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This tutorial will provide example of How to Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 22.04?. This article goes in detailed on Install and Configure Nextcloud on Ubuntu 22.04. I would like to show you Install NextCloud on Ubuntu 22.04. I’m going to show you about Example Nextcloud Installation on Ubuntu 22.04. Alright, let’s dive into the steps.

You can use this post for ubuntu 14.04, ubuntu 16.04, ubuntu 18.4, ubuntu 20.04, ubuntu 21 and ubuntu 22.04 versions.

(1). Install PHP and Apache Web Server

(2). Install MySQL / MariaDB Database Server

(3). Download and Install Nextcloud

(4). Configure Apache to Serve Nextcloud

(5). Enable ReWrite Mode and Restart Server

(6). Complete Nextcloud Installation via GUI

Run the following command to install PHP and apache web server:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y php-cli php-fpm php-json php-intl php-imagick php-pdo php-mysql php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath apache2 libapache2-mod-php

Set up PHP variables using the following command:

sudo vim /etc/php/*/apache2/php.ini

Then set PHP variables; is as follow:

date.timezone = Africa/Nairobi
memory_limit = 512M
upload_max_filesize = 500M
post_max_size = 500M
max_execution_time = 300

Restart apache web server

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Run the following command to install MariaDB or MySQL Database Server:

sudo apt -y install mariadb-server

Secure MariaDB database server using the following command:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Change authentication plugin to allow use of root password.

sudo mysql -u root

UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'mysql_native_password' WHERE User = 'root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT;

Then execute the following command to create database:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE USER 'nextcloud'@'localhost' identified by 'StrongPassword';
CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT;

Don't forget to replace Strong Password with Database User Password.

To download and install NextCloud on Linux Ubuntu, run the following commands:

sudo apt install -y wget unzip
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest-23.zip

Once the file is downloaded, extract it by using the following command:

unzip latest-23.zip

Move the resulting folder to /srv

sudo mv nextcloud/ /srv

By using the following command to change directory permissions to the www-datauser:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /srv/nextcloud/

Following the command on command line to create a VirtualHost file for Nextcloud:

sudo vim /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/nextcloud.conf

After that, add the following content into the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /srv/nextcloud/
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-access.log combined
 
    <Directory /srv/nextcloud/>
    Options +FollowSymlinks
    AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    SetEnv HOME /srv/nextcloud
    SetEnv HTTP_HOME /srv/nextcloud
        <IfModule mod_dav.c>
            Dav off
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Using the following command to enable required Apache modules and restart the service:

sudo a2enmod rewrite dir mime env headers

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Open your browser and point it to the following address:

http://SERVR_IP/nextcloud/
OR
http://SERVER_ADDRESS/nextcloud/

Once the installation wizard has loaded, create a NextCloud Superuser / Admin user account. Enter username and password.