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Installation

NextcloudPI Installation​

How to install Nextcloud on RaspberryPI using the NextcloudPI Image

First, lets Format the RaspberryPI MicroSD card

Now lets download the latest version of NextcloudPI for RaspberryPi. Link

Install NextcloudPI

Next, lets install Etcher. Link

Etcher

After installed, select flash from file.

Install Etcher

Select the zip file with the nextcloudPi OS we just downloaded

Select File

Press Select Target and Select the MicroSD card.

Select Target Target

Now press Flash.

Flash

note

Some programs such as Acronis Cyber Protect may flag the files during the Flash.
If so, you will have to Re-format and Re-Flash.

If successful, Put the MicroSD Card back into to RaspberryPI

Flash Successful

First Boot​

Keyboard Layout​

Select your keyboard layout

Keyboard Layout

Leave the Pi user Unchanged

Press ENTER

Pi User

Create your user​

Now you can create your user

After your user is created, Login.

Network Configuration​

Now run

sudo raspi-config

Go to System Options > Wireless LAN

Select your Country

Hint

US United States is towards the bottom

Press OK

Enter your SSID

Enter your Network Password

Press Finish

Now lets make sure the RaspberryPI is updated.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo reboot

Configuring Nextcloud​

Run the NextCloudPi configuration tool

sudo ncp-config

Click CONFIG

Scroll down to nc-webui and press ENTER

Type yes in the feild

Exit the Configuration Tool

info

This may take awhile

Activating Nextcloud​

Lets start by finding you IP Address.

ifconfig
info

You may need to install Net-Tools
sudo apt-get install net-tools

Now go to your Web Browser and type in https://<IP from ifconfig>:4443
Ex. https://192.168.4.135:4443

You should get and error similiar to Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead
Press Advanced > Accept Risk and Continue

Security Warning Activation Creds

The Default Login is
User=ncp
Pass=ownyourbits

You should now see the Activation Page

Activation Page

Note

Store the Users and Passwords in a safe Location.

Press Activate

Activation will take some time

You may receive a popup warning, select options and allow popups

Popup

It should open up another tab
Input the credentials for nextcloudpi interface
Mine are User ncp Password dNtTg70ZynVzh5TB65zjowADB8BTj0FdjQXB08bkbvk

hint

I had to do this twice

You should now see this screen

First Run

Click Skip

Nextcloud First Run​

Now lets go to the login screen

https://192.168.4.135

Nextcloud First Run

Sign in with the Credentials listed earlier
Mine are
User=ncp
Pass=IROr8xd36qFAdRzo0eeP3txP7Q+VNU6KwguOMf+Z1cA

Nextcloud is now Running

Dashboard

Checking for Errors and Warnings​

For the remainder of this tutorial, I will be using SSH

Go to the User Icon at the top right and click Administration Settings

Administration Settings

Here you can check for Warnings

Warnings

First we will start by fixing these warnings

    Server has no maintenance window start time configured. This means resource intensive daily background jobs will also be executed during your main usage time. We recommend to set it to a time of low usage, so users are less impacted by the load caused from these heavy tasks. For more details see the documentation ↗.

    Your installation has no default phone region set. This is required to validate phone numbers in the profile settings without a country code. To allow numbers without a country code, please add "default_phone_region" with the respective ISO 3166-1 code of the region to your config file. For more details see the documentation ↗.

Enabling SSH​

On the RaspberryPI Terminal, type

sudo raspi-config

Select Interfacing Options

Navigate to and select SSH

Choose Yes and Select OK

Click Finish

Connecting to Raspberry Pi Via SSH​

Open up a Terminal on your Computer

Type in

ssh user@ip-address
note

Replace user with the user you created earlier
Replace ip-address with the IP of the Raspberry Pi

Connecting with SSH

Your terminal should now look like this

SSH Sucessful