Install NextCloud 10.X on CentOS 7 Minimal

JaredBusch

As with my guide for installing ownCloud on CentOS 7, here is a guide for installing NextCloud 10 on CentOS 7.

This is not a migration guide. I will be writing one though when I migrate my production systems.

#Update centos
yum -y update

#install firewall (assuming r1511 minimal) and helper packages
yum install -y wget nano firewalld

#install EPEL
yum install -y epel-release

#start the firewall and enable it on reboot
systemctl start firewalld
systemctl enable firewalld

#Install all required and optional packages
yum -y install httpd mariadb mariadb-server php php-gd php-pdo php-pear php-mbstring php-xml php-pear-Net-Curl php-mcrypt php-intl php-ldap php-smbclient php-imap php-mysql php-pear-MDB2 php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli bzip2

#Create directory
mkdir -p /var/www/html/nextcloud

#Get NextCloud
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-10.0.1.tar.bz2

#Extract NextCloud
tar xvf nextcloud-10.0.1.tar.bz2 -C /var/www/html

#Create directories not created by extract
mkdir -p /var/www/html/nextcloud/data
mkdir -p /var/www/html/nextcloud/etc
mkdir -p /var/www/html/nextcloud/assets

#get the nextcloud apache config file
wget -O /etc/httpd/conf.d/nextcloud.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/server-packages/master/centos/nextcloud.conf

#default everything to root:apache
chown -R root:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/.

#set default directory and file permissions
find /var/www/html/nextcloud -type d -exec chmod 0750 {} \;
find /var/www/html/nextcloud -type f -exec chmod 0640 {} \;

#change ownership of folders and files
chmod 0755 /var/www/html/nextcloud
chmod 0755 /var/www/html/nextcloud/occ
chown apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/occ
chmod 0644 /var/www/html/nextcloud/.htaccess
chown apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/.htaccess
find /var/www/html/nextcloud/apps -exec chmod 0750 {} \;
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/apps
find /var/www/html/nextcloud/assets -exec chmod 0750 {} \;
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/assets
find /var/www/html/nextcloud/updater -exec chmod 0750 {} \;
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/updater
find /var/www/html/nextcloud/data -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/data
find /var/www/html/nextcloud/config -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/config

#open the firewall for http/https
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=http/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=https/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload

#start the mariadb and set to start on boot
systemctl start mariadb
systemctl enable mariadb

#setup mariadb
mysql_secure_installation

#Create db and db user
mysql -uroot -p
create database nextcloud;
create user 'ncuser'@'localhost' identified by 'ncuserpassword';
grant all on nextcloud.* to 'ncuser'@'localhost';
flush privileges;
exit

#Disable SELinux for now
setenforce 0

#Restart Apache and enable for reboot.
systemctl restart httpd
systemctl enable httpd

Now point your browser to the IP or DNS name of your NextCloud instance and fill things out appropriately. I'll do screenshots later.

JaredBusch

Post to be updated with SELinux instructions.

JaredBusch

Post to be updated with setting up SSL.

JaredBusch

And ready to log in.
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iroal

Thanks for the guide, works perfect.

Any solution to avoid enter setenforce 0 after restart the server?

dafyre

Check /etc/selinux/conf

change the line that says:

selinux = enforcing

to

selinux = permissive

JaredBusch

@dafyre said in Install NextCloud 10.X on CentOS 7 Minimal:

Check /etc/selinux/conf

change the line that says:

selinux = enforcing

to

selinux = permissive

Never.

JaredBusch

@iroal said in Install NextCloud 10.X on CentOS 7 Minimal:

Thanks for the guide, works perfect.

Any solution to avoid enter setenforce 0 after restart the server?

Look at my ownCloud Guide. I expect it to be basically the same. But I have not had time to test it yet.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/6938/install-owncloud-8-x-on-centos-7

travisdh1

@JaredBusch said in Install NextCloud 10.X on CentOS 7 Minimal:

Post to be updated with setting up SSL.

sudo yum install python-certbot-apache
sudo certbot --apache

Accept defaults in certbot, and I forget the update options off the top of my head.

scottalanmiller

Worked like a charm. NextCloud 10 on CentOS 7 is up and running.

JaredBusch

@travisdh1 said in Install NextCloud 10.X on CentOS 7 Minimal:

@JaredBusch said in Install NextCloud 10.X on CentOS 7 Minimal:

Post to be updated with setting up SSL.
sudo yum install python-certbot-apache
sudo certbot --apache
Accept defaults in certbot, and I forget the update options off the top of my head.

Just FYI for anyone finding this thread. The above does not work because there is not a vhost file.

Call certbot like this.

certbot --apache --email [email protected] --domain nexcloud.domain.com --agree-tos --non-interactive