The following instructions are especially meant for Linux. For macOS see [this](#how-to-run-it-on-macos), for Windows see [this](#how-to-run-it-on-windows).
2. Run the following command in order to start the container:<br>
(For people that cannot use ports 80 and/or 443 on this server, please follow [this documentation](https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/main/reverse-proxy.md). Otherwise please run the command below!)
If your firewall/router has port 80 and 8443 open and you point a domain to your server, you can get a valid certificate automatially by opening the Nextcloud AIO Interface via:<br>
Nextcloud AIO is inspired by projects like Portainer that manage the docker daemon by talking to it through the docker socket directly. This concept allows a user to install only one container with a single command that does the heavy lifting of creating and managing all containers that are needed in order to provide a Nextcloud installation with most features included. It also makes updating a breeze and is not bound to the host system (and its slow updates) anymore as everything is in containers. Additionally, it is very easy to handle from a user perspective because a simple interface for managing your Nextcloud AIO installation is provided.
-`8080/TCP`: Mastercontainer Interface with self-signed certificate (works always, also if only access via IP-address is possible, e.g. `https://ip.address.of.this.server:8080/`)
-`8443/TCP`: Mastercontainer Interface with valid certificate (only works if port 80 and 8443 are open in your firewall/router and you point a domain to your server. It generates a valid certificate then automatically and access via e.g. `https://public.domain.com:8443/` is possible.)
-`443/TCP`: will be used by the Apache container later on and needs to be open in your firewall/router
-`3478/TCP` and `3478/UDP`: will be used by the Turnserver inside the Talk container and needs to be open in your firewall/router
On macOS, there is one specialty in comparison to Linux: instead of using `--volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro`, you need to use `--volume /var/run/docker.sock.raw:/var/run/docker.sock:ro` to run it after you installed [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/). Apart from that it should work and behave the same like on Linux.
**Please note:** AIO works on Windows in general but due to a bug in `Docker for Windows`, it currently does not support mounting directories from the host into AIO which means that `NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR`, `NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT` do not work and the built-in backup solution is not able to write to the host OS. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/600.
Simply run the following: `sudo docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ your-command`. Of course `your-command` needs to be exchanged with the command that you want to run.
### How to resolve `Security & setup warnings displays the "missing default phone region" after initial install`?
Simply run the following command: `sudo docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ config:system:set default_phone_region --value="yourvalue"`. Of course you need to modify `yourvalue` based on your location. Examples are `DE`, `EN` and `GB`. See this list for more codes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Officially_assigned_code_elements
This project values stability over new features. That means that when a new major Nextcloud update gets introduced, we will wait at least until the first patch release, e.g. `24.0.1` is out before upgrading to it. Also we will wait with the upgrade until all important apps are compatible with the new major version. Minor or patch releases for Nextcloud and all dependencies as well as all containers will be updated to new versions as soon as possible but we try to give all updates first a good test round before pushing them. That means that it can take around 2 weeks before new updates reach the `latest` channel. If you want to help testing, you can switch to the `beta` channel by following [this documentation](#how-to-switch-the-channel) which will also give you the updates earlier.
You can switch to a different channel like e.g. the beta channel or from the beta channel back to the latest channel by stopping the mastercontainer, removing it (no data will be lost) and recreating the container using the same command that you used initially to create the mastercontainer. For the beta channel on x64 you need to change the last line `nextcloud/all-in-one:latest` to `nextcloud/all-in-one:beta` and vice versa. For arm64 it is `nextcloud/all-in-one:latest-arm64` and `nextcloud/all-in-one:beta-arm64`, respectively.
If we push new containers to `latest`, you will see in the AIO interface below the `containers` section that new container updates were found. In this case, just press `Stop containers` and `Start containers` in order to update the containers. The mastercontainer has its own update procedure though. See below. And don't forget to back up the current state of your instance using the built-in backup solution before starting the containers again! Otherwise you won't be able to restore your instance easily if something should break during the update.
If a new `Mastercontainer` update was found, you'll see an additional section below the `containers` section which shows that a mastercontainer update is available. If so, you can simply press on the button to update the container.
Additionally, there is a cronjob that runs once a day that checks for container and mastercontainer updates and sends a notification to all Nextcloud admins if a new update was found.
If your Nextcloud is running and you are logged in as admin in your Nextcloud, you can easily log in to the AIO interface by opening `https://yourdomain.tld/settings/admin/overview` which will show a button on top that enables you to log in to the AIO interface by just clicking on this button. **Note:** You can change the domain/ip-address/port of the button by simply stopping the containers, visiting the AIO interface from the correct and desired domain/ip-address/port and clicking once on `Start containers`.
Nextcloud AIO provides a local backup solution based on [BorgBackup](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg#what-is-borgbackup). These backups act as a local restore point in case the installation gets corrupted.
It is recommended to create a backup before any container update. By doing this, you will be safe regarding any possible complication during updates because you will be able to restore the whole instance with basically one click.
If you connect an external drive to your host, and choose the backup directory to be on that drive, you are also kind of save against drive failures of the drive where the docker volumes are stored on.
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1. Mount an external/backup HDD to the host OS using the built-in functionality or udev rules or whatever way you prefer. (E.g. follow this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lSyX4D3v_s) and mount the drive in best case in `/mnt/backup`.
2. If not already done, fire up the docker container and set up Nextcloud as per the guide.
3. Now open the AIO interface.
4. Under backup section, add your external disk mountpoint as backup directory, e.g. `/mnt/backup`.
5. Click on `Create Backup` which should create the first backup on the external disk.
Backups can be created and restored in the AIO interface using the buttons `Create Backup` and `Restore selected backup`. Additionally, a backup check is provided that checks the integrity of your backups but it shouldn't be needed in most situations.
The backups itself get encrypted with an encryption key that gets shown to you in the AIO interface. Please save that at a safe place as you will not be able to restore from backup without this key.
#### Failure of the backup container in LXC containers
If you are running AIO in a LXC container, you need to make sure that FUSE is enabled in the LXC container settings. Otherwise the backup container will not be able to start as FUSE is required for it to work.
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#### Pro-tip: Backup archives access
You can open the BorgBackup archives on your host by following these steps:<br>
For increased backup security, you might consider syncing the backup repository regularly to another drive.
To do that, first add the drive to `/etc/fstab` so that it is able to get automatically mounted and then create a script that does all the things automatically. Here is an example for such a script:
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#!/bin/bash
# Please modify all variables below to your needings:
You can simply copy and past the script into a file e.g. named `backup-script.sh` e.g. here: `/root/backup-script.sh`. Do not forget to modify the variables to your needings though!
Afterwards apply the correct permissions with `sudo chown root:root /root/backup-script.sh` and `sudo chmod 700 /root/backup-script.sh`. Then you can create a cronjob that runs e.g. at `20:00` each week on sundays like this:
1. Open the cronjob with `sudo crontab -u root -e` (and choose your editor of choice if not already done. I'd recommend nano).
1. Add the following new line to the crontab if not alreaddy present: `0 20 * * 7 /root/backup-script.sh` which will run the script at 20:00 on sundays each week.
⚠ **Attention:** Make sure that the execution of the script does not collidate with the daily backups from AIO (if configured) since the target backup repository might get into an inconsistent state. (There is no check in place that checks this.)
You can configure the Nextcloud container to use a specific directory on your host as data directory. You can do so by adding the environmental variable `NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR` to the initial startup of the mastercontainer. Allowed values for that variable are strings that start with `/` and are not equal to `/`.
- For Synology it may be `/volume1/docker/nextcloud/data`.
- On Windows it might be `-e NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/host_mnt/c/your/data/path"` (This Windows example would be equivalent to `C:\your\data\path` on the Windows host. So you need to translate the path that you want to use into the correct format.)
⚠ Please make sure to apply the correct permissions to the chosen directory before starting Nextcloud the first time (not needed on Windows).
By default, the Nextcloud container is confined and cannot access directories on the host OS. You might want to change this when you are planning to use local external storage in Nextcloud to store some files outside the data directory and can do so by adding the environmental variable `NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT` to the initial startup of the mastercontainer. Allowed values for that variable are strings that start with `/` and are not equal to `/`.
- On Windows it might be `-e NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/host_mnt/c"` (This Windows example would be equivalent to `C:\` on the Windows host. So you need to translate the path that you want to use into the correct format.)
After using this option, please make sure to apply the correct permissions to the directories that you want to use in Nextcloud (not needed on Windows). E.g. `sudo chown -R 33:0 /mnt/your-drive-mountpoint` should make it work on Linux when you have used `-e NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/mnt/"`.
You can then navigate to the apps management page, activate the external storage app, navigate to `https://your-nc-domain.com/settings/admin/externalstorages` and add a local external storage directory that will be accessible inside the container at the same place that you've entered. E.g. `/mnt/your-drive-mountpoint` will be mounted to `/mnt/your-drive-mountpoint` inside the container, etc.
Be aware though that these locations will not be covered by the built-in backup solution!
When your containers run for a few days without a restart, the container logs that you can view from the AIO interface can get really huge. You can limit the loge sizes by enabling logrotate for docker container logs. Feel free to enable this by following those instructions: https://sandro-keil.de/blog/logrotate-for-docker-container/
The files and folders that you add to Nextcloud are by default stored in the following directory: `/var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_data/_data/` on the host. If needed, you can modify/add/delete files/folders there but **ATTENTION**: be very careful when doing so because you might corrupt your AIO installation! Best is to create a backup using the built-in backup solution before editing/changing files/folders in there because you will then be able to restore your instance to the backed up state.
After you are done modifying/adding/deleting files/folders, don't forget to apply the correct permissions by running: `sudo chown -R 33:0 /var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_data/_data/*` and rescan the files with `sudo docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ files:scan --all`.
### How to store the files/installation on a separate drive?
You can move the whole docker library and all its files including all Nextcloud AIO files and folders to a separate drive by first mounting the drive in the host OS (NTFS is not supported) and then following this tutorial: https://www.guguweb.com/2019/02/07/how-to-move-docker-data-directory-to-another-location-on-ubuntu/<br>
(Of course docker needs to be installed first for this to work.)
### How to edit Nextclouds config.php file with a texteditor?
You can edit Nextclouds config.php file directly from the host with your favorite text editor. E.g. like this: `sudo nano /var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud/_data/config/config.php`. Make sure to not break the file though which might corrupt your Nextcloud instance otherwise. In best case, create a backup using the built-in backup solution before editing the file.
If you want to define a custom skeleton directory, you can do so by putting your skeleton files into `/var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_data/_data/skeleton/`, applying the correct permissions with `sudo chown -R 33:0 /var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_data/_data/skeleton` and setting the skeleton directory option with `sudo docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ config:system:set skeletondirectory --value="/mnt/ncdata/skeleton"`. You can read further on this option here: [click here](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/configuration_server/config_sample_php_parameters.html?highlight=skeletondir#:~:text=adding%20%3Fdirect%3D1-,'skeletondirectory',-%3D%3E%20'%2Fpath%2Fto%2Fnextcloud)
It is possible to connect to an existing LDAP server. You need to make sure that the LDAP server is reachable from the Nextcloud container. Then you can enable the LDAP app and configure LDAP in Nextcloud manually. If you don't have a LDAP server yet, recommended is to use this docker container: https://hub.docker.com/r/osixia/openldap/. Make sure here as well that Nextcloud can talk to the LDAP server. The easiest way is by adding the LDAP docker container to the docker network `nextcloud-aio`. Then you can connect to the LDAP container by its name from the Nextcloud container. **Pro-tip**: You will probably find this app useful: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/ldap_write_support
If you want to use the user_sql app, the easiest way is to create an additional database container and add it to the docker network `nextcloud-aio`. Then the Nextcloud container should be able to talk to the database container using its name.
