Nextcloud

NextCloud on OpenBSD 7.3

some install notes …

Powerup Fresh VM
Upgrade to 7.3 Beta (7.3 is not yet released)

pkg_info nextcloud

pkg_info -Q nextcloud -D snap
nextcloud-23.0.12p0
nextcloud-24.0.10
nextcloud-25.0.4
nextcloudclient-3.7.4

adding 25.0.4

pkg_add -D snap nextcloud 
quirks-6.121 signed on 2023-03-21T18:57:42Z
Ambiguous: choose package for nextcloud
a	0: <None>
	1: nextcloud-23.0.12p0
	2: nextcloud-24.0.10
	3: nextcloud-25.0.4
Your choice: 3

installed:

php-8.1
lot of stuff

got some readme

...
nextcloud-25.0.4:gd-2.3.3: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4:php-gd-8.1.16: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4:icu4c-72.1v0: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4:icu4c-wwwdata-72.1v0: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4:php-intl-8.1.16: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4:php-curl-8.1.16p0: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4:pecl81-redis-5.3.7p0: ok
nextcloud-25.0.4: ok
Running tags: ok
The following new rcscripts were installed: /etc/rc.d/php81_fpm
See rcctl(8) for details.
New and changed readme(s):
	/usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/femail-chroot
	/usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/nextcloud
	/usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/php-8.1

readme is for loosers, right ? so, let’s have a look …

Intro

Wanna run your own Nextcloud Server on OpenBSD … ? Give a Try ! It’s quite trivial as you can see. Just fireup an empty machine, assign an Hostname / DNS Record, and follow the Examples below. This Setup is done on the current Version, 6.9. Have Fun !

Inspired by: https://dev.to/nabbisen/nextcloud-on-openbsd-installation-15d6

Packages

install some packages. i use sqlite as db because i don’t expect a lot of users/traffic/files.

$ doas pkg_add nextcloud
quirks-3.633 signed on 2021-09-27T19:58:00Z
Ambiguous: choose package for nextcloud
a 0: <None>
  1: nextcloud-20.0.12
  2: nextcloud-21.0.4
Your choice: 2
Ambiguous: choose dependency for nextcloud-21.0.4:
a 0: php-pdo_mysql-7.4.23
  1: php-pdo_pgsql-7.4.23
  2: php-pdo_sqlite-7.4.23
Your choice: 2
nextcloud-21.0.4:argon2-20190702: ok
nextcloud-21.0.4:libsodium-1.0.18p1: ok
nextcloud-21.0.4:libxml-2.9.10p3: ok
nextcloud-21.0.4:oniguruma-6.9.6: ok
...
nextcloud-21.0.4: ok
Running tags: ok
The following new rcscripts were installed: /etc/rc.d/php74_fpm
See rcctl(8) for details.
New and changed readme(s):
  /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/femail-chroot
  /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/nextcloud
  /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/php-7.4

Preare Chroot

Create some Folders and stuff in the Chrooted Environment