Roll Your Own Google Docs with Collabora On NextCloud

#Nextcloud #Debian #SelfHosted

Prerequisites
 
Installing Collabora Office
   01. Log into the Linux device
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
         # install signing key
         # add software repository
         # update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         # install loolwsd and code-brand
         sudo apt install loolwsd code-brand
         # enable required Apache modules
         sudo a2enmod proxy proxy_wstunnel proxy_http ssl
 
Creating SSL Certificates
   01. Launch XCA
   02. Open the PKI database if it is not already (File ≫ Open DataBase), enter password
   03. Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate
   04. Select New
   05. On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected
   06. Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down
   07. Click the Subject tab
   08. Complete the Distinguished Name section
         countryName: US
         stateOrProvinceName: Virginia
         localityName: Northern
         organizationName: i12bretro
         organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority
   09. Click the Generate a New Key button
   10. Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048
   11. Click Create
   12. Click on the Extensions tab
   13. Select End Entity from the type list
   14. Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name
   15. Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify
   16. Update the validity dates to fit your needs
   17. Click the Key Usage tab
   18. Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
   19. Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication
   20. Click the Netscape tab
   21. Select SSL Server
   22. Click OK to create the certificate
 
Exporting Required Files
   01. In XCA, click on the Certificates tab
   02. Right click the Intermediate CA certificate ≫ Export ≫ File
   03. Set the file name CA.pem and verify the export format is PEM chain (*.pem)
   04. Click OK
   05. Right click the SSL certificate ≫ Export ≫ File
   06. Set the file name with a .crt extension and verify the export format is PEM (*.crt)
   07. Click OK
   08. Click the Private Keys tab
   09. Right click the private key generated for the SSL certificate ≫ Export ≫ File
   10. Set the file name with a .key extension and verify the export format is PEM private (*.pem)
   11. Click OK
 
Applying the Certificates
   02. Extract WinSCP and run the executable
   03. Connect to the Collabora Online server via WinSCP
   04. Copy the created .crt, .key and .pem files to ~/
   05. On the Collabora Online server, run the following command in a terminal
         sudo cp ~/CA.pem /etc/ssl/certs/
         # edit the configuration file
         ≪ca_file_path desc="Path to the ca file" relative="false"≫/etc/ssl/certs/CA.pem≪/ca_file_path≫
   07. Press CTRL+W and search for wopi
   08. Add a new host for the DNS name of the NextCloud server
   09. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X
   10. Continue the configuration by running the following commands in terminal:
         # create CODE proxy configuration file
         Options -Indexes
         #Encoded slashes need to be allowed
         AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
         # Container uses a unique non-signed certificate
         SSLProxyEngine On
         SSLProxyVerify None
         SSLProxyCheckPeerCN Off
         SSLProxyCheckPeerName Off
         # keep the host
         ProxyPreserveHost On
         # static html, js, images, etc. served from loolwsd

....Full steps can be found on GitHub [link at the top]

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[danielinyang]

Hello, just found your video, its amazing. One question though, did you install the Collabora on the same server as the nextcloud? or are they on different servers?