How to install Nextcloud on a Cloud VPS

Nextcloud is the self-hosted productivity platform: file sync and share, calendars, contacts and collaborative documents under your control.

Self-hosted storage means your files live on your own EU server, with no artificial limits and no per-gigabyte subscriptions.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: Nextcloud installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick Nextcloud from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 80.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-20)
docker network create nextcloud
docker volume create nc_db
docker volume create nc_data
docker run -d --name nc-db --restart=always --network nextcloud \
  -e MARIADB_DATABASE=nextcloud -e MARIADB_USER=nextcloud -e MARIADB_PASSWORD="$DB_PASS" -e MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=1 \
  -v nc_db:/var/lib/mysql mariadb:11
docker run -d --name nextcloud --restart=always --network nextcloud -p 80:80 \
  -e MYSQL_HOST=nc-db -e MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud -e MYSQL_USER=nextcloud -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="$DB_PASS" \
  -v nc_data:/var/www/html nextcloud:latest
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
printf 'Nextcloud: http://%s\nCreeaza contul de administrator la prima accesare (baza de date este preconfigurata).\n' "$IP" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.