{"id":6154,"date":"2026-01-13T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=6154"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T03:18:26","slug":"install-nextcloud-vps","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/install-nextcloud-vps","title":{"rendered":"10 Step Easy How to Install Nextcloud via Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/h3>\n

How to Install Nextcloud?<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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  1. \n

    Log in to your VPS<\/a> as root<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \n
    ssh root@your_server_ip\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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    1. \n
      Update the server<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      apt update -y && apt upgrade -y\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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      1. \n
        Install required packages<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        apt install -y apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php \\\r\nphp php-mysql php-xml php-zip php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-intl php-bcmath unzip wget\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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        1. \n
          Secure MariaDB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \n
          mysql_secure_installation\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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          1. \n
            Create Nextcloud database<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            \n
            mysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
            \n
            CREATE<\/span> DATABASE nextcloud;\r\nCREATE<\/span> USER<\/span> 'nextclouduser'<\/span>@'localhost'<\/span> IDENTIFIED BY<\/span> 'strong_password'<\/span>;\r\nGRANT<\/span> ALL<\/span> PRIVILEGES ON<\/span> nextcloud.*<\/span> TO<\/span> 'nextclouduser'<\/span>@'localhost'<\/span>;\r\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nEXIT;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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            1. \n
              Download Nextcloud<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              cd<\/span> \/var\/www\r\nwget https:\/\/download.nextcloud.com\/server\/releases\/latest.zip\r\nunzip latest.zip\r\nchown<\/span> -R www-data:www-data nextcloud\r\nchmod<\/span> -R 755 nextcloud\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                Configure Apache<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                nano \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/nextcloud.conf\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
                Paste:<\/p>\n
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                <VirtualHost *:80>\r\n    DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/nextcloud\r\n    <Directory \/var\/www\/nextcloud\/>\r\n        Require all granted\r\n        AllowOverride All\r\n        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews\r\n    <\/Directory>\r\n<\/VirtualHost>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                  Enable site and modules<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  a2ensite nextcloud.conf\r\na2enmod rewrite headers env<\/span> dir<\/span> mime\r\nsystemctl restart apache2\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                  1. \n
                    Access Nextcloud Web Installer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                    \n
                    http:\/\/your_server_ip<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                    1. \n
                      Complete setup in browser<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                      - Create<\/span> admin<\/span> account\r\n- Enter database<\/span> name<\/span>, user<\/span>, password<\/span>\r\n- Finish installation<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
                      How to Install Nextcloud? Log in to your VPS as root ssh root@your_server_ip Update the server apt update -y && apt upgrade -y Install required packages apt install -y apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php \\ php php-mysql php-xml php-zip php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-intl php-bcmath unzip wget Secure MariaDB mysql_secure_installation Create Nextcloud database mysql -u root -p CREATE DATABASE nextcloud; CREATE USER ‘nextclouduser’@’localhost’…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[50],"kbtag":[1153],"class_list":["post-6154","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-how-to","kbtag-nextcloud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/6154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6154"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/6154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6241,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/6154\/revisions\/6241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}