Nextcloud Snap install and S3 Storage Bucket

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How to install (these have to be run as root):

1. Make sure it's a fresh install and unplug all devices connected to the instance if the case:

snap remove nextcloud

1. Install nextcloud:

snap install nextcloud

1. Add storage.config.php file with S3 bucket to /var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/config

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
'objectstore' => array(
        'class' => '\\OC\\Files\\ObjectStore\\S3',
        'arguments' => array(
                'bucket' => 'NAME_OF_BUCKET',
                'autocreate' => true,
                'key'    => 'BUCKET_KEY',
                'secret' => 'BUCKET_SECRET',
                //'hostname' => 's3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com',
                'region' => 'BUCKER_REGION',
                'port' => 443,
                'use_ssl' => true,
                'use_path_style'=>true
        ),
),
);

Note: This will be created with programatic AWS user if the bucket does not exist

Note 2: If files have not generated after snap install nextcloud, start and stop nextcloud or try installing again

1. Configure user manually via snap: (change the password after)

/snap/bin/nextcloud.manual-install USERNAME PASSWORD

1. Add allowed domains to config.php in /var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/config

  array (
    0 => 'localhost',
    1 => 'internet.domain.com',
    2 => 'nextcloud.lan',

1. Update below line with Internet URL:

  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://nextcloud.example.com',

1. Restart nextcloud:

snap restart nextcloud

1. Set up certificate either via Let's Encrypt or self-signed

/snap/bin/nextcloud.enable-https lets-encrypt
/snap/bin/nextcloud.enable-https self-signed

Let's Encrypt:

1. Point DNS to Server Public IP

2. Make sure port 80 and 443 are open

3. Run command:

sudo nextcloud.enable-https lets-encrypt

To confirm that HTTPs works correctly, point your browser to https://<your subdomain>. You should see the Nextcloud login page.

Aaaand that’s it. Now you can install the Nextcloud client and point it to your subdomain to sync files and folders directly to your hard-drive.

1. Restart nextcloud

snap restart nextcloud

2. Increase upload size:

Since snap manages the app, one is not able to directly commit changes, it has to do through snap itself. Given the options and commands available in this app, one can just replace underscores with dashes after php in the name of the parameter, like:

    php.upload-max-filesize
    php.post-max-size
    php.max-input-time
    php.max-execution-time

And then for the upload size: snap set nextcloud php.post-max-size=16G or sudo if is system-wide.

snap set nextcloud php.upload-max-filesize=16G
snap set nextcloud php.post-max-size=16G

Joplin export:

• Export Joplin to Raw Folder

• Upload folder to nextcloud

• Go on local Joplin Device and navigate to options and syncronization

• Go to advanced options and click Delete local data and re-download from sync target

Note: This will have to be updated with new app passwords since MFA is active for user

Data migration:

• Upload Nextcloud backup or data to Nextcloud via web interface

• Delete all local Nextcloud folders after upload successful

• Set up sync clients on devices

Note: If there are any issues with the sync client, update this parameter:

"overwriteprotocol" => "https"

• After restart nextcloud:

snap restart nextcloud

SNAP Commands for Nextcloud:

OCC:

# This will list all the OCC commnads for Nextcloud
/snap/bin/nextcloud.occ 

Disable 2FA

/snap/bin/nextcloud.occ twofactorauth:cleanup totp