Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack

wrx7m

Rebooting made it worse (page timed out) so I reran the salt state. This time it completed in half the time as the original and now I was able to login and get the interface. I wonder what happened the first time. I also wonder if a reboot will cause a problem again.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

Rebooting made it worse (page timed out) so I reran the salt state. This time it completed in half the time as the original and now I was able to login and get the interface. I wonder what happened the first time. I also wonder if a reboot will cause a problem again.

Should not, but maybe something is missing in the state file to make things perm.

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

Rebooting made it worse (page timed out) so I reran the salt state. This time it completed in half the time as the original and now I was able to login and get the interface. I wonder what happened the first time. I also wonder if a reboot will cause a problem again.

Should not, but maybe something is missing in the state file to make things perm.

I rebooted and the site still works but now I can't get in via SSH. I think you said that the state file will disable it or close the ports. I have to look into it. Strange that it was working after the first time I applied the state file.

scottalanmiller

To add SSH capability (which in theory you do not need here) by switching to this for the firewall section...

FedoraServer:
  firewalld.present:
    - name: FedoraServer
    - block_icmp:
      - echo-reply
      - echo-request
    - default: False
    - masquerade: True
    - ports:
      - 443/tcp
      - 22/tcp

Notice I only added one line at the end.

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller Thanks. I did exactly that and it works

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller For some reason it isn't holding the SSH part of the ACL. I modified firewalld to add the --permanent and it seems to be holding now. Strange that the https isn't an issue.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@scottalanmiller For some reason it isn't holding the SSH part of the ACL. I modified firewalld to add the --permanent and it seems to be holding now. Strange that the https isn't an issue.

Hmmm... you are sure that the state file on the Salt Master has the right details in the file?

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller I copied and pasted it from the post. But then added the 22/tcp manually and saved the file and when I applied the salt file a second time the ssh worked immediately afterward.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@scottalanmiller I copied and pasted it from the post. But then added the 22/tcp manually and saved the file and when I applied the salt file a second time the ssh worked immediately afterward.

Right, was just wondering if the copy/paste changed somewhere. On mine, for example, I have an automated GIT pull so if I change it in the wrong place, it will get changed back a few minutes later

wrx7m

I think I am going to blow away the nextcloud VM and start from scratch. ~~I also have some weird issues when attempting to update to version 11.0.3 via the web interface -

I get the following -
Check for expected files
The following extra files have been found:

install_complete

I think I can delete it if I knew where to find it. I tried a basic find command on the backend and didn't come up with it.~~

EDIT - Found the file after reviewing the sls file contents and was able to remove it and update.

Also, when trying to configure LDAP/AD integration I get errors saying that it can't detect anything and tells me to enter it all in manually. Then when I hit continue, it says Lost connection to LDAP server. I even tried disabling firewalld on the nextcloud server just in case there was something funky going on. I have successfully setup integration for OpenVPN AS and other services, so I don't know why this one is giving me so much grief.

brandon220

@wrx7m I got the same error when I tried to do the update from the web interface. I did not try deleting the install_complete folder for fear of breaking the install. I also am not able to create new subfolders inside a main folder.

wrx7m

@brandon220 said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@wrx7m I got the same error when I tried to do the update from the web interface. I did not try deleting the install_complete folder for fear of breaking the install. I also am not able to create new subfolders inside a main folder.

I realized that it was mentioned the salt state file and was able to remove it from /var/www/html/nextcloud and perform the update. When it got to the end it said to exit maintenance mode if you were not using the command line. I selected that and now when I go to the site, it tells me -

brandon220

@wrx7m I saw it in the state file as well but was not sure about deleting it.

wrx7m

I rebooted my nextcloud server for fun and i am still showing that update needed message.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

I think I am going to blow away the nextcloud VM and start from scratch. ~~I also have some weird issues when attempting to update to version 11.0.3 via the web interface -

I get the following -
Check for expected files
The following extra files have been found:

install_complete

I think I can delete it if I knew where to find it. I tried a basic find command on the backend and didn't come up with it.~~

EDIT - Found the file after reviewing the sls file contents and was able to remove it and update.

Also, when trying to configure LDAP/AD integration I get errors saying that it can't detect anything and tells me to enter it all in manually. Then when I hit continue, it says Lost connection to LDAP server. I even tried disabling firewalld on the nextcloud server just in case there was something funky going on. I have successfully setup integration for OpenVPN AS and other services, so I don't know why this one is giving me so much grief.

Oh yes. I need to fix that. I'll fix it tomorrow.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

I rebooted my nextcloud server for fun and i am still showing that update needed message.

Yes. You can't remove that. I'll fix it.

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller Thanks. I did remove the empty install_completed file and the update went through the process until it asked if I wanted to leave maintenance mode and it indicated I should because I was using the web interface. That is when i got the update needed message i screenshot above.

FATeknollogee

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@FATeknollogee Yes. I created a dedicated CentOS 7 VM for the master and created a VM with Fedora 25 for the nextcloud minion.

Any specific reason for using 1x CentOS and 1x Fedora 25 vm?

wrx7m

@FATeknollogee I am more comfortable with CentOS and am using the minimal install version. It is lightweight and a small footprint "out of the box". The iso is under 700MB and the Fedora 25 iso is 1.9GB. I would have gone with CentOS 7 for nextcloud but it doesn't have PHP 7.x

JaredBusch

@wrx7m said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@FATeknollogee I am more comfortable with CentOS and am using the minimal install version. It is lightweight and a small footprint "out of the box". The iso is under 700MB and the Fedora 25 iso is 1.9GB. I would have gone with CentOS 7 for nextcloud but it doesn't have PHP 7.x

You downloaded the wrong Fedora ISO.

You can get PHP 7 on CentOS 7 easily if you choose to trust Remi.

@scottalanmiller disagrees with that method because it breaks the support chain. Which is the only reason to use CentOS 7 in his opinion.