Install with Memories

tip

You can find prebuilt images Here

Nextcloud Installation using Docker Build and Docker Compose

This method includes Redis, MariaDB, and Nextcloud Memories

note

inotify libraries have been added to the Dockerfile for the iNotify App

info

Nextcloud 28.0.4 was the latest version when making this tutorial.

First lets update your system.

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

Setting up the directories

Now lets setup the Directories

note

You can change the directories to your liking.

sudo mkdir /var/docker && sudo mkdir /var/docker/nextcloud

Lets take ownership of the directory

sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /var/docker

Creating .env file

Now lets create the file that will contain the Docker Variables files in the new directory.

Creating .env

nano .env

warning

When editing the configuration below, remove all instances of <> from the values

Paste the Following with CNTRL+SHIFT+V

Highlighted items will need to be modified

# Nextcloud and MariaDB
# Directory paths for persistent data storage
DATA_LOCATION=./nextcloud
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./mariadb
# Nextcloud Port
PORT=8080
NEXTCLOUD_TRUSTED_DOMAINS=cloud.<YourDomain>.com
TRUSTED_PROXIES=<IP address of your Reverse Proxy>
OVERWRITEPROTOCOL=https
OVERWRITECLIURL=https://cloud.<YourDomain>.com
REDIS_HOST=redis
REDIS_PORT=6379
PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT=512M
PHP_UPLOAD_LIMIT=100M
NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER=admin
NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=CHANGEME
MYSQL_PASSWORD=CHANGEME
MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=true
MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
# Go_Vod
NEXTCLOUD_HOST=https://cloud.example.com
NEXTCLOUD_ALLOW_INSECURE=1 # (self-signed certs or no HTTPS)
NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all

Info

Please Change CHANGEME to a password of your choosing.

danger

Refrain from using Special characters for you MySQL Passwords.
Ex. ‘ ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { } [ ] / < > , . ; ? ' : | (space)

Save the new file by pressing CTRL+X

Creating the Compose file

Now lets edit the compose file.

nano docker-compose.yaml

The highlighted lines are Optional and can be removed completely

name: nextcloud

services:
  mariadb:
    image: mariadb:10.11
    container_name: mariadb
    restart: always
    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --log_bin_trust_function_creators=true
    volumes:
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/mysql
    env_file:
      - .env
    networks:
      - nextcloud

  nextcloud:
    image: bankaitech/nextcloud:latest
    container_name: nextcloud
    restart: always
    ports:
      - ${PORT}:80
    links:
      - mariadb
      - redis
      - go-vod
    volumes:
      - ${DATA_LOCATION}:/var/www/html
    env_file:
      - .env
    networks:
      - nextcloud

  cron:
    image: bankaitech/nextcloud:latest
    container_name: cron
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ${DATA_LOCATION}:/var/www/html:z
    depends_on:
      - mariadb
      - redis
    networks:
      - nextcloud
    entrypoint: /cron.sh

  redis:
    container_name: redis
    image: redis:latest
    volumes:           # Optional
      - type: tmpfs    # Optional
        target: /data  # Optional
        tmpfs:         # Optional
          size: 1073741824 # 1GB "Optional"
    expose:
      - 6379
    command: redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
    networks:
      - nextcloud
    restart: always

  go-vod:
    image: radialapps/go-vod
    restart: always
    container_name: go-vod
    env_file:
      - .env
    volumes:
      - ${DATA_LOCATION}:/var/www/html:ro
    networks:
      - nextcloud
#    runtime: nvidia # (NVENC)

networks:
  nextcloud:
    driver: bridge

NVIDIA HWA

If you want to use GPU for transcoding then uncomment this line
runtime: nvidia # (NVENC) # For Nvidia HW Acceleration, Uncomment after installing nvidia drivers.
Test nvidia by running sudo nvidia-smi

warning

tmpfs uses memory (RAM), adjust the value as needed or optionally remove the volume section from the redis container

Starting Nextcloud

Now lets start it up.

sudo docker compose up -d

info

the -d flag stands for detatched mode.

After its done pulling the docker images you can open up a web browser.

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Before proceeding, you will need to configure your reverse proxy. I have an example Nginx config Here.

Connect to nextcloud by typing in your configured domain

You should see this screen.

warning

If you see this warning

Performance warning

You chose SQLite as database.

SQLite should only be used for minimal and development instances. For production we recommend a different database backend.

If you use clients for file syncing, the use of SQLite is highly discouraged.

You will need to click the drop down and select MySQL/MariaDB and type in the info manually.

• database account: nextcloud
• database password: YOUR_PASSWORD_FROM .env
• database name: nextcloud
• database host: mariadb:3306

Account Creation

Now create an admin account and click Install

Click Install Recommended Apps

When its done installing you should see your Dashboard

Checking for errors and warnings

On the top right click the User Icon and go to Administration Settings

Here you should see Security & Setup Warnings

In order to fix the Maintenance Window and the Phone Region warnings, we will have to edit our config.php file.

Modifying the config.php file

Run the following command to open the config.php file with nano.

nano nextcloud/config/config.php

Hint

If you recieved an error Directory nextcloud doesnt exist, then you need to change directories.

Run cd /var/docker/nextcloud then try again.

Now add the following to the bottom of the file.

Highlighted items can be chaged to your Time Zone Identifier

  'maintenance_window_start' => 1,
  'default_phone_region' => 'US',

Now if you go back to your Administration Settings Page.

It should look something like this.

HINT

In some cases, you may have to delete your browser cache and restart the browser for the Warnings to update.

Creating production use user

Now you can go create a user for yourself.

Go to the user icon on the top right and select Users.

Click on Add User on the left hand side.

Now create your User.

Caution

Make sure to set Groups to admin

Installing Nextcloud Memories

Go to Apps

Now click Download and enable

Now search and install Preview Generator.

Configuring Nextcloud Memories

Go to your Administration Settings and find Memories

My Settings are as Follows

Fixing the warnings

Im sure you noticed that there are a few warnings we need to take care of.

 Geometry table has not been created.
Reverse geocoding has not been configured (-1). 

We can generate the Geometry table using this command.

sudo docker exec -it -u 33 nextcloud php occ memories:places-setup

tip

I prefer generating the Geometry table this way so I can view the progress

Congragulations!! you have installed Nextcloud with NC Memories!