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Introduction

Nextcloud is a file-sharing server that permits you to store your personal content, like documents and pictures, in a centralized location, much like Dropbox. The difference with Nextcloud is that all of its features are open-source. It also returns the control and security of your sensitive data back to you, thus eliminating the use of a third-party cloud hosting service.

In this tutorial, we will install and configure a Nextcloud instance on an Ubuntu 22.04 server.

To complete the steps in this guide, you will need the following:

• A non-root sudo-enabled user and firewall configured on your server: You can create a user with sudo privileges and set up a basic firewall

Step 1 – Installing Nextcloud

We will be installing Nextcloud using the Snap packaging system. This packaging system, available on Ubuntu 22.04 by default, allows organizations to ship software, along with all associated dependencies and configuration, in a self-contained unit with automatic updates. This means that instead of installing and configuring a web and database server and then configuring the Nextcloud app to run on it, we can install the snap package which handles the underlying systems automatically.

To download the Nextcloud snap package and install it on the system, type:

$ sudo snap install nextcloud

The Nextcloud package will be downloaded and installed on your server. You can confirm that the installation process was successful by listing the changes associated with the snap:

$ snap changes nextcloud

Output

ID   Status  Spawn               Ready               Summary
4    Done    today at 16:12 UTC  today at 16:12 UTC  Install "nextcloud" snap

Getting Additional Information About the Nextcloud Snap

If you’d like some more information about the Nextcloud snap, there are a few commands that can be helpful.

The snap info The command can show you the description, the Nextcloud management commands available, as well as the installed version and the snap channel being tracked:

$ snap connections nextcloud

Interface        Plug                       Slot           Notes
network          nextcloud:network          :network       -
network-bind     nextcloud:network-bind     :network-bind  -
removable-media  nextcloud:removable-media  -              -

$ cat /snap/nextcloud/current/meta/snap.yaml