¶ Intro
NextCloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. Nextcloud is free and open-source, which means that anyone is allowed to install and operate it on their own private server devices.
¶ Availability
Please check our application chart to see which GigaDrive Plans are eligible to install this application.
¶ Features
- 📁 Access your Data You can store your files, contacts, calendars and more on a server of your choosing.
- 🔄 Sync your Data You keep your files, contacts, calendars and more synchronized amongst your devices.
- 🙌 Share your Data by giving others access to the stuff you want them to see or to collaborate with.
- 🚀 Expandable with hundreds of Apps …like Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Video Chat and all those you can discover in our App Store.
- 🔒 Security with our encryption mechanisms, hackerone bounty program and two-factor authentication.
¶ Installing Nextcloud
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
nextcloud. - Click icon to open the installation window and tap Install to start the installation process.
- Once the installation is complete, click icon to open the Access Info page. Then click Go To Application to access
nextcloud. - The initial setup page looks like the following image.
- Enter Username and Password of your choice and uncheck Install recommended apps.
- Click Finish Setup. This process will take few minutes to complete.
¶ Configuring Nextcloud
- Once the initial setup is done, click the icon at the top right.
- Then click Apps option.
- Press CTRL+F and type
External Storage Support. Then click Enable and enter your nextcloud password if prompted.
- Open the Settings page.
- Select Administration > External Storages and add your storage as follows.
Important: By default, we add
/storage/downloadsand/storage/nextcloudas external storage locations for your Nextcloud instance. If required, you may add and configure additional directories as external storage from within Nextcloud.However, do not add the root directory
/storageas external storage (Ignore the path in the screenshot below). Due to a known Nextcloud bug, doing so may cause infinite directory scanning loops and excessive database growth, resulting in very large database file sizes.
6. Tap to save your settings.
7. Go back to nextcloud homepage and click Files.
8. Now you will be access your files through the Storage folder.
¶ Configuring Custom Domain For NextCloud
- Make sure you’ve configured your custom domain via cloudflared using this guide.
- For nextcloud
Service TypeisHTTPSandNo TLS Verifyoption should beONunder the TLS settings.
- Login to the FTP or the filebrowser app.
- If you are using FTP then you may need to Enable Hidden File Listing.
- Navigate to the directory
/storage/.appdata/nextcloud/www/nextcloud/config/. - Search for a file named
config.phpand open it using any text editor. - Look for the following text
'overwritehost' => 'hostname.provided-by.giga.com',
And change the text hostname.provided-by.giga.com with your own domain/sub-domain
8. Similarly open and edit the file reverse_proxy.config.php and change the host with your own domain/sub-domain.
9. Reboot nextcloud from your dashboard.