Nextcloud: Build a personal cloud for your data

00:00 Intro
01:17 Hardware
01:52 Software
10:24 Installing the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance
19:10 Getting started with Nextcloud
40:16 Nextcloud Desktop App
44:19 Nextcloud Mobile App
45:56 Backing up
55:50 Final thoughts

Looking for a more privacy-focused cloud service? In this video we'll be creating our own file hosting solution with the free and open source Nextcloud.

Starting with the hardware requirements, we'll go from the ground up installing and configuring the software. Then familiarise ourselves with the intuitive web interface, including how to take advantage of the built-in Collabora LibreOffice-based office suite.

Besides working with files (and sharing them with others), we'll discover how to view pictures, add contacts and calendar appointments - and even set up a browser-based music player using the platform's ability to gain extra functionality through additional apps.

After learning how to also connect to (and synchronise) your data with Nextcloud through desktop and mobile apps, we'll finish by tackling the important topic of backing up.

So let's dive in and make our very own cloud.

Website links:

Remote Access: Securely connect your devices over the internet with ZeroTier

Static IP: Beginner's guide to setting up static (and reserved) IP addresses on a home network

Nextcloud

Ubuntu Appliance

Etcher

Ubuntu One account

CODE (Collabora Online Development Edition)

Nextcloud App Store

WinSCP

PuTTYgen

Snapcraft

Additional credits:

Music "Electro Fight" by Kwon courtesy of the YouTube audio library

[TheClaudos]

Thanks for taking the time to share with us the steps needed for installation and the overview of the Next Cloud application. It was extremely helpful. I cant wait for the next video showing accessibility over the internet with this app in the future.

[dalbhat]

Invaluable content. Thank you so much for the thorough walkthrough of nextcloud.

[ajax]

I found your channel last week - truly brilliant way of explaining everything, particularly to someone who is long in life experience but short on IT experience ; ) . Keep up your brilliant work - you should have so many more followers

[kevinj]

Damn! That was a GREAT and COMPREHENSIVE tutorial video! It taught me everything I wanted to know before undertaking a local NextCloud server project. THANK YOU for taking the time and effort to create the video.

[traintheei]

Excellent easy-to-digest guide to building a nextcloud server. Thank you!

[zubairsoomro]

You are life saviour, this is the only video on YouTube that explain from A-Z, thank you jani

[arongile]

Holy crap...this is a very through and awesome tutorial. Thank you so much!!

[justthebeginning]

An AWESOME video!! I have watched several videos on doing this and none of them is this good.. THX!!

[PilgrimFL]

Thank you so much for your complete and thorough directions!

[DennisonsThe]

Your videos are SO HELPFUL!! THANK You so much! I appreciate how thorough you are in explaining things! THANK YOU! One last suggestion, can you make a video on how I would retrieve my backup if something went wrong and I needed to use it to restore Nextcloud. Thank you!!

[DJDashzn]

This is another great video. I never knew you could install it this way. Always used to do the manual installation installing each component separately.

[dwaynearthur]

Your walk through is much welcomed, I plan to try this soon .

[DavidGolding]

Thank you very much for this detailed and thorough walk through for installing Nextcloud. I followed the steps and it worked a charm. The only thing missing for me (a noob) was how to turn off the Nexcloud computer safely from the PC after the installation is complete. (answer run "sudo shutdown -h" from the windows terminal when logged in with ssh). Looking forward to the remote access next.

[majicboca]

Very thorough and clear. Thanks for sharing!

[Davetrack]

Wow what a great video I did try using next cloud a few years ago but it wasn't as good as you have just shown us. It had quite a few bugs then but it looks great now thanks for sharing going to give this another go. Looks a lot more secure now as well with the 2FA .

[sudianahartadi]

This is a very useful video in a thoroughly and detailed manner

[csgulyas]

Great way to test it out. Thank you for sharing!!!!

[theoiv]

This works well for me, thanks for the setup guide.

[shopsheaven]

Excellent video Mr byte me pi ☺ Thanks & Cheers 😉

[edfletcher]

Update! Somehow I got it to work. Thanks for your help again. LOL.