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Getting started with NextCloud? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've tried NextCloud before and didn't really love it and I'm now happy with a combination of syncthing and LibreOffice. But my wife wants the full google drive, with sheets, docs etc. without the google, and I think NextCloud is my best option for that.

I'm and experienced *nix admin and already have a Linux server running with both VMs and docker containers and also have a working OpenVPN setup for remote access. But I found the NextCloud setup frustrating. We had a discussion about it (here I think) and determined that this was because NextCloud would rather sell their hosted service, so they don't go out of their way to make the self hosted option easy. I get that and don't hold it against them at all.

But, now that I'm wanting to try it again, I'm looking for pointers to guides for setting up self hosted NextCloud. I've searched, but nothing I found seemed like "the one".

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Were you using the Nextcloud AIO? I've used every method of installing NC over the last decade+ and the AIO is painless to install and maintain.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did try the AIO, or maybe read the docs and decided not to. Either way - it did not present as painless. Maybe your decade+ experience makes it hard to imagine what it's like for someone coming to it fresh?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

Well, perhaps, but it shouldn't be any more complicated than starting up the docker stack.

What are the specific problems? I might be able to help. You might also point an agent at the repo and ask it to stand it up, they're pretty good at that sort of thing, just approve the commands it's running to make sure it doesn't shit the bed.