The Ultimate Home File/Media Server Setup on Ubuntu Server

In this video, I show you how to set up a home file/media server using Nextcloud on Ubuntu Server.

Links:

Commands:
Check for updates: sudo apt update
Install updates: sudo apt upgrade
Install Nextcloud: sudo snap install nextcloud
Restart the server: sudo shutdown now -r
Shut down the server: sudo shutdown now

*If you want to do more configuration with Nextcloud, check out the documentation for the Nextcloud snap here:

[dixienormus]

I know it's an old video, but still, it's really good. You explain things very well and not so fast people can't keep up. Great job!

[clint]

Thank you so much, I have been struggling with Collabra integration for few days now!! . The work around you explained fixed it. Great video!!

[berniesutton]

Excellent video mate. This is going to be extremely helpful

[KTSpeedruns]

Nice to see a nextcloud tutorial that doesn't start with buying or having a domain name.

[haveeat]

I appreciate how you glance away from the camera. Very cool to see a tuber being humble and normal about a camera pointed at them.

[cloudexecutives]

With this video, you just gave me a business idea

[joshualaw]

Hey Drew, thanks a bunch for the easy-to-understand tutorial! Quick question though, if I wanted to configure my Nextcloud server with separate drives for the OS and my data, would that be possible? Or is it more trouble than it's worth? Just trying to keep my actual stored data off the OS drive if possible. Thanks man!

[ColinAverill]

At 16:26, I have an additional warning: "The PHP module "imagick" is not enabled although the theming app is. For favicon generation to work correctly, you need to install and enable this module." I've been searching for the last hour or two (time flies when using linux) trying different things. I came across sites that said to use Apache2, MySQL, etc. I don't know what any of this is. Sorry. I'm pretty new. Do you know what this warning is or if it's worth working through?

[greenhoundgaming]

Love the vid, couple o questions...strange I know, what is the advantages of doing it this way? Would I be able to mount a USB drive and access the contents? Would you suggest formatting the drive in ext4 over NTFS?

[aqdplayz]

Note that it has since been fixed for the collbora part where you edit the code is no longer needed

[makingachange]

My broski, good tutorial! Could we use another port instead of 25 if the port has been blocked by our ISP? If so, how can we do this? Kind regards from the Netherlands!

[theperformancejoe]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I legit watched and attempted to go through 3 other tutorials before finding yours and got hung up every single time! Yours worked PERFECTLY!!!!

I do have two questions though - I have Ubuntu Server on an old laptop - Ubuntu is running on a 128GB SSD, I have a 1tb HDD where I want all my files and folders to go(they are currently on an external drive) so my question is how do I point NextCloud to that storage on the server as it's main storage and then what's the best method to add my files and folders from the external? Connect to my desktop PC and just drag and drop over the network or best to do on the server machine?

Second question is anything else that needs to be done security wise? I am satisfied just accessing it from my house - dont need to access it from anywhere - but any other security stuff we should do with this? And also - whats a good backup solution to use?

Thank you again!

[kychemclass]

Aaagh. Missed the live stream :(
Thanks for posting the recording though.

[IsaacMoore-unhc]

Hey! What if I can't find that proxy.php file? I was given the error that richdocumentscode didn't exist? Also, I am unable to connect to the webserver using any other devices, how could I fix this? I am wanting to cloudshare documents. When I try to ssh from my laptop it says connection timed out, and the same thing happens when I try to use the app.

[thenoplanchannel]

HOW has that document server bug not been fixed?! Thanks for the help!

[donotreplynospam]

Thanks for the guide. I used an old laptop and found instructions to disable the lid suspend mode. After updates, I disabled cloud-init when it appeared to have a problem. Mail did not work but isn't needed (I hope). I have the DuckDNS client installed on a local Windows PC and was wondering if there is an easy way to install the client on the server. Thanks for your time. Edit: With a free no-ip hostname, editing config.php to modify the trusted_domains entry and opening ports 80, 443 on my router it appears that I can access Nextcloud without being on the network. I don't believe that this is a secure connection, though. Is there a way to make it more secure?

[SuperAdrianoo]

Hey Drew, really great video, i really appreciate your work! But as for today 04/23/2024, editing the richdocumentscode and applying that nextcloudoffice setting, it still can´t open the docx.

[iamtharunraj]

Hi Drew, thank you for this tutorial.


Did I make a mistake? Please let me know because I'm doing this for the first time.

[vishnu]

"A problem occurred while sending the email. Please revise your settings. (Error: Email could not be sent. Check your mail server log)"- i get this error message when i try setting up my email server any idea why? and since im instlling this in 2024 next cloud had already resolved the problem with opening the document so i don't need to do that too right? and im a noobie to cloud servers so it will be really helpful if anyone could guide me through

[raymonddelva]

Are the files you plan to share supposed to be on the Ubuntu VM or can they be in the Windows Host PC?