This tutorial describes the steps to install Nextcloud for ISPConfig users.

Prerequisites

  • A Linux server with Apache, MariaDB and PHP installed
  • ISPConfig 3.1 installed
  • A (sub)domain pointing to your server. I will use nextcloud.example.com in this tutorial

If you don’t have this installed, first follow The Perfect Server tutorial

Add the site

In ISPConfig navigate to Sites and add a new website

Domain: nextcloud.example.com

Auto-subdomain: None

Let's Encrypt SSL: <-- Check this to receive a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt.

PHP: Fast-CGI

Go to Options

Add custom php.ini settings:

opcache.enable=1

opcache.enable_cli=1

opcache.memory_consumption=128

opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8

opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000

opcache.revalidate_freq=1

opcache.save_comments=1

memory_limit = 512

And hit save!

Add the database

NOTE: All my database get the client ID in front of them, so the database (user) for client 8 would be named “c8nextcloud”. This may be different in your system.

Go to database users and add a new user

Client: Select the client

Database user: nextcloud

Password: Generate a password and save this in a (temporary) txt file.

Save the new user.

Then, go to databases and add a new database

Site: nextcloud.example.com

Database name: nextcloud

Eventually add database quota, or leave it at -1 for unlimited use of storage.

Database user: Select the nextcloud user you just created

And hit save!

Add an FTP user

Go to FTP-Accounts

Website: nextcloud.example.com

Username: nextcloud (ISPConfig will eventually add a prefix to this username)

Password: Generate a password and save it in the (temporary) txt file you created earlier.

Save the new user

Install Nextcloud

Download the Nextcloud Web Installer on nextcloud.com/install/#instructions-server (under Web Installer)

Login to your server with your FTP program using the FTP user you just made (you can find the name of your FTP user under FTP-Accounts)  and upload setup-nextcloud.php to the web folder.

Go to nextcloud.example.com/setup-nextcloud.php

Click next

Replace

nextcloud

with

.

Click next

Username: The username for your admin user

Password: The password for your admin user (use a strong password!)

Click on Storage & database

Select MySQL/MariaDB

Username: c8nextcloud

Password: The first password you wrote down in your txt file

Database name: c8nextcloud

Note: You can find the database (user) name under ISPConfig-> Sites -> Databases.

Hit Finish setup, and we’re done! The only thing left to do is configuring Nextcloud to your needs and eventually install some apps.

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