have a pretty long beard :)
Invaluable content. Thank you so much for the thorough walkthrough of nextcloud.
I'm glad you found it helpful. Thanks for the encouraging feedback.
You are life saviour, this is the only video on TH-cam that explain from A-Z, thank you jani
You're welcome.
Damn! That was a GREAT and COMPREHENSIVE tutorial video! It taught me everything I wanted to know before undertaking a local NextCloud server project. THANK YOU for taking the time and effort to create the video.
Your videos are SO HELPFUL!! THANK You so much! I appreciate how thorough you are in explaining things! THANK YOU! One last suggestion, can you make a video on how I would retrieve my backup if something went wrong and I needed to use it to restore Nextcloud. Thank you!!
Thank you so much over the years i come back to this video. I am reusing a mac mini it works great.
I found your channel last week - truly brilliant way of explaining everything, particularly to someone who is long in life experience but short on IT experience ; ) . Keep up your brilliant work - you should have so many more followers
That's positive praise indeed! I must be doing something right then, which is always nice to hear :) Thanks for your support.
An AWESOME video!! I have watched several videos on doing this and none of them is this good.. THX!!
You're welcome. Thanks for your kind words.
Thanks for taking the time to share with us the steps needed for installation and the overview of the Next Cloud application. It was extremely helpful. I cant wait for the next video showing accessibility over the internet with this app in the future.
You're welcome. Here's the next instalment :)
th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your feedback.
This is another great video. I never knew you could install it this way. Always used to do the manual installation installing each component separately.
You're welcome. Yes, it's certainly a lot easier than the manual approach :)
Wow what a great video I did try using next cloud a few years ago but it wasn't as good as you have just shown us. It had quite a few bugs then but it looks great now thanks for sharing going to give this another go. Looks a lot more secure now as well with the 2FA .
You're welcome. Hope all goes well this time :)
Please, please can you do an install video on ubuntu 22.04 server and nextcloud.....brilliant video btw.
This is a very useful video in a thoroughly and detailed manner
Thanks. Glad you found it helpful :)
Thank you so much for your complete and thorough directions!
You're most welcome :)
Many thanks for this detailed video. I checked several other videos but mostly all are doing things on Pi and one of the other things failed. I used an old laptop for this setup and followed your steps and all worked like a charm. Just need to find a way to make it accessible from outside the home. Might use DDNS and see how that goes..
You're welcome. DDNS is certainly a good way to deal with a dynamic public IP address and, if you're after a good free provider, Duck DNS ( www.duckdns.org/ ) is well worth a look.
Alternatively, if you don't fancy punching holes through your firewall, feel free to check out my ZeroTier video:
th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps :)
I have figured out how to access it from outside. As this is running on my old laptop, I need to edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf however I don't find a way to do that.
Someone suggested below.
sudo snap install classic --devmode --edge
sudo classic
And now I could install nano however as soon as i reboot and come back and check the logind.conf file its still the same.
How can I edit it so I could close the lid of my laptop while keep it running to serve me as nextcloud?
@@bytemypi2918 Thanks for your reply. I will look into ZeroTier video. You are an awesome teacher. Love your work.
@@Aexvishu To stop the laptop going to sleep when you close the lid, you need to ssh into your Ubuntu Appliance and run the following command:
sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target
Once that's done, restart the laptop:
sudo reboot
Hope that helps :)
@@Aexvishu No problem. Enjoy :)
Excellent easy-to-digest guide to building a nextcloud server. Thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for your feedback.
Holy crap...this is a very through and awesome tutorial. Thank you so much!!
Not a problem. It's great to hear that you enjoyed it. Thanks for your feedback :)
Very nice and detailed information! I have two questions. Can I install this version if I already have Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS installed? Can Wordpress be installed? I try to make things as simple as possible, but to be able to use both Nextcloud and Wordpress on the same machine. Maybe if you have time it would be good to have a tutorial like this, Nextcloud and Wordpress working on the same machine / pc.Thank you very much for sharing!
Your walk through is much welcomed , I plan to try this soon .
You're welcome. Enjoy using Nextcloud.
Excellent video Mr byte me pi ☺ Thanks & Cheers 😉
Ta very much. You're most welcome :)
Thanks from France ! Top vidéo !!!
Thanks for the detailed guide.
No problem. Thank you for your feedback.
So far the best nextcloud video i have ever seen. Awesome Job... This is one of the small channels that deserves 1m subs. Can HTTPS be added? can it be accessed from a non local network, like a regular cloud. or just get a vps for that.
Thanks very much - feel free to spread the word :)
If you take a look at my follow up video, this goes through accessing Nextcloud over the internet:
th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps.
Why this way and not when installing Ubuntu Server? Nextcloud is an option when installing.
Regarding the mobile app, have you had an issue with auto-upload? Particularly auto-uploading photo's
The 'Ubuntu Appliance' is a great way to quickly and easily get up and running with Nextcloud. As the name suggests, its built specifically for the job, so you don't have to worry too much about the inner workings. Ubuntu server would be the way to go if you want to delve a little deeper under the hood.
I'm not sure if the Nextcloud package you mention (when installing the server) includes the Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) Office package - I know from experience that setting this up manually can be a challenge!
I haven't had any issues with the auto uploading of photos from the Nextcloud app (touch wood!). I'm running it on Android, so not sure about iOS.
Thanks for your feedback.
Hi, hope you are fine and doing well.
Would it be possible for you to make a video about the installation of the face recognition feature in the next cloud opensource hosting service?
Very thorough and clear. Thanks for sharing!
No problem. Glad it was helpful :)
Salute to you sir. This is called tutorial , very well step by step explanation ,even for noobs like me :) was looking for a week to find a solid solution “how to install nextcloud” but no one else was able to teach. All of other channels are either none pro or advertisers.
ONE Question though.... I’m stuck in the middle to complete the setup and TAB button doesn’t paste the nextcloud image on XZCAT command prompt, i restart my P C but still same issue, is there any other way around? I highly appreciate your help.
Thank you for your kind words. Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the installation.
If the tab key isn't doing anything, there are a couple of things to check.
First, make sure that the terminal is open in your USB stick's directory. This should be something like /media/ubuntu/USB (or whatever your USB drive is called).
If that's correct, next check the name of the Nextcloud image you copied to the USB stick. You can enter the entire name manually after the xzcat command (e.g. xzcat nextcloud-core18-amd64.img.xz), but so long as you've entered the first part of it accurately, the tab key should complete the rest - note that the letters are case sensitive.
Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thank You for quick reply, I tried as you said didn’t work by pressing TAB again, then I tried to type manually the image name by keeping in mind the case sensitivity, it says “no such file or directory”
You're welcome. At the terminal prompt, where it reads "ubuntu@ubuntu:...", what does the rest of this line say?
Also, have you copied the "nextcloud-core18..." image file directly on to your USB stick (not into a subfolder) and connected this to the computer running the live Ubuntu desktop? - both USB sticks should be connected to the PC at this point.
If the terminal is open in the correct location, typing "ls" (without the quotes) and pressing Enter should list the "nextcloud-core18..." image file.
It sounds as though the terminal is either not opening in the correct location (the root of the USB stick), or the Nextcloud image is not there.
@@bytemypi2918 i figured it out, my mistake was i had only one usb stick , i re tried plugged both usb sticks and problem solved. Thank you.
@@KNFar Not a problem. I'm glad you've got it working :)
Hello, I am stuck after rebooting the pc. I copied the img onto the harddisk using terminal and restarted. removed the pendrives when prompted. It then went into a bootloop while showing 'findfs unable to resolve 'label=writable' . Is this an issue with the BIOS or my harddisk
This is a great video, but it doesn't help me with my main problem - accessing Nextcloud securely and remotely. Can you please help with this by posting a video? Thanks!
Thank you for your excellent and clear video. Being a skinflint I found refurbed mini computers on eBay with an i3 for just £50.. d'you reckon if I add a 1TB SSD that would be powerful enough as the server? We'll only have a max of 5 people on it at any one time, though will be using it to store large graphics files.
You're welcome. It's always good to save money. An i3 should easily be powerful enough for five users. Thanks for your feedback.
How do you update the NextCloud appliance to the latest version? When you set it up it is v18 rather than v23 - Thanks again for the great video!
No problem. When you install a Nextcloud Appliance, you'll get the latest version. Better still, once installed, the Appliance will automatically keep itself up to date :)
can i use a ubuntu server laptop and attach 1TB external drive to it to used it as a network cloud
but like this the Server isn't accessible from camputers outside of your lokal network, is it? How would I do that?
Your video esay to understand good
It looks like I need to get to and modify this: Please contact your administrator. If you are an administrator, edit the "trusted_domains" setting in config/config.php like the example in config.sample.php.: Not sure how to do that with the appliance.
Is there anyway to add a raid storage to Nextcloud if the raid is on the server itself? I have been able to creat a raid and mount it but nextcloud cant see it :(
Update! Somehow I got it to work. Thanks for your help again. LOL.
No problem. Glad you're up and running :)
Wonderful video! Very detailed and simple at the same time! Same as the one for ZeroTier. A have one question-what about adding additional storage later in the system?
While the Ubuntu Appliance makes life MUCH easier when it comes to setting up Nextcloud. On the flipside, unfortunately this simplicity makes hardware changes, such as adding an additional drive, a lot more complex.
The bottom line is that, by far the easiest/quickest way to increase the storage using the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance is to back up your data, set up the appliance on a larger drive, then restore the data to it.
The alternative would be to set up Nexcloud the traditional way, which again is a LOT more involved. If you'd like to take a look at going this route, check out the official Nextcloud support pages at docs.nextcloud.com/server/21/admin_manual/installation/
Hope that helps and thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for the excellent video. I followed it and at Profile setup, I input my registered e-mail address for Ubuntu login.
I get an error saying- request canceled while waiting for connection(Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)
What is wrong?
You're welcome. That error is usually when the server can't reach the internet. I'd double check the network connection between your server and router.
I think Ubuntu server has an option to install Next cloud as well
Yes, I believe it does :) Haven't actually tried it though.
Great video! It is easy to follow and it has a lot of useful information. Thank you very much :) I have a question about the backup. Do you know and have suggestions about how to do the backup of Nextcloud using Linux?
You're welcome :) You can still use WinSCP in Linux by running it with Wine. I'd use PlayOnLinux as it's more user friendly than just Wine. If you'd sooner use a native Linux app, take a look at Krusader. Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thank you for the answer! I will try these options!
I'm having some troubles on the network setup for Ubuntu, do you use discord by any chance? I'd really appreciate the help!
What would you use to replace google photos? to sync photos from iphone to the device?
There's an official Nextcloud app for both iOS and Android. I use it on my phone :)
Why is this channel not making more content. 😢😢
Which mini pc did you use for this cloud service computer and what would be the recomended specs. Most computers have windows 10 preinstalled on them, do i just format the drive and install abuntu as shown. I know from experience you carn't easily recover a system once the hd is errased. I know i need a computer with an ssd hd for better performance is there any thing else i should consider essential. I am keen to try and set this up your tutorial is very instructive and it looks fairly straightforward fingers crossed. Thank for any help you can provide
It sounds like you're giving this some serious consideration. It's always better to plan ahead as it often saves time in the long run.
I used an economically priced Beelink BT3-X Mini PC in the video. You don't need a power house for running Nextcloud. In fact, since you'll probably leave it on 24/7, low power consumption is best.
In terms of specs, providing you only have a handful of people using Nextcloud, a Celeron processor should be ample - you may even get away with an Intel Atom. I'd go with at least 4GB of RAM, although 8GB would be better - especially if you do have multiple users.
Unlike a desktop PC, you may actually be better off putting a traditional hard drive in your Nextcloud Appliance. The speed of your network will be a bigger factor than the speed of the internal drive, and you'll be able to pick up a much larger traditional drive for your money. For example, you could get a whopping 3TB Seagate Ironwolf (a model well suited to data storage) for under £100 - note, you'd probably need a 2.5" drive if you go the Mini PC route though.
As you say, the vast majority of PCs will come with Windows 10 preinstalled. The good news is that you don't need to format the drive ahead of installing the Nexcloud Appliance, the installation process will wipe it and take care of all of that for you (or if you fit a larger drive to start with, this won't be an issue anyway).
It's always worth taking a system backup of a new computer in case you ever want to return it to its factory state. If you'd like to see how to do this, feel free to take a look at my "Rescuezilla: Disk Imaging Made Easy" video:
th-cam.com/video/20WpVButTW8/w-d-xo.html
I hope this helps. Have fun setting up your own cloud storage :)
Is it possible to add storage to my ubantu appliance
By far the easiest way to increase the storage is to image (copy) your setup onto a larger disk. Have a look at the following video to see how to do this:
th-cam.com/video/20WpVButTW8/w-d-xo.html
@@bytemypi2918 can i connet hard drives to increase storage
@@contrivix_quest_kwt The nature of the Ubuntu Appliances makes them easy to set up but difficult to customise. The Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance uses a Snap package of Nextcloud, which is in a container. This level of separation from the underlying operating system is what would make it difficult to add an additional drive. Even if you managed to, when the Appliance updates it may break the drive's mount point. That's why, if you're going to stick with the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance and need more storage space, I suggested imaging the installation onto a larger drive. The alternative is a manual install of Nextcloud (which is a much more involved process), but would allow far greater control over the setup. You can read more about this here:
docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html
Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 thanks a lot
@@contrivix_quest_kwt You're welcome :)
Very Well Done !! Kudos!!
Thanks for your support :)
Wonderful video - thank you sir! How does one go about making a NextCloud instance, following this method, accessible online (outside my home network)?
Allow me to direct you to my follow up video for setting up remote access:
th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated :)
@@bytemypi2918 Wonderful (yet again!) - Follow up question. Where does one (via SSH I'm assuming) go to update the NextCloud Appliance with a new IP address? New internet provider and new IP - Thanks again!
@@wyethlynch417 You're welcome. I'm assuming you set your Nexcloud appliance with a static IP address. If this is the case, you'll need to connect your computer and the Nextcloud appliance to one another directly (either using a crossover cable or via a network switch that is not connected to your new network) and give your computer a (temporary) static IP on the same (old) network as Nextcloud so that you can ssh into it.
Once you're connected, locate the network file in "/etc/netplan". It will be called something like "50-cloud-init.yaml".
You'll need to edit this using the vi text editor, as unfortunately nano isn't installed in the Ubuntu appliance.
Once you've changed Nextcloud's static IP address to one on your new network (and restarted the appliance), change your computer's IP back to DHCP.
Now connect both devices to your new network and hopefully you should be good to go :)
Thank you for creating this video! However, I have run into a problem: once I get to the "Press Enter to Configure" step, only the WiFi adapter ("wlan0") shows as available. I have a NUC and it does have an ethernet adapter. When I boot into the Ubuntu OS on the USB, it detects the wired connection. What is the best way to proceed?
You're welcome :) Apparently there may be a potential issue with the Intel NUC where you need to make sure it's running the latest version of the BIOS. Certainly worth checking.
Great job, i just stumbled on this. I tried a lot others but is not as clear as you. I ran into an issue, hopefully you can help me. I installed the appliance, went thru the setup of the appliance. I was able to log in remotely using terminal (Mac) I know it talks to it since I send the reboot command, it recognize the correct fingerprints. but when I input IP in address bar to access nextcloud. it says cant connect. any ideas? Thanks
Thanks. It sounds as though either Nextcloud's web server isn't running or the IP address hasn't been added to the trusted sources list.
Wonderful tutorial! Thank you... I reach the 15 min mark on video after PC restarts per direction without any usb drives and stops at [Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount..... _]
it just hangs for several minutes then finally load more scrolling texts to appear to finally and at line [findfs: at unable to resolve 'LABEL=writable' ]
done.
You're welcome. It looks as though the drive isn't mounting for some reason. Try checking your computer's UEFI/BIOS settings.
Hi!
I just installed NextCloud in a Pi with a 6TB external disk. Do you have a solution on how to add the external memory to the Nextcloud storage?
The Nextcloud Appliance is designed to be installed and run from a single drive. You could try setting up the Pi to boot from USB and then installing Nextcloud to your external drive.
The musical intro's volume level is deafening compared to your spoken commentary. I noticed the same on another of your videos.
This has now been corrected, just not on the older videos.
Great video! Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thankyou So much I nearly gave up setting up nextcloud long ago but your video broght in a new life in my project. Just one issue i have 3 partitions on my hdd i.e. dev/sda1, dev/sda5, dev/sda6 and i installed it on dev/sda5 but it did not boot up. Please guide
The Ubuntu Nexcloud Appliance is designed to take over the entire drive, not to be installed onto a single existing partition. Let it wipe the entire disk during installation. If for some reason it won't, you could use a disk partitioning tool like gparted to wipe the disk first. Hope that helps :)
Completly brilliant video, you are so good at explaining things step by step. I now have setup nextcloud and its running perfectly. However I've managed to mess up the ssh access. Worked fine from my PC so I thought I would add my laptop so I could access from that too. added an ssh key to the ubuntu account but then trying to connect the laptop I asked for a password which was constantly rejected. Ended up deleting the keys in the ubuntu account and generating new ones from the PC and Laptop and now neither can access the nexcloud machine. I see the keys on the nextcloud machine when it boots up. Do I need to copy these into the ubuntu account somehow?
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, unless you want to start over you'll need to copy the original keys back into your Ubuntu account.
@@bytemypi2918 Laborously copying the keys shown on the login screen didnt work so yes I reinstall undertaken and all fine now.. many thanks again
@@robdcl Glad you got it going again. If you want to SSH in from a different computer, you need to copy the keys to that - and its always a good idea to keep a backup copy of them :)
All goes well until the restart after loading nextclound. The computer will only boot to the ubuntu usb . If I femove the USB I get an error stating no boot disk found. HELP I open to any suggestions
Try checking the UEFI/BIOS and make sure the internal drive is first in the boot order (you may also need to disable secure boot and enable legacy mode).
If that doesn't work, try retracing your steps in the section where you used the Ubuntu live distro to copy the Nextcloud appliance to the internal drive. Hope that helps :)
This works well for me, thanks for the setup guide.
That's great! Thanks for letting me know.
I hope you can help, first thanks for the best videos. I loaded Nextcloud on a laptop and was wondering is there a way to disable sleep when i close the lid? Thanks
You're welcome, glad you're enjoying the videos. To stop the laptop going to sleep when you close the lid, you need to ssh into your Ubuntu Appliance and run the following command:
sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target
Once that's done, restart the laptop:
sudo reboot
And that's it. All being well, you should now be able to both open and close the laptop lid while continuing to use Nextcloud. Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 you are truly a life saver, thank you Sir
@@earlcarmon5556 No problem
I have the appliance running but after adding my domain I have with no-ip and also my ip that my isp has given me to the Trusted Domains I still get "Access through untrusted domain" in the browser. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
If you take a look about 22 minutes into my ZeroTier video it covers adding trusted domains to an Ubuntu Nextcloud Appliance:
th-cam.com/video/7C2AGnr9Q-w/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Man I added a domain that I have and my actual public ip and I still get the same thing. Very frustrating.
@@edfletcher1716 It sounds it. Probably a daft question, but have you tried restarting the appliance since making the changes - just to make sure everything has been applied.
@@bytemypi2918 oh yes every time
@@edfletcher1716 Make sure you added your public IP to the Trusted list (stick the internal one in as well for good measure). The domain should be in the format 'domain.com' (e.g. mycloud.com) - check you haven't included the 'https' part. Also list what's stored in each slot, as demonstrated in my ZeroTier video. It should show the public IP, private IP, and domain name. Hope you get to the bottom of the problem.
Great way to test it out. Thank you for sharing!!!!
No problem. Thanks for your feedback.
This was awesome it works great, now how can I make nextcloud use the other hard drives in the machine?
Not a problem. Glad to hear it's working well for you. The purpose of the Ubuntu Appliance is to package up a system in a way that makes it far easier to deploy. The downside to this is that its not a simple task to get under the hood and make changes at the base level.
Adding additional hard drives to a standard Ubuntu server is a relatively straight forward process. That said, it's a little more involved with a web server in the mix, as is the case with Nextcloud, as extra permissions need to be taken into account.
With the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance, it only runs the core of the Ubuntu operating system and Nextcloud is actually run as a Snap package. While this is great from a security point of view, providing a smaller attack surface and an extra layer of isolation, it adds even more complexity when it comes to making changes such as adding additional storage.
The bottom line is, while it should be technically possible to add extra hard drives, it is certainly not a simple endeavor. If you want a more customisable setup, I'd look at installing Ubuntu server and then manually installing Nextcloud on top of that. Be aware this is a time consuming task as a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack needs to be created and configured. You can find comprehensive instructions in the Nextcloud Admin Manual:
docs.nextcloud.com/server/21/admin_manual/installation/
If you require more storage space for your data, a much simpler solution would be to install the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance on to a single larger hard drive. I hope this information helps you make a decision as to what route to take.
Your tutorials are the best and very easy to follow. I you have time make one on that. I’m happy to donate to the channel. Thanks for the videos!
You're welcome. I'm always keen to hear what people are looking for. When I research potential video topics, I usually try and find the easiest way to achieve the desired end result.
Not that long ago most projects would have required a more hands on set up. These days there are many more 'turnkey' type solutions. While these are great in that they do a lot of the heavy lifting, it can be at the expense of customisation.
I've been considering going a little more in depth - a kind of from the ground up approach - in certain videos. I just don't want to alienate anyone who prefers faster results.
Maybe I'll try a Linux server set up video in the not too distant future (Ubuntu server makes a great base for myriad open source projects) and see what kind of interest that generates. Thanks for your kind words.
Very Good!
Ta very much :)
Hi! I wanted to do it with a Raspberry Pi 4 but I dont found where to buy it, every store says "out of stock". Do you know if a Pi 3 would work for this? Thank you
Yes, a Pi 3 should be fine :)
@@bytemypi2918 Ok great!
@@bytemypi2918 For the backup is there a WinSCP and Putty for linux? Or is the same if I get a Disk Station with clone function?
@@InmobiliariaPromueve WinSCP actually works on Linux if you install Wine first. You could install PlayonLinux as it makes Wine easier to use. You can simply use the SSH command in the Linux terminal instead of Putty :)
@@bytemypi2918 Great. Thank you!
absolutely great tutorial thanks
You're most welcome :)
Hi! I have a problem. Im using a laptop with Ubuntu. After I copy de Appliance to the internal Drive and reset the computer instead of saying "Press enter to configure" it says "System not found".... Can you help me?
Try checking the BIOS/UEFI settings on your laptop and make sure that secure boot is disabled and that the internal drive is detected and set to boot first.
@@bytemypi2918 Ok thank you. I just try to change does settings and the internal drive is set as the first boot options but i have a problem with the secure boot option. I am using a Dell Inspiron N4110, and I think I dont have the option to change the secure boot option. Any other idea? Or I have to try with other computer? Thank you
@@InmobiliariaPromueve Some UEFI settings have a CSM (Compatibility Support Module) or Legacy BIOS option that may help if enabled.
@@bytemypi2918 Thank you!! I think that was the problem!
One more question. Does the Desktop and Mobile app need to be connected to the same router to work? When Im connected with my phone to the same router it works but when I disconnect the wifi I cant use the app
I followed your instructions and everything seemed to work except trying to log on with my browser. My router is showing and Unbuntu machine with the correct address but no luck connection with the browser. Any suggestions? The PC I used had a full install of Unbuntu already on it so I don't know if that made a difference? Should I have formatted the hard drive first? Or may I configured the netowrk incorrectly. Can you reconfigure it after it's all done?
Sorry to hear you're having trouble getting it to work. Ubuntu Appliances are designed to be self sufficient. As such they need to be set up independent of anything else. So, in answer to your question, yes, format the drive first and start from scratch.
Since you already have an Ubuntu installation set up, you could alternatively install Nextcloud on top of that, but it's probably both easier and faster to start over with the Ubuntu Nextcloud Appliance. Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thanks for the reply. I just started over and it’s working great. I think the problem was I was using the ip that was used when I had freenas on that old pc. I reinstalled and changed the static ip to something different and it worked. Thanks for the very well done video.
@@edfletcher1716 No problem. Glad you got it working :)
@@bytemypi2918 Can you point me to a tutorial on how to configure NC so I can access it from my Iphone on the cellular not wifi (local)?
I need to add a trusted domain I guess and have looked on you tube but nothing seemed to work
Can you please do a tutorial about antivirus for NextCloud server. Thanks
Hi,
I've not tried it, but there appears to be an 'Antivirus for files' app available for Nextcloud, which should make it very easy to implement. You can find it here:
apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_antivirus
Hope that helps.
Hello, GREAT VIDEO IT IS! I made an attempt follow your guidance, everything was fine, until I removed the two USBs, and rebooted my computer, then it stucked there and did not display the prompt "Press enter to configure"...what shall I do now, please help. ;-)
You're welcome :) If you're sure you copied Nextcloud to the correct internal drive, make sure that the drive is set to boot first in your computer's BIOS/UEFI. It might also be worth checking that secure boot is disabled. Hope that helps.
@@bytemypi2918 Thank you so much for your kind response...After checking the relevant information on Ubuntu Appliance, I'm pretty sure that there is no problem with your tutorial, which is very good work! I think the reason for my failure is that I did it on a Windows 11 system, since I'm sure that I copied the right nextcloud to the right internal drive (actually there was only one internal drive when I installed the nextcloud file through two USBs). After having your response, I also tried the "secure boot" as you mentioned, but found my motherboard (B85-G43 gaming) doesen't have this setting option. Almost tried everything, but still can not make it... Through a Windows PE tools, I finally access to the interal drive, and found some changes, the previous partition of "100MB (EFI sys)+446.38 GB (start...)+654MB (recovery)" has been changed into "5MB(?)+100MB (EFI sys)+447.?? (start... ps: I can't remember the specific value)". So I think this is due to some certain mechanism of Windows 11 that I don't kown. And I will use a Windows 10 platform to complete this work later... This is a wonderful video, thank you!
@@ajsniper You're welcome. I don't have a Windows 11 PC, but I'd be surprised if that in itself is the problem. As I mentioned, I suspect it's the UEFI that for some reason is preventing Linux from booting.
If your new computer came with any support included from the manufacturer, it could be worth a word with them as to how you configure it to boot a non-Windows operating system.
Best of luck :)
@@bytemypi2918 I tried everything... upgrade/refreshed the BIOS, set the boot option in various options, even contacted the manufacturer of motherboard, unfortunately, didn't make it. So really I can not found any other reasons for my failure. :-)
@@bytemypi2918 In addtion, I wanna share something with you (maybe privately): when I upgraded my two old equipments (a PC bought in 2017 & a Notebook bought in about 2011) into Windows 11 system, I actually used an informal way. I firstly downloaded the official ISOs of Win10 and Win11 through Microsoft, then unzipped both of them, after that, I replaced the "install.esd" in the “sources” folder of Win10 by the "install.wim" in the “sources” folder of Win11. After that, I copy the whole files of Win10 (with the "install.wim" from Win11, and delete the "install.esd") to the root of a USB, then through a "clean installation", I successfully bypassed the various restrictions of installing Win11. In other words, I used the install-framwork of Win10 to installed Win11 on the both old equipments. I've already used both of them (PC and Notebook with Win11) for over a month, everything looks good and normal. If you have time, I sincerely would like you to have a try, of course, if you don't think it is an appropriate way to install Win11, then just hide (or delete) my feedback on this issue...all the best, and happpy to talk with you... ;-)
Thank you, your video is by far the easiest to setup for me. But after install nextcloud on the pc, when i try to login from cmd, it asked me to provide password, is it the password from ubuntu account? or did i somewhere created a password without knowing it?
You're welcome :) Providing you've got the SSH keys on that computer you shouldn't need a password. You may need a passphrase if you set one up.
Where is next wideo bro😊
This doesn't work on a mac mini 2012 anyway
sudo nextcloud.cc
Waiting for PHP...
And is stuck!
Did you use the live version of Ubuntu to copy the Nextcloud image to the computer's internal drive?
Gceat tutorial😊
Thank you 😁
Hi
This is asking me for a password. Is that the passphrase set for the ssh key or is there another password. I have not set up any accounts so there should be no password? Frustrated me for 2 days now🤔
Is it asking for a password when you try to connect using SSH or when you open the web interface?
@@bytemypi2918 Aaah okay I think I see it now. I have been using an existing SSO key and not one created on the same terminal I'm creating and accessing the appliance from. I set up the appliance in a Proxmox VM with 2x HDDs to avoid having to use 2x USBs, as the system is remote, so all the setting up was done in a terminal on a VM. The key was generated some time ago on my own physical PC.
Does this limit the usefulness of the SSO keys if they can only be used from the same terminal that created them? I'll create a new key on the VM terminal used to access the appliance and copy that to the SSO repository as well. I'll report back.
@@nanakgyasi6504 You can copy the SSH keys from one computer to another instead of generating new ones, if that helps.
second command doesn't work on mac, any assistance please?
found how to do it on another instruction mac page.
Glad you sorted it out. Would you like to share the command you had issues with and the solution you found in case anyone else with a mac experiences it? Thanks.
@@bytemypi2918 It was the way to copy your SSH to clipboard. On mac you need to use, pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Thanks to Andrew for sending the following command for those using a mac:
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
When entered into the Terminal, this will copy the SSH key to the clipboard.
What a great and thorough tutorial. Thank you so much for explain everything step-by-step. I got stuck at "Please remove installation medium, then press enter." After that my PC does not recognize any boot drives. Any tips? Does this mean the nextcloud image wasn't successfully copied onto the hard drive? When I tried it a second time, after running the fdisk command I saw this on my hard drive "GPT PMBR size mismatch (1829601 != 488397167) will be corrected by write. The backup GPT table is not on the end of the device. This problem will be corrected by write." I followed the instructions here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/314317/backup-gpt-table-is-corrupt-fix-will-disappear-at-reboot and was able to get the error message to go away but still no success on installing the nextcloud appliance. Any help is appreciated!!
You're welcome, thanks for your kind words . It sounds as though whatever was previously on your computer's hard disk is interfering with the Nextcloud install. I'd try downloading GParted gparted.org/ and using Etcher to copy this to a usb stick.
Boot from it on the PC you're trying to install Nextcloud on to, and go with the default options (press Enter when it says "Which language do you prefer?", and Enter again on "Which mode do you prefer?").
When you reach the desktop and the gparted window opens, select the drop down list at the top right and choose your computer's internal hard drive - it's probably /dev/sda (but check the size to make sure, as the following procedure will wipe the selected disk).
Then, in the main part of the window, click on the entry to highlight the disk. From there, click on "Device" on the top bar and select "Create Partition Table". Providing your disk is no larger than 2TB, leave the partition table type set to "msdos" (for larger disks you'll need "gpt") and click Apply.
Then click "Partition" on the top bar and select "New". The defaults should be fine but just check that both "Create as: Primary Partition" and "File system: ext4" are selected. Then click "Add".
Next, click on the green tick (Apply All Operations) and confirm by clicking "Apply". When its done, close out of the gparted window and double-click "Exit" on the desktop to reboot.
Remove the GParted USB stick and reconnect the Nextcloud one. Now you can run through the installation again - fingers crossed, it will go smoothly this time.
Hope that helps :)
@@bytemypi2918 Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this!! I tried this and it still did not work. Long story short, I thought I was getting rid of the hard drive I’m trying to install next cloud on and used DBAN to delete the files. I am still getting the same result. Thank you again for taking the time to reply! Liked and subscribed :)
@@andrewmedina5508 You're welcome. Darik's Boot and Nuke - now there's a blast from the past! I haven't used that program for years. Despite the severe sounding name, technically there shouldn't be anything in DBAN that would destroy the physical drive.
That said, the process of securely wiping data involves writing bits on to every sector of the hard drive, usually multiple times. So it's possible that if the drive was already on the way out, this could have pushed it over the edge.
There are programs out there (usually made by the drive manufacturer) to perform a low level format to try and restore it. Personally, once a drive starts misbehaving, I wouldn't trust it any more. If the rest of the computer is ok, I'd look at replacing the drive.
Thanks for subscribing.
if we don't trust M$ Google etc, so why should we trust a snap image from Ubnt?
why don't install OwnCloud?
At least there is more chances to repair it if something will go wrong.
Anyway, like and respect for your work.
Being open source, the code for the Nextcloud Snap package used in the Ubuntu Appliance is available on GitHub:
github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap
If you still don't like the idea of using an Ubuntu Appliance, you could install Nextcloud manually (or OwnCloud, if you prefer). You are quite right that, by taking this route, if things turn pear-shaped you may be in a better position to fix them, but you equally need to know how (and have a desire) to set it all up the "hard way" in the first place.
Thanks for your feedback :)
@@bytemypi2918 =) I already have. On RPi4 under Ubuntu. OwnCloud - the pure vanilla.
It goes along with minIO server as a part of infrastructure. (Hope you'll make another video about minIO)
@@bytemypi2918 obviously I prefer Gentoo. =)
@@eugenesmirnov252 I seem to be reading a lot about Kubernetes these days. Maybe I'll have to progress beyond the safe confines of Docker, but it seems a little like overkill on a home network!
@@eugenesmirnov252 I'm never sure if Gentoo users are total Linux enthusiasts or just masochists! Either way, I guess you must have a pretty long beard :)
what's up with the soft audio spoken intro and then bombastic music???? no bueno!!!
its rOUter not rOOter
Depends which side of the Atlantic you live on :)