Video: Build an Awesome Nextcloud Server (Updated for Ubuntu 22.04!)

New: The LearnLinuxTV Nextcloud guide is now updated for Ubuntu 22.04 with this video!

It's time to install Nextcloud! Nextcloud is the best platform for building your very own self-hosted collaboration platform, complete with features such as online document editing, file synchronization, calendar, contacts, and countless plugins. In this video, you'll be walked through the entire process, and by the end you'll have your very own Nextcloud server that's completely set up and ready for action by the end.

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🕐 Time Codes

00:00 - Intro

01:36 - Creating an Ubuntu 22.04 instance on Linode (Linode is not required)

06:56 - Preliminary Ubuntu 22.04 tweaks before installing Nextcloud

07:39 - Creating a local Linux user to avoid using the root account

08:50 - Providing access to sudo for our local user

09:36 - Installing all available distribution updates prior to installing Nextcloud

10:59 - Setting the hostname or domain name for our Nextcloud server

16:07 - Finding the download URL for Nextcloud

18:13 - Installing MariaDB to serve as the database backend for our server

19:55 - Running the mysql_secure_installation script to increase security

22:09 - Setting up the Nextcloud Database

23:31 - Creating a database grant to allow access to the Nextcloud database

25:39 - Installing Apache for serving Nextcloud

28:44 - Enabling required Apache and PHP mods

29:26 - Installing the required files for Nextcloud

34:28 - Setting up Apache to host Nextcloud

37:54 - Configuring PHP to work with Nextcloud

44:17 - Running through the initial configuration screen for Nextcloud

48:46 - Setting up a Let's Encrypt certificate for Nextcloud (domain required)

54:06 - Misc Nextcloud tweaks

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