Docker + Nextcloud = why is it so difficult?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

TLDR: I consistently fail to set up Nextcloud on Docker. Halp pls?

Hi all - please help out a fellow self-hoster, if you have experience with Nextcloud. I have tried several approaches but I fail at various steps. Rather than describe my woes, I hope that I could get a “known good” configuration from the community?

What I have:

a homelab server and a NAS, wired to a dedicated switch using priority ports.
the server is running Linux, Docker, and NPM proxy which takes care of domains and SSL certs.

What I want:

a docker-compose.yml that sets up Nextcloud without SSL. Just that.
ideally but optionally, the compose file might include Nextcloud office-components and other neat additions that you have found useful.

Your comments, ideas, and other input will be much appreciated!!

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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Their official image is easy to run, just one container needed: hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud

Limixserver.io images are also good: hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/nextcloud

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- thefeeltrain@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  +1 for the linuxserver.io container. It is easier to use than anything else I’ve found.
  
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- ippokratis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I all comes down to which webserver you want to use actually
  
  Base official image and linuxserver.Iowa comes with Apache fpm you can choose
  
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redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nextcloud is very easy to setup as a container. You just need a MySQL/Marinade server and a volume mount. Just make sure the volume is owned by www-data user (uid:gid 33:33). That’s it.

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- Walter_Ego@lemmy.arpatubes.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  is marinade a typo for mariadb or is this some new thing that i missed
  
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  - redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I swear I already double checked but Gboard’s autocorrect always managed to mess up something
    
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lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I remember cursing allot with trying nextcloud to work :D and than my serber crashed. I’m currently reinstalling everything but haven’t had the courage to get going on nextcloud.

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ippokratis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
With nginx

github.com/nextcloud/docker#base-version---fpm

With caddy

caddy.community/t/…/9407

I oersonaly run fpm with caddy

Remember to create your admin account on first run and then add your trusted domain

Admin

navigate to localhost:8080 create admin acount write down your credestials

allowed domains

docker ps copy container id of nextcloud:fpm docker exec --user www-data container_id php occ config:system:set trusted_domains 2 --value=your_domain_name_here docker stop container_id docker start container_id

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30021190@lemmy.cloud.aboutcher.co.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
FYI docker images binding to an NFS mount can be tricky due to ACL extensions not being supported. Podman is especially bad for this.

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rarkgrames@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ve been fighting nextckoud over the last few days. I got it up and running, yay. But the. I could not get Nextcloud office or Onlyoffice to work at all.

I used the AIO docker install and followed all the instructions for setup behind cloudflare tunnels but I’m guessing it’s something to do with that, but I just don’t have the time or patience to spend hours trying to troubleshoot why I can install onlyoffice but it won’t allow me to create documents.

I may revisit in the future but the frustration levels are just too high atm.

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yourdogsnipples@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
As others have commented, Nextcloud provide an all-in-one docker set up. I managed to follow the instructions and get it working.

However, in the end, I wanted this to replace my Dropbox subscription, and my files and reliable access to them are important to me. Given that, and my relatively low skill level, I didn’t want to futz with troubleshooting failed updates and server issues, so I just went with a Hetzner storage share, which is their managed nextcloud subscription: www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share

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dinckelman@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Have you tried their AIO stack? It's really easy to setup, but I haven't gone beyond that because of performance issues on my server

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PHLAK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I put together a repo that you should be able to pull down and get running pretty quickly using docker compose. Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

github.com/PHLAK/nextcloud-compose

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cwista@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I would recommend going with the Docker AIO install, it does a lot of the heavy lifting for you as well as dealing with backups and updates for long term maintenance.

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- spike@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I spun this up just today and had no issues whatsoever. Just a bad aftertase because the AIO package creates and manages other containers on the host, I’d love to have more control over those as well. But for the sake of comfortability I’ll just have to accept that. And it truly works out of the box!
  
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robolemmy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m not sure if your goal is to set up nextcloud or to learn docker compose while setting up nextcloud. If you just want it up and running, you could use DockSTARTer to get it going. Heck, even if your goal is mainly learning, you can always tear apart the compose file that dockstarter generates and compare it to your own.

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gobbling871@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Maybe give cloudflared a try. Works for me even with nextcloud’s ssl. Couldn’t get it to work with NPM (I admittedly don’t know much about nginx) so I brought in the big gun(s).

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