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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## Individual sections:
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
## Video-specific links
- Blog post for this video (contains the commands that were used) ➜ https://www.learnlinux.tv/?p=2122
- Nextcloud download page ➜ https://nextcloud.com/install/#instructions-server
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