Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever –Mahatma Gandhi
install raspbian lite
no display manager, yay!
open ssh port 22
change user pass
setup static ip to the pi
in /etc/dhcpcd.conf
static ip_address=192.168.1.2/24
static routers=192.168.1.1
static domain_name_servers=1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1
install prerequisites
apache2
php7.0 php7.0-gd
sqlite php7.0-sqlite - nope!
php7.0-curl php7.0-zip php7.0-xml php7.0-mbstring
instead of sqlite, go for mariadb-server install these instead: mariadb-server, php7.0-mysql
mysql_secure_installation to setup root access and create a user and a database:
CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS nextcloud;
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON nextcloud.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH privileges;
restart apache
192.168.1.2 should work.
install nextcloud
in directory /var/www/html/nextcloud
chown to www-data user
create /etc/apache2/sites-available/nextcloud.conf
or can be done by allowing the .htaccess override
- php mods rewrite and headers, env, dir, mime not enabled yet
- pretty urls not done yet
- todo: TEST /var/www/html instead of /var/www/html/nextcloud
nextcloud should work, create admin account:
- select data directory - see below
- fill in database info
hardening
place data directory outside of the web root
mkdir -p /var/nextcloud
sudo mv -v /var/www/html/nextcloud/data/ /var/nextcloud/data - not needed, just select the correct directory in the installation wizard!
change ‘ddatadirectory’ in /var/www/html/nextcloud/config
https
self-signed ssl
create a new key and certificate
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/kostis.key -out /etc/apache2/ssl/kostis.crt
sudo a2enmod ssl
in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf change snakeoil pem and key to new created
sudo a2ensite default-ssl.conf
restart apache
or let’s encrypt
DDNS
use a REST API to dynamically update the DNS.
add domain in trusted domains
in /var/www/html/nextcloud/config/config.php