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Johnno: /* NextCloud Office */

2025-09-16T23:47:22Z

NextCloud Office

Johnno: /* NextCloud Talk */

2025-09-16T23:35:00Z

NextCloud Talk

Johnno: /* NextCloud Talk */ add LetsEncrypt cert fix

2025-09-16T23:33:50Z

NextCloud Talk: add LetsEncrypt cert fix

Johnno: /* Configure NextCloud */ cache chunked upload note

2023-10-23T20:57:57Z

Configure NextCloud: cache chunked upload note

Johnno: /* Office */

2023-09-18T05:11:58Z

Office

Johnno: /* Maintenance */

2023-09-18T05:06:35Z

Maintenance

Johnno: /* NextCloud Talk */

2023-09-07T22:07:56Z

NextCloud Talk

Johnno: /* Previews of other file types */ highlighting

2023-09-07T20:10:13Z

Previews of other file types: highlighting

Johnno: remove bold/italic in syntax highlights

2023-09-07T20:07:57Z

remove bold/italic in syntax highlights

Johnno: syntax highlighting

2023-09-07T20:05:06Z

syntax highlighting

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:47, 16 September 2025
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	Use an Apache reverse proxy to handle the host and SSL, disable SSL in WOPI setup; restrict NextCloud and coolwsd requests to their respective endpoints, IP addresses; see [https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=18055 "Install CODE on NextCloud on Ubuntu 22.04"]		Use an Apache reverse proxy to handle the host and SSL, disable SSL in WOPI setup; restrict NextCloud and coolwsd requests to their respective endpoints, IP addresses; see [https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=18055 "Install CODE on NextCloud on Ubuntu 22.04"]
		+
		+	For some reason the Debian package on Ubuntu 24.04 does not install the Apparmor profile, which prevents it from starting (unable to mount unprivileged child user namespaces).
		+
		+	''# AppArmor policy for coolwsd:''
		+	''# /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.coolwsd''
		+	abi <abi/4.0>,
		+	include <tunables/global>
		+	profile coolwsd /usr/bin/coolwsd flags=(unconfined) {
		+	userns,
		+	include if exists <local/coolwsd>
		+	}
		+
		+	You may also need to set <code>kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1</code> in sysctl if it still doesn't work.

	== Maintenance ==		== Maintenance ==

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          chmod 400 "$fullchain" "$key"
-         service coturn restart > /dev/null
+         systemctl restart coturn > /dev/null
          ;;
      esac

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   # usage, so you can safely disable it for a small home NextCloud instance.
   no-rfc5780
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 * Stack Overflow [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42801361/install-rfc5766-turn-server-trying-to-bind-fd-to-ip-address-errno-99 1]
 * [https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/1526/how-to-test-online-whether-a-stun-turn-server-is-working-properly-or-not Testing STUN/TURN]
 === NextCloud Office ===

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:57, 23 October 2023
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	Then navigate to the URL in the browser to install (or run the NextCloud {{code \| ./occ}} tool from the command line).		Then navigate to the URL in the browser to install (or run the NextCloud {{code \| ./occ}} tool from the command line).
		+
		+	;Note: Make sure that the directory used for {{code\|cache_path}} exists and is writeable, or you will get weird seemingly unrelated 403 MKCOL errors to do with [https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/26/admin_manual/configuration_files/big_file_upload_configuration.html chunked uploads].

	=== Clean URLs ===		=== Clean URLs ===

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 * [https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/1526/how-to-test-online-whether-a-stun-turn-server-is-working-properly-or-not Testing STUN/TURN]
-== Office ==
+=== NextCloud Office ===
 Install Collabora Office Online (COOL) which emerged from the smoking ruins of LibreOffice Online (LOOL):

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:07, 7 September 2023
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	=== NextCloud Talk ===		=== NextCloud Talk ===
		+
		+	'''''Note:''''' ''A TURN server can also be used for other things, like your own [https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.41/turn-howto.html Matrix] chat server.''

	To be at all useful, you need a TURN server. This is easiest achieved by installing and correctly configuring coturn, which also acts as a STUN server. STUN is for clients to figure out their external IP address, and TURN is for relaying UDP packets, e.g. for WebRTC.		To be at all useful, you need a TURN server. This is easiest achieved by installing and correctly configuring coturn, which also acts as a STUN server. STUN is for clients to figure out their external IP address, and TURN is for relaying UDP packets, e.g. for WebRTC.

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 Edit {{code|/etc/ImageMagick/policy.xml}} and remove this line to get PDF previews to work:
   <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PDF" /> <!-- remove this line -->
 Then add the following to {{code|config.php}} to get lots of other useful file previews:
     'enabledPreviewProviders' => [
       # ...
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 => 'OC\\Preview\\MSOffice2007',
     ],
 === Photos ===

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 <syntaxhighlight lang="apache">
   <VirtualHost *:443>
-    ServerName cloud.'''example.com'''
+    ServerName cloud.example.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/nextcloud
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     # ...
+    #
-    'passwordsalt' => "''<very long random string>''",
+    'passwordsalt' => "<very long random string>",
-    'secret' => "''<a different very long random string>''",
+    'secret' => "<a different very long random string>",
     'trusted_domains' => [
-=> "cloud.'''example.com'''",
+=> "cloud.example.com",
     ],
     'datadirectory' => '/var/lib/nextcloud/data',
-    'overwrite.cli.url' => '<nowiki>https://</nowiki>cloud.'''example.com'''/',
+    'overwrite.cli.url' => '<nowiki>https://</nowiki>cloud.example.com/',
     'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',
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     'dbtype' => 'pgsql',
     'dbhost' => 'localhost',
-    'dbuser' => "''<nextcloud-dbuser>''",
+    'dbuser' => "<nextcloud-dbuser>",
-    'dbpassword' => "''<password>''",
+    'dbpassword' => "<password>",
-    'dbname' => "''<nextcloud-dbname>''",
+    'dbname' => "<nextcloud-dbname>",
     'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
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     'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
     'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
-    'mail_from_address' => "nexcloud@'''example.com'''",
+    'mail_from_address' => "nexcloud@example.com",
-    'mail_domain' => "'''example.com'''",
+    'mail_domain' => "example.com",
     'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'PLAIN',
     'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
-    'mail_smtphost' => "mail.'''example.com'''",
+    'mail_smtphost' => "mail.example.com",
     'mail_smtpport' => 587,
-    'mail_smtpname' => "''<emailuser>''",
+    'mail_smtpname' => "<emailuser>",
-    'mail_smtppassword' => "''<emailpassword>''",
+    'mail_smtppassword' => "<emailpassword>",
     # ...

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 It should look something like this:
   <VirtualHost *:443>
     ServerName cloud.'''example.com'''
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     SSLCertificateFile ...
   </VirtualHost>
 === PHP settings ===
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 Edit the configuration file in {{code|config/config.php}} and check or consider these settings, and add the database and SMTP connection details:
   $config => [
     # ...
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     'mail_smtpname' => "''<emailuser>''",
     'mail_smtppassword' => "''<emailpassword>''",
 Then navigate to the URL in the browser to install (or run the NextCloud {{code | ./occ}} tool from the command line).