Nextcloud on OpenMediaVault & Access from Internet Using Raspberry Pi

How to Install Nextcloud on OpenMediaVault?

• To install Nextcloud on OpenMediaVault we just need to collect all the below-given content. After that, we can start the installation of our Nextcloud on OpenMediaVault.

OpenMediaVault Versions to Download:

• OpenMediaVault-4
• OpenMediaVault-3

Software Required :

• SD Card Formatter
• Etcher
• Putty
• Wireless Network Watcher

Equipment Required		Optional
	Raspberry Pi 4		Case
	SD Card		Raspberry Pi Keyboard
	Ethernet Cable		Mouse
	Power Adapter
	External HDD
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What is NextCloud?

Nextcloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. It is functionally similar to Dropbox, although Nextcloud is free and open-source, allowing anyone to install and operate it on a private server. In contrast to proprietary services like Dropbox, the open architecture allows adding functionality to the server in the form of applications and enables users to have full control of their data. The original ownCloud developer Frank Karlitschek forked ownCloud and created Nextcloud, which continues to be actively developed by Karlitschek and other members of the original ownCloud team.

Access OpenMediaVault Web Interface

• To access the OpenMediaVault Web Interface we need to find the IP Address of our Raspberry Pi.
• To find out the IP we will use the Wireless Network Watcher and it will display the IP as shown below.
• Type this IP Address to your browser and it will open the login page for your OpenMediaVault.
• Now, you need to enter the username and password and login to your OpenMediaVault.
• OpenMediaVault Address = Your Raspberry Pi IP Address 

In my case 192.168.1.73
Default Username : admin
Default Password : openmediavault

OpenMediaVault Configuration

1. First of all open General Settings –> Web Administration change Port to 90 or any other port.
2. Change Auto logout to Disabled.
3. Now, Change the Web Administrative Password.
4. After that, we need to navigate to services to SSH enable Permit root login.

Accessing SSH Console

• Now, we need to login, to SSH.

Default Username : root
Default Password : openmediavault

• On the first login, you need to change the password.
• Once the password is changed we need to go ahead with NextCloud Installation.

OpenMediaVault Apache and PHP Installation

Updating and Upgrading OpenMediaVault

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Installing Apache Web Server

apt-get install apache2

• To check the status of the Apache Web server, We will type OpenMediaVault Ip Address in the address bar.
• If you see this screen that means the Apache Web Server is working Fine.

Installing MariaDB DataBase

apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php7.0

Installing PHP Packages

apt-get install php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-mbstring 
apt-get install php7.0-intl php7.0-mcrypt php-imagick php7.0-xml php7.0-zip

• After the installation complete, we will restart the Apache Web Server.

Restarting Apache Web Server

service apache2 restart

Nextcloud on OpenMediaVault Installation

Navigate to HTML Directory

cd /var/www/html

Downloading and Extracting NextCloud using the Curl command

curl https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-14.0.3.tar.bz2 | sudo tar -jxv

Creating a Data Directory for NextCloud to save the Information

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/nextcloud/data

Allocate Control of NextCloud folder to Correct User and Group

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/nextcloud/

Assign permissions to the NextCloud DATA folder.

sudo chmod 750 /var/www/html/nextcloud/data

• Once the installation finished we can finally move to the NextCloud login process.
• To begin to go to your Raspberry Pi’s IP address/nextcloud. For example, In my case: –192.168.1.73/nextcloud
• Once you type the correct address you will be redirected to NextCloud Login Screen.
• Here you can type your username and password that you want to use as an Admin Account.
• If you want to use the NextCloud from outside your network, we recommend you to choose a strong password.
• Once you are happy with your settings, press the “Finish Setup” button, to finalize the setup process.
• It might take some time to finish the setup. So, please wait and don’t refresh the page.

Access NextCloud from Internet

• To access the NextCloud from Internet, we need to complete 3 steps.

Port Forwarding
Setup Dynamic DNS [In case you don't have a Static Public IP Address]
Add website to Trusted Domains

Setting up Port Forwarding on Router

• To forward the port on the router, we need to know the IP Address of our router.
• To check the router IP Address we can use the Wireless Network Watcher.
• It will display the router IP Address as shown below.
• Type this IP Address to your browser and it will open the login page for your router.
• Now, you need to enter the username and password and login to your router.
• If you don’t know the username and password of your router you can always ask your ISP.
• For personal routers, you can always check online for the default username and password for the router.
• In my case I need to navigate to services and then move to Port Forwarding, Your’s might be different.
• Then you need to forward port 80 and 443, to the Raspberry Pi IP Address.

Setting up Dynamic DNS

• First of all, we need to visit the DUCKDNS website to create a Free Dynamic DNS Domain for us.
• You can use any of the above methods to login to the DUCKDNS website and create a sub-domain for your website.
• Once you logged in then create a sub-domain for your NextCloud and can visit NextCloud by that address.
• For example, in my case, I have created omvpcmac as my subdomain.
• So, I can access it as omvpcmac.duckdns.org.
• You can create 5 subdomains on the Duck DNS account for free.

Add website to Trusted Domains

• To add our website to Trusted Domain’s we need to edit the NextCloud Configuration file.
• We can either use WinSCP and we can use nano command to edit the file.

Edit NextCloud’s Configuration File

sudo nano /var/www/html/nextcloud/config/config.php

• Now, in the configuration file, we need to add our website to the Trusted Domains.

'trusted_domains' =>  array (     0 => '192.168.1.73',  ),

• In my case, I have added my duckdns.org sub-domain to NextCloud Trusted Domain.
• So, we need to make another entry by increment the array ID.’trusted_domains’ =>

'trusted_domains' =>
array ( 
   0 => '192.168.1.73', 
   1 => 'omvpcmac.duckdns.org', 
),

• Now we can save and quit out of the file by pressing Ctrl+X then pressing Y and then Enter.
• If you follow the video and the tutorial correctly, your NextCloud should work now.
• Connect the External HDD to Raspberry Pi
• From the NextCloud Menu select Apps and then enable “External Storage Support“.
• After that, we need to open Putty, log in with root user, and type these commands.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/localdir sudo chmod -R 0750 /path/to/localdir

• You can find the path to Local Drive from File System options in OpenMediaVault.
• Now, you can go ahead and mount your External HDD in NextCloud.
• You need to navigate to “Settings –> Administration –> External Storages“ and configure the path of HDD.

In conclusion

• You are ready to use NextCloud on OpenMediaVault on your Raspberry Pi.
• If you come across any issues or have some feedback related to this tutorial, Please share your thoughts. 

Please check out my other articles:

• How to install OpenMediaVault 5 on Raspberry Pi All Models
• OpenMediaVault 5 NAS Server on Raspberry Pi 4 
• Plex Media Server on OMV 5 inside Docker with Portainer using RPi 4
• How to Install Radarr on OpenMediaVault 5 inside Docker with Portainer using RPi 4

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