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Nextcloud All-in-One
[!NOTE] Nextcloud AIO is actively looking for contributors. See the forum post.
The official Nextcloud installation method. Nextcloud AIO provides easy deployment and maintenance with most features included in this one Nextcloud instance.
Included are:
- Nextcloud
- High performance backend for Nextcloud Files (Client Push)
- Redis & APCU for performant caching
- PostgreSQL as database
- Nextcloud Office (optional)
- EuroOffice (optional)
- High performance backend for Nextcloud Talk and TURN-server (optional)
- Nextcloud Talk Recording-server (optional)
- Backup solution (optional, based on BorgBackup)
- Imaginary (optional, for previews of heic, heif, illustrator, pdf, svg, tiff and webp)
- ClamAV (optional, Antivirus backend for Nextcloud)
- Fulltextsearch (optional)
- Whiteboard (optional)
- Docker Socket Proxy (optional, needed for Nextcloud App API)
- Community containers
And much more:
- Simple web interface included that enables easy installation and maintenance
- Easy updates included
- Update and backup notifications included
- Daily backups can be enabled from the AIO interface which also allows updating all containers, Nextcloud and its apps afterwards automatically
- Instance restore from backup archive via the AIO interface included (you only need the archive and the password in order to restore the whole instance on a new AIO instance)
- APCu as local cache
- Redis as distributed cache and for file locking
- Postgresql as database
- PHP-FPM with performance-optimized config (e.g. Opcache and JIT enabled by default)
- A+ security in Nextcloud security scan
- Ready to be used behind existing Reverse proxies
- Can be used behind Cloudflare Tunnel
- Can be used via Tailscale
- Ready for big file uploads up to 10 GB on public links, adjustable (logged in users can upload much bigger files using the webinterface or the mobile/desktop clients since chunking is used in that case)
- PHP and web server timeouts set to 3600s, adjustable (important for big file uploads)
- Defaults to a max of 512 MB RAM per PHP process, adjustable
- Automatic TLS included (by using Let's Encrypt)
- zstd/gzip compression enabled by default inside caddy inside the apache container
- HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 enabled
- "Pretty URLs" for Nextcloud are enabled by default (removes the index.php from all links)
- Video previews work out of the box and when Imaginary is enabled, many recent image formats as well!
- Only one domain and not multiple domains are required for everything to work (usually you would need to have one domain for each service which is much more complex)
- Adjustable location of Nextcloud's datadir (e.g. good for easy file-sharing with host system on Windows and MacOS)
- By default confined (good for security) but can allow access to additional storages in order to enable the usage of the local external storage feature
- Possibility included to adjust default installed Nextcloud apps
- Nextcloud installation is not read only - that means you can apply patches if you should need them (instead of having to wait for the next release for them getting applied)
ffmpeg,smbclientandnodejsare included by default- Possibility included to permanently add additional OS packages into the Nextcloud container without having to build your own Docker image
- Possibility included to permanently add additional PHP extensions into the Nextcloud container without having to build your own Docker image
- Possibility included to pass the needed device for hardware transcoding to the Nextcloud container
- Possibility included to store all docker related files on a separate drive
- LDAP can be used as user backend for Nextcloud
- Migration from any former Nextcloud installation to AIO is possible. See this documentation.
- Migration in the other direction (e.g. from AIO to a VM-based installation) is also possible.
- Fail2Ban can be added
- phpMyAdmin, Adminer or pgAdmin can be added
- Mail server can be added
- Nextcloud can be accessed locally via the domain
- Can be installed locally (if you don't want or cannot make the instance publicly reachable)
- Free deSEC dynamic-DNS domain (
*.dedyn.io) can be registered directly from the AIO interface β no external domain needed - IPv6-ready
- Can be used with Docker rootless (good for additional security)
- Runs on all platforms Docker supports (e.g. also on Windows and Macos)
- Included containers easy to debug by having the possibility to check their logs directly from the AIO interface
- Docker-compose ready
- Can be installed without a container having access to the docker socket
- Can be installed with Docker Swarm
- Can be installed with Kubernetes
- Almost all included containers Alpine Linux based (good for security and size)
- Many of the included containers run as non-root user (good for security)
- Many of the included containers have a read-only root-FS (good for security)
- Included containers run in its own docker network (good for security) and only really necessary ports are exposed on the host
- Multiple instances on one server are doable without having to deal with VMs
- Adjustable backup path or remote borg repository from the AIO interface (good to put the backups e.g. on a different drive if using a local backup path)
- Possibility included to also back up external Docker Volumes or Host paths (can be used for host backups)
- Borg backup can be completely managed from the AIO interface, including backup creation, backup restore, backup integrity check and integrity-repair
- Other forms of remote backup are indirectly possible
- Updates and backups can be run from an external script. See this documentation for a complete example.
Screenshots
| First setup | After installation |
|---|---|
Architecture overview
flowchart TB
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YOU(["π§βπ» Admin\n(You)"]):::user
ENDUSER(["π§βπ€βπ§ Users\n(family / team)"]):::user
%% ββ Everything that runs inside AIO βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
subgraph AIO[" π³ Nextcloud AIO "]
MC(["π§ Mastercontainer\nβββββββββββββββββββββββββ\nβΈ AIO interface :8080 / :8443\nβΈ Manages & updates containers\nβΈ Handles backups"]):::master
subgraph CORE[" π¦ Core Stack (auto-started) "]
PROXY(["π Apache\nProxy & HTTPS"]):::core
NC(["βοΈ Nextcloud\nApp Server"]):::core
DB(["ποΈ PostgreSQL\nDatabase"]):::core
CACHE(["β‘ Redis\nCache"]):::core
PUSH(["π Notify Push\nReal-time sync"]):::core
end
subgraph OPT[" 𧩠Optional Built-in Containers (enable in AIO interface) "]
COLLA(["π Nextcloud Office"]):::opt
EO(["π EuroOffice\nDocument Server"]):::opt
TALK(["ποΈ Talk\nVideo & Voice calls"]):::opt
TALKREC(["π¬ Talk Recording"]):::opt
FTS(["π Full-text Search\n(Elasticsearch)"]):::opt
IMAG(["πΌοΈ Imaginary\nImage previews"]):::opt
CLAM(["π¦ ClamAV\nAntivirus"]):::opt
WB(["ποΈ Whiteboard"]):::opt
end
COMM(["π Community Containers\nββββββββββββββββββββββ\n30+ optional add-ons\nSee community-containers/"]):::community
click COMM "https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers#community-containers" "Browse community containers"
end
%% ββ Result node (outside AIO) ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
NC_URL(["π https://your-domain.com\nβ
Nextcloud β ready to use!"]):::access
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YOU -->|"β open :8080 or :8443 in browser"| MC
MC -->|"β‘ auto-starts & wires up"| CORE
MC -. "β’ enable in AIO interface" .-> OPT
MC -. "β£ add via AIO interface" .-> COMM
PROXY --> NC
NC --- DB
NC --- CACHE
NC --- PUSH
OPT -->|"integrate with"| NC
COMM -.->|"integrate with"| NC
CORE -->|"β€ stack is ready!"| NC_URL
ENDUSER -->|"β₯ browser / app"| NC_URL
YOU -->|"β₯ use normally"| NC_URL
How to use this?
The steps below are written for Linux. For platform-specific guidance see:
- macOS: How to run AIO on macOS?
- Windows: How to run AIO on Windows?
- Unraid: How to run AIO on Unraid?
- Synology DSM: How to run AIO on Synology DSM?
- TrueNAS SCALE: Can I run AIO on TrueNAS SCALE?
[!IMPORTANT]
These instructions assume there is no existing web server or reverse proxy (for example Apache, Nginx, Caddy, or Cloudflare Tunnel) that you intend to place in front of AIO. If you plan to run AIO behind an existing web server or reverse proxy, follow the AIO reverse proxy documentation: Reverse proxy docs
You're encouraged to skim the attached FAQ. While we've tried to make things straightforward, Nextcloud is a large and flexible platform. Reading the FAQ will save you time, particularly if edge cases come up.
[!TIP]
Don't worry about getting everything perfect on the first try β test deployments are cheap and disposable.
- Install Docker on your Linux host by following the official documentation: Docker install β supported platforms
[!WARNING]
Snap-based Docker installations are not supported. Make sure you are not using a snap-based Docker installation (generally only applicable to Ubuntu). To check, run:sudo docker info | grep "Docker Root Dir" | grep "/var/snap/docker/"If you see the following output:
/var/snap/docker/you should migrate to a standard Docker installation and remove the snap-based package before proceeding: Install Docker on Ubuntu.
β οΈ To avoid losing data or interrupting services, only remove the Docker snap after you are certain you're not running any existing containers in it.
Consult the official Docker documentation or other guides for instructions on migrating existing containers. Once you are certain it's safe, remove the snap-based Docker installation with:
sudo snap remove docker
-
If you need IPv6 support, enable it by following: Docker IPv6 support for AIO
-
AIO uses a special
mastercontainerto orchestrate the various pieces of the Nextcloud stack. To start AIO, launch themastercontainerwith the command below:
# For Linux and without a web server or reverse proxy already in place:
sudo docker run \
--init \
--sig-proxy=false \
--name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer \
--restart always \
--publish 80:80 \
--publish 8080:8080 \
--publish 8443:8443 \
--volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config \
--volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest
Explanation of the command
sudo docker runβ starts a new Docker container. Omitsudoif your user is in thedockergroup.--initβ runs an init process inside the container to handle zombie processes.--sig-proxy=falseβ prevents Ctrl+C in the attached terminal from stopping the container.--name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainerβ the container name. Do not change this name; mastercontainer updates rely on it.--restart alwaysβ ensures the container restarts automatically with the Docker daemon.--publish 80:80β publishes container port 80 on host port 80 (used for ACME http-challenge when obtaining certificates, used for for the AIO-interface running inside the mastercontainer). Not required if you run AIO behind a reverse proxy.--publish 8080:8080β publishes the AIO interface (self-signed certificate) on host port 8080. You may map a different host port if 8080 is in use (e.g.--publish 8081:8080).--publish 8443:8443β publishes the AIO interface with a valid certificate on host port 8443 (requires ports 80 and 8443 to be reachable and a domain pointing to your server). Not required if you run AIO behind a reverse proxy.--volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-configβ stores mastercontainer configuration in the named Docker volume. Do not change this volume name; built-in backups depend on it.--volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:roβ mounts the Docker socket (read-only) so the mastercontainer can manage other containers. On Windows/macOS or when using rootless Docker, this path may need adjustment; see the platform-specific docs. If you change the socket path, also setWATCHTOWER_DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHaccordingly. If you prefer not to expose the socket, see the manual-install documentation: Manual install without docker socket accessghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latestβ the mastercontainer image.
Additional options can be set with environment variables (for example --env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/mnt/ncdata" to change Nextcloud's datadir on first startup). See the Customization section and example compose file: compose.yaml for more options.
[!TIP] If you want Nextcloudβs data directory in a different location than the default Docker volume, see "How to change the default location of Nextcloud's Datadir" in this README: How to change the default location of Nextcloud's Datadir
[!NOTE] For production usage (and ease of upgrades and changes), we suggest using the example Compose file rather than
docker run.
- After the initial startup, open the Nextcloud AIO interface on port 8080 of this server by IP address, for example:
https://192.168.5.5:8080
[!CAUTION] Use an IP address (not a domain) when accessing the AIO interface on port 8080. Accessing via a domain may work temporarily but is likely to break later due to HSTS.
Port 8080 uses a self-signed certificate that you must accept in your browser.
It is also possible to obtain a valid certificate automatically if your firewall/router forwards ports 80 and 8443 and you point a domain to your server. In that case, access the AIO interface using the dedicated port for this purpose (8443), for example:
https://your-domain-that-points-to-this-server.tld:8443
- If you enable Nextcloud Talk, open port
3478/TCPand3478/UDPin your firewall/router for the Talk (TURN) container.
[!TIP] Don't have a domain yet? AIO can register a free dynamic-DNS subdomain under
dedyn.iofor you via deSEC β no external setup needed. Look for the "Don't have a domain? Get a free one from deSEC" section on the AIO interface when you are asked to enter your domain. AIO will automatically register the domain, keep the DNS record up to date, and enable the Caddy community container as a reverse proxy as well as the dnsmasq container for local DNS resolution.
FAQ
- TOC
- Where can I find additional documentation?
- How does it work?
- How to contribute?
- How many users are possible?
- Network
- Are reverse proxies supported?
- Which ports are mandatory to be open in your firewall/router?
- Explanation of used ports
- Notes on Cloudflare (proxy/tunnel)
- How to run Nextcloud behind a Cloudflare Tunnel?
- How to run Nextcloud via Tailscale?
- How to get a free domain via deSEC?
- How to get Nextcloud running using the ACME DNS-challenge?
- How to run Nextcloud locally? No domain wanted, or wanting intranet access within your LAN.
- Can I use an ip-address for Nextcloud instead of a domain?
- Can I run AIO offline or in an airgapped system?
- Are self-signed certificates supported for Nextcloud?
- Can I use AIO with multiple domains?
- Are other ports than the default 443 for Nextcloud supported?
- Can I run Nextcloud in a subdirectory on my domain?
- How can I access Nextcloud locally?
- How to overwrite the local DNS resolution for some domains or add extra hosts to the containers?
- How to skip the domain validation?
- How to resolve firewall problems with Fedora Linux, RHEL OS, CentOS, SUSE Linux and others?
- What can I do to fix the internal or reserved ip-address error?
- How to adjust the MTU size of the docker network
- Infrastructure
- Which CPU architectures are supported?
- Disrecommended VPS providers
- Recommended VPS
- Note on storage options
- Are there known problems when SELinux is enabled?
- Customization
- How to adjust the internally used docker api version?
- How to adjust the log level for AIO components?
- How to change the default location of Nextcloud's Datadir?
- How to configure custom UID/GID?
- How to move the appdata folder from the datadir to an ssd to improve the performance?
- How to store the files/installation on a separate drive?
- How to limit the resource usage of AIO?
- How to allow the Nextcloud container to access directories on the host?
- How to adjust the Talk port?
- How to adjust the upload limit for Nextcloud?
- How to adjust the max execution time for Nextcloud?
- How to adjust the PHP memory limit for Nextcloud?
- How to change the Nextcloud apps that are installed on the first startup?
- How to add OS packages permanently to the Nextcloud container?
- How to add PHP extensions permanently to the Nextcloud container?
- What about the pdlib PHP extension for the facerecognition app?
- How to enable hardware acceleration for Nextcloud?
- With open source drivers MESA for AMD, Intel and new drivers
Nouveaufor Nvidia - With proprietary drivers for Nvidia :warning: BETA
- With open source drivers MESA for AMD, Intel and new drivers
- How to keep disabled apps?
- How to trust user-defined Certification Authorities (CA)?
- How to disable Collabora's Seccomp feature?
- How to adjust the Fulltextsearch Java options?
- Guides
- How to run AIO on macOS?
- How to run AIO on Windows?
- How to run AIO on Unraid?
- How to run AIO on Synology DSM
- How to run AIO with Portainer?
- Can I run AIO on TrueNAS SCALE?
- How to run
occcommands? - How to resolve
Security & setup warnings displays the "missing default phone region" after initial install? - How to run multiple AIO instances on one server?
- Bruteforce protection FAQ
- How to switch the channel?
- How to update the containers?
- How to easily log in to the AIO interface?
- How to change the domain?
- How to properly reset the instance?
- Can I use a CIFS/SMB share as Nextcloud's datadir?
- Can I run this with Docker swarm?
- Can I run this with Kubernetes?
- How to run this with Docker rootless?
- Can I run this with Podman instead of Docker?
- Access/Edit Nextcloud files/folders manually
- How to edit Nextclouds config.php file with a texteditor?
- How to change default files by creating a custom skeleton directory?
- How to adjust the version retention policy and trashbin retention policy?
- How to enable automatic updates without creating a backup beforehand?
- Securing the AIO interface from unauthorized ACME challenges
- How to migrate from an already existing Nextcloud installation to Nextcloud AIO?
- Backup
- What is getting backed up by AIO's backup solution?
- How to adjust borgs retention policy?
- How to migrate from AIO to AIO?
- Are remote borg backups supported?
- Failure of the backup container in LXC containers
- How to create the backup volume on Windows?
- Pro-tip: Backup archives access
- Delete backup archives manually
- Sync local backups regularly to another drive
- How to exclude Nextcloud's data directory or the preview folder from backup?
- How to stop/start/update containers or trigger the daily backup from a script externally?
- How to disable the backup section?
- Addons
- Fail2ban
- LDAP
- Netdata
- USER_SQL
- phpMyAdmin, Adminer or pgAdmin
- Mail server
- Miscellaneous
- Requirements for integrating new containers
- AIO release policy
- Nextcloud update policy
- How often are update notifications sent?
- Huge docker logs
Where can I find additional documentation?
Some of the documentation is available on GitHub Discussions.
How does it work?
Nextcloud AIO is inspired by projects like Portainer that manage the docker daemon by talking to it through the docker socket directly. This concept allows a user to install only one container with a single command that does the heavy lifting of creating and managing all containers that are needed in order to provide a Nextcloud installation with most features included. It also makes updating a breeze and is not bound to the host system (and its slow updates) anymore as everything is in containers. Additionally, it is very easy to handle from a user perspective because a simple interface for managing your Nextcloud AIO installation is provided.
How to contribute?
See this issue for a list of feature requests that need help by contributors.
How many users are possible?
Up to 100 users are free, more are possible with Nextcloud Enterprise
Network
Are reverse proxies supported?
Yes. Please refer to the following documentation on this: reverse-proxy.md
Which ports are mandatory to be open in your firewall/router?
Only those (if you access the Mastercontainer Interface internally via port 8080):
443/TCPfor the Apache container443/UDPif you want to enable http3 for the Apache container3478/TCPand3478/UDPfor the Talk container
Explanation of used ports
8080/TCP: Mastercontainer Interface with self-signed certificate (works always, also if only access via IP-address is possible, e.g.https://ip.address.of.this.server:8080/) β οΈ Important: do always use an ip-address if you access this port and not a domain as HSTS might block access to it later! (It is also expected that this port uses a self-signed certificate due to security concerns which you need to accept in your browser)80/TCP: redirects to Nextcloud (is used for getting the certificate via ACME http-challenge for the Mastercontainer)8443/TCP: Mastercontainer Interface with valid certificate (only works if port 80 and 8443 are open/forwarded in your firewall/router and you point a domain to your server. It generates a valid certificate then automatically and access via e.g.https://public.domain.com:8443/is possible.)443/TCP: will be used by the Apache container later on and needs to be open/forwarded in your firewall/router443/UDP: will be used by the Apache container later on and needs to be open/forwarded in your firewall/router if you want to enable http33478/TCPand3478/UDP: will be used by the Turnserver inside the Talk container and needs to be open/forwarded in your firewall/router
Notes on Cloudflare (proxy/tunnel)
Since Cloudflare Proxy/Tunnel comes with a lot of limitations which are listed below, it is rather recommended to use the built-in deSEC domain registration or switch to Tailscale if possible.
- Cloudflare Proxy and Cloudflare Tunnel both require Cloudflare to perform TLS termination on their side and thus decrypt all the traffic on their infrastructure. This is a privacy concern and you will need to look for other solutions if it's unacceptable for you.
- Using Cloudflare Tunnel might potentially slow down Nextcloud since local access via the configured domain is not possible because TLS termination is in that case offloaded to Cloudflare's infrastructure. There is no way to disable this behavior in Cloudflare Tunnel.
- It is known that the domain validation may not work correctly behind Cloudflare since Cloudflare might block the validation attempt. You can simply skip it in that case by following: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-skip-the-domain-validation
- Make sure to disable Cloudflares Rocket Loader feature as otherwise Nextcloud's login prompt will not be shown.
- Cloudflare only supports uploading files up to 100Β MB in the free plan, if you try to upload bigger files you will get an error (413 - Payload Too Large) if no chunking is used (e.g. for public uploads in the web, or if chunks are configured to be bigger than 100 MB in the clients or the web). If you need to upload bigger files, you need to disable the proxy option in your DNS settings. Note that this will both disable Cloudflare DDoS protection and Cloudflare Tunnel as these services require the proxy option to be enabled.
- If using Cloudflare Tunnel and the Nextcloud Desktop Client Set Chunking on Nextcloud Desktop Client
- Cloudflare only allows a max timeout of 100s for requests which is not configurable. This means that any server-side processing e.g. for assembling chunks for big files during upload that take longer than 100s will simply not work. See https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/19223. If you need to upload big files reliably, you need to disable the proxy option in your DNS settings. Note that this will both disable Cloudflare DDoS protection and Cloudflare Tunnel as these services require the proxy option to be enabled.
- It is known that the in AIO included collabora (Nextcloud Office) does not work out of the box behind Cloudflare. To make it work, you need to add all Cloudflare IP-ranges to the wopi-allowlist in
https://yourdomain.com/settings/admin/richdocuments - Cloudflare Proxy might block the Turnserver for Nextcloud Talk from working correctly. You might want to disable Cloudflare Proxy thus. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/2463#discussioncomment-5779981
- The built-in turn-server for Nextcloud Talk will not work behind Cloudflare Tunnel since it needs a separate port (by default 3478 or as chosen) available on the same domain. If you still want to use the feature, you will need to install your own turnserver or use a publicly available one and adjust and test your stun and turn settings in
https://yourdomain.com/settings/admin/talk. - If you get an error in Nextcloud's admin overview that the HSTS header is not set correctly, you might need to enable it in Cloudflare manually.
- If you are using AIO's built-in Reverse Proxy and don't use your own, then the certificate issuing may possibly not work out-of-the-box because Cloudflare might block the attempt. In that case you need to disable the Proxy feature at least temporarily in order to make it work. Note that this isn't an option if you need Cloudflare Tunnel as disabling the proxy would also disable Cloudflare Tunnel which would in turn make your server unreachable for the verification. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/1101.
How to run Nextcloud behind a Cloudflare Tunnel?
Although it does not seems like it is the case but from AIO perspective a Cloudflare Tunnel works like a reverse proxy. So please follow the reverse proxy documentation where is documented how to make it run behind a Cloudflare Tunnel. However please see the caveats before proceeding.
How to run Nextcloud via Tailscale?
For a reverse proxy example guide for Tailscale, see this guide by @Perseus333: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/6817
How to get a free domain via deSEC?
deSEC offers free dynamic-DNS subdomains under dedyn.io. AIO integrates the registration process directly:
- Open the AIO interface and expand the "Don't have a domain? Get a free one from deSEC" section on the domain-entry page.
- Enter your email address and, optionally, a desired subdomain slug (the part before
.dedyn.io). Leave the slug blank for a random one. - Click Register free domain via deSEC. AIO will create a deSEC account, register the subdomain and store the credentials in its configuration.
After successful registration:
- AIO sets the registered
*.dedyn.iodomain as the Nextcloud domain automatically. - The Caddy community container is enabled as a reverse proxy.
- The dnsmasq community container is enabled so that LAN devices can resolve the domain to the server's local IP. Follow the dnsmasq documentation for the required router change.
- The mastercontainer keeps the DNS record up to date automatically when your public IP changes.
How to get Nextcloud running using the ACME DNS-challenge?
You can install AIO behind an external reverse proxy where is also documented how to get it running using the ACME DNS-challenge for getting a valid certificate for AIO. See the reverse proxy documentation. (Meant is the Caddy with ACME DNS-challenge section). Also see https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Running-a-private-vaultwarden-instance-with-Let%27s-Encrypt-certs#getting-a-custom-caddy-build for additional docs on this topic.
How to run Nextcloud locally? No domain wanted, or wanting intranet access within your LAN.
If you do not want to open Nextcloud to the public internet, you may have a look at the following documentation on how to set it up locally: local-instance.md, but keep in mind you're still required to have https working properly.
Can I use an ip-address for Nextcloud instead of a domain?
No and it will not be added. If you only want to run it locally, you may have a look at the following documentation: local-instance.md. Recommended is to use the built-in deSEC domain registration to get a free domain automatically, or alternatively Tailscale.
Can I run AIO offline or in an airgapped system?
No. This is not possible and will not be added due to multiple reasons: update checks, app installs via app-store, downloading additional docker images on demand and more.
Are self-signed certificates supported for Nextcloud?
No and they will not be. If you want to run it locally, without opening Nextcloud to the public internet, please have a look at the local instance documentation. Recommended is to use the built-in deSEC domain registration to obtain a free domain with a valid certificate automatically, or alternatively Tailscale.
Can I use AIO with multiple domains?
No and it will not be added. However you can use this feature in order to create multiple AIO instances, one for each domain.
Are other ports than the default 443 for Nextcloud supported?
No and they will not be. If port 443 and/or 80 is blocked for you, you may use the built-in deSEC domain registration (which uses the Caddy community container on port 443) or Tailscale if you want to publish it online. If you already run a different service on port 443, please use a dedicated domain for Nextcloud and set it up correctly by following the reverse proxy documentation. However in all cases the Nextcloud interface will redirect you to port 443.
Can I run Nextcloud in a subdirectory on my domain?
No and it will not be added. Please use a dedicated (sub-)domain for Nextcloud and set it up correctly by following the reverse proxy documentation. If you don't have a domain yet, use the built-in deSEC domain registration to get one for free, or alternatively Tailscale.
How can I access Nextcloud locally?
Please note that local access is not possible if you are running AIO behind Cloudflare Tunnel since TLS proxying is in that case offloaded to Cloudflares infrastructure. You can fix this by setting up your own reverse proxy that handles TLS proxying locally and will make the steps below work.
Please make sure that if you are running AIO behind a reverse proxy, that the reverse proxy is configured to use port 443 on the server that runs it. Otherwise the steps below will not work.
Now that this is out of the way, the recommended way how to access Nextcloud locally, is to set up a local dns-server like a pi-hole and set up a custom dns-record for that domain that points to the internal ip-adddress of your server that runs Nextcloud AIO. Below are some guides:
- https://www.howtogeek.com/devops/how-to-run-your-own-dns-server-on-your-local-network/
- https://help.nextcloud.com/t/need-help-to-configure-internal-access/156075/6
- https://howchoo.com/pi/pi-hole-setup together with https://web.archive.org/web/20221203223505/https://docs.callitkarma.me/posts/PiHole-Local-DNS/
- https://dockerlabs.collabnix.com/intermediate/networking/Configuring_DNS.html Apart from that there is now a community container that can be added to the AIO stack: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/pi-hole
If you registered your domain via the built-in deSEC integration, the dnsmasq community container is automatically enabled and resolves your Nextcloud domain to the server's local IP for LAN clients. You only need to point your router's DHCP DNS server to the AIO host β see the dnsmasq documentation for details.
How to overwrite the local DNS resolution for some domains or add extra hosts to the containers?
For some use cases, you might need to overwrite the local DNS resolution of some domains inside the containers. On Linux, you can do so either by using a local DNS server as described in the section above and add a local DNS entry into the dns server and make your containers use that DNS server.
Another solution on Linux, depending on your network and docker configuration, it might also work to simply edit the /etc/hosts file. Add your custom entry like 172.18.0.1 mail.example.com as additional line to the file and restart docker which should automatically push the entry to all docker containers.
How to skip the domain validation?
If you are completely sure that you've configured everything correctly and are not able to pass the domain validation, you may skip the domain validation by adding --env SKIP_DOMAIN_VALIDATION=true to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used).
Alternatively, if the container is already running, reload the AIO interface with the param skip_domain_validation to skip the domain validation on the fly: e.g. https://ip.address.of.the.server:8080/containers?skip_domain_validation.
How to resolve firewall problems with Fedora Linux, RHEL OS, CentOS, SUSE Linux and others?
It is known that Linux distros that use firewalld as their firewall daemon have problems with docker networks. In case the containers are not able to communicate with each other, you may change your firewalld to use the iptables backend by running:
sudo sed -i 's/FirewallBackend=nftables/FirewallBackend=iptables/g' /etc/firewalld/firewalld.conf
sudo systemctl restart firewalld docker
Afterwards it should work.
See https://dev.to/ozorest/fedora-32-how-to-solve-docker-internal-network-issue-22me for more details on this. This limitation is even mentioned on the official firewalld website: https://firewalld.org/#who-is-using-it
What can I do to fix the internal or reserved ip-address error?
If you get an error during the domain validation which states that your ip-address is an internal or reserved ip-address, you can fix this by first making sure that your domain indeed has the correct public ip-address that points to the server and then adding --add-host yourdomain.com:<public-ip-address> to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) which will allow the domain validation to work correctly. And so that you know: even if the A record of your domain should change over time, this is no problem since the mastercontainer will not make any attempt to access the chosen domain after the initial domain validation.
How to adjust the MTU size of the docker network
You can adjust the MTU size of the docker network by creating it beforehand with the custom MTU:
docker network create --driver bridge --opt com.docker.network.driver.mtu=1440 nextcloud-aio
When you open the AIO interface for the first time after you execute the docker run command, it will automatically connect to the nextcloud-aio network with the custom MTU. Keep in mind that if you previously started the mastercontainer without creating the network with the extra options, you will need to remove the old nextcloud-aio network and recreate it with the new configuration.
If you want to use docker compose, you can check out the comments in the compose.yaml file for more details.
Infrastructure
Which CPU architectures are supported?
You can check this on Linux by running: uname -m
- x86_64/x64/amd64
- aarch64/arm64/armv8
Disrecommended VPS providers
- Older Strato VPS using Virtuozzo caused problems though ones from Q3 2023 and later should work.
If your VPS has a
/proc/user_beancountersfile and a lownumproclimit set in it your server will likely misbehave once it reaches this limit which is very quickly reached by AIO, see here. - Hostingers VPS seem to miss a specific Kernel feature which is required for AIO to run correctly. See here.
Recommended VPS
In general recommended VPS are those that are KVM/non-virtualized as Docker should work best on them.
Note on storage options
- SD-cards are disrecommended for AIO since they cripple the performance and they are not meant for many write operations which is needed for the database and other parts
- SSD storage is recommended
- HDD storage should work as well but is of course much slower than SSD storage
Are there known problems when SELinux is enabled?
Yes. If SELinux is enabled, you might need to add the --security-opt label:disable option to the docker run command of the mastercontainer in order to allow it to access the docker socket (or security_opt: ["label:disable"] in compose.yaml). See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/485
Customization
How to adjust the internally used docker api version?
If you run an outdated or too new docker version, you might run into problems with the by AIO internally used docker api version. To fix this, you can specify the api version manually. You can do so by adding --env DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.44 to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used). This variable excepts a string based on the pattern [0-9].[0-9]+, so e.g. 1.44. β οΈ However please note that only the default api version (unset this variable) is supported and tested by the maintainers of Nextcloud AIO. So use this on your own risk and things might break without warning.
How to adjust the log level for AIO components?
You can globally adjust the log level of the included AIO components by adding --env AIO_LOG_LEVEL=warn to the docker run command of the mastercontainer. This setting is propagated from the mastercontainer to the built-in sibling containers. If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command or compose file that you initially used. For troubleshooting, debug and info may additionally re-enable some supervisord child stdout or stderr streams that are normally suppressed in order to keep the default logs concise. Allowed values are error, warn, info and debug.
How to change the default location of Nextcloud's Datadir?
[!WARNING]
Do not set or adjust this value after the initial Nextcloud installation is done! If you still want to do it afterwards, see this on how to do it.
You can configure the Nextcloud container to use a specific directory on your host as data directory. You can do so by adding the environmental variable NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used). Allowed values for that variable are strings that start with / and are not equal to /. The chosen directory or volume will then be mounted to /mnt/ncdata inside the container.
- An example for Linux is
--env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/mnt/ncdata". β οΈ Please note: If you should be using an external BTRFS drive that is mounted to/mnt/ncdata, make sure to choose a subfolder like e.g./mnt/ncdata/nextcloudas datadir, since the root folder is not suited as datadir in that case. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/2696. - On macOS it might be
--env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/var/nextcloud-data" - For Synology it may be
--env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/volume1/docker/nextcloud/data". - On Windows it might be
--env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/run/desktop/mnt/host/c/ncdata". (This path is equivalent toC:\ncdataon your Windows host so you need to translate the path accordingly. Hint: the path that you enter needs to start with/run/desktop/mnt/host/. Append to that the exact location on your windows host, e.g.c/ncdatawhich is equivalent toC:\ncdata.) β οΈ Please note: This does not work with external drives like USB or network drives and only with internal drives like SATA or NVME drives. - Another option is to provide a specific volume name here with:
--env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_datadir". This volume needs to be created beforehand manually by you in order to be able to use it. e.g. on Windows with:In this example, it would mountdocker volume create ^ --driver local ^ --name nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_datadir ^ -o device="/host_mnt/e/your/data/path" ^ -o type="none" ^ -o o="bind"E:\your\data\pathinto the volume so for a different location you need to adjust/host_mnt/e/your/data/pathaccordingly.
How to configure custom UID/GID?
There are two ways to configure custom UIDs or GIDs that will be used inside the installation.
The first and recommended solution is to use Nextcloud's external storage app and use its functionality to add a connection into Nextcloud. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration_gui.html
Another solution if you really need to use host mounts is to use a bind mount to map custom permissions to the directory. You can do so by editing the /etc/fstab file on your Linux server and create an entry like the following to the file:
/source/path /target/path/where/the/source/directory/will/be/mounted/on/the/server fuse.bindfs force-user=33,force-group=33,allow_other 0 0
Then use sudo mount /target/path/where/the/source/directory/will/be/mounted/on/the/server to mount it directly.
You can afterwards use --env NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/target/path/where/the/source/directory/will/be/mounted/on/the/server" as described in the section above.
How to move the appdata folder from the datadir to an ssd to improve the performance?
If the datadir in your setup is configured to be placed on an HDD or network FS like SMB or NFS, you can follow the steps below to change the location of the appdata folder to be located on an SSD in order to improve the performance of the setup.
[!NOTE]
The following steps only work if you already configured and used NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR as mentioned two sections above. In this example here, we assume that you usedNEXTCLOUD_DATADIR="/target/path/.
After the initial installation is done and all datadir files of Nextcloud are stored inside the configured /target/path directory, you will also see an appdata_* folder in there that stores app-related data. You can now move that folder to a faster SSD if the target dir is not already positioned on an SSD by first using rsync to sync the files a location on an SSD. Afterwards rename the appdata folder in the datadir to something like appdata_*-backup. Afterwards add the following line to /etc/fstab:
/source/path/on/ssd /target/path/<appdata-path> fuse.bindfs force-user=33,force-group=33,allow_other 0 0
Do not forget to adjust <appdata-path> to the correct appdata_* name that your installation initially created automatically.
Then use sudo mount /target/path/<appdata-path> to mount it directly.
Afterwards things should be speed up.
How to store the files/installation on a separate drive?
You can move the whole docker library and all its files including all Nextcloud AIO files and folders to a separate drive by first mounting the drive in the host OS (NTFS is not supported and ext4 is recommended as FS) and then following this tutorial: https://www.guguweb.com/2019/02/07/how-to-move-docker-data-directory-to-another-location-on-ubuntu/
(Of course docker needs to be installed first for this to work.)
β οΈ If you encounter errors from richdocuments in your Nextcloud logs, check in your Collabora container if the message "Capabilities are not set for the coolforkit program." appears. If so, follow these steps:
- Stop all the containers from the AIO Interface.
- Go to your terminal and delete the Collabora container (
docker rm nextcloud-aio-collabora) AND the Collabora image (docker image rm nextcloud/aio-collabora). - You might also want to prune your Docker (
docker system prune -a) (no data will be lost). - Restart your containers from the AIO Interface.
This should solve the problem.
How to limit the resource usage of AIO?
In some cases, you might want to limit the overall resource usage of AIO. You can do so by following this documentation. Another possibility is to use the manual installation.
How to allow the Nextcloud container to access directories on the host?
By default, the Nextcloud container is confined and cannot access directories on the host OS. You might want to change this when you are planning to use local external storage in Nextcloud to store some files outside the data directory and can do so by adding the environmental variable NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used). Allowed values for that variable are strings that start with / and are not equal to /.
- Two examples for Linux are
--env NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/mnt/"and--env NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/media/". - On macOS it might be
--env NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/Volumes/your_drive/" - For Synology it may be
--env NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/volume1/". - On Windows it might be
--env NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/run/desktop/mnt/host/d/your-folder/". (This path is equivalent toD:\your-folderon your Windows host so you need to translate the path accordingly. Hint: the path that you enter needs to start with/run/desktop/mnt/host/. Append to that the exact location on your windows host, e.g.d/your-folder/which is equivalent toD:\your-folder.) β οΈ Please note: This does not work with external drives like USB or network drives and only with internal drives like SATA or NVME drives.
After using this option, please make sure to apply the correct permissions to the directories that you want to use in Nextcloud. E.g. sudo chown -R 33:0 /mnt/your-drive-mountpoint and sudo chmod -R 750 /mnt/your-drive-mountpoint should make it work on Linux when you have used --env NEXTCLOUD_MOUNT="/mnt/". On Windows you could do this e.g. with docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud chown -R 33:0 /run/desktop/mnt/host/d/your-folder/ and docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud chmod -R 750 /run/desktop/mnt/host/d/your-folder/.
You can then navigate to https://your-nc-domain.com/settings/apps/disabled, activate the external storage app, navigate to https://your-nc-domain.com/settings/admin/externalstorages and add a local external storage directory that will be accessible inside the container at the same place that you've entered. E.g. /mnt/your-drive-mountpoint will be mounted to /mnt/your-drive-mountpoint inside the container, etc.
Be aware though that these locations will not be covered by the built-in backup solution - but you can add further Docker volumes and host paths that you want to back up after the initial backup is done.
[!NOTE]
If you can't see the type "local storage" in the external storage admin options, a restart of the containers from the AIO interface may be required.
How to adjust the Talk port?
By default will the talk container use port 3478/UDP and 3478/TCP for connections. This should be set to something higher than 1024! You can adjust the port by adding e.g. --env TALK_PORT=3478 to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and adjusting the port to your desired value. Best is to use a port over 1024, so e.g. 3479 to not run into this: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/2517
How to adjust the upload limit for Nextcloud?
By default, public uploads to Nextcloud are limited to a max of 16G (logged in users can upload much bigger files using the webinterface or the mobile/desktop clients, since chunking is used in that case). You can adjust the upload limit by providing --env NEXTCLOUD_UPLOAD_LIMIT=16G to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. It must start with a number and end with G e.g. 16G.
How to adjust the max execution time for Nextcloud?
By default, uploads to Nextcloud are limited to a max of 3600s. You can adjust the upload time limit by providing --env NEXTCLOUD_MAX_TIME=3600 to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. It must be a number e.g. 3600.
How to adjust the PHP memory limit for Nextcloud?
By default, each PHP process in the Nextcloud container is limited to a max of 512 MB. You can adjust the memory limit by providing --env NEXTCLOUD_MEMORY_LIMIT=512M to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. It must start with a number and end with M e.g. 1024M.
How to change the Nextcloud apps that are installed on the first startup?
You might want to adjust the Nextcloud apps that are installed upon the first startup of the Nextcloud container. You can do so by adding --env NEXTCLOUD_STARTUP_APPS="deck twofactor_totp tasks calendar contacts notes" to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. It must be a string with small letters a-z, 0-9, spaces and hyphens or '_'. You can disable shipped and by default enabled apps by adding a hyphen in front of the appid. E.g. -contactsinteraction.
How to add OS packages permanently to the Nextcloud container?
Some Nextcloud apps require additional external dependencies that must be bundled within Nextcloud container in order to work correctly. As we cannot put each and every dependency for all apps into the container - as this would make the project quickly unmaintainable - there is an official way in which you can add additional dependencies into the Nextcloud container. However note that doing this is disrecommended since we do not test Nextcloud apps that require external dependencies.
You can do so by adding --env NEXTCLOUD_ADDITIONAL_APKS="imagemagick dependency2 dependency3" to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. It must be a string with small letters a-z, digits 0-9, spaces, dots and hyphens or '_'. You can find available packages here: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?branch=v3.24. By default imagemagick is added. If you want to keep it, you need to specify it as well.
How to add PHP extensions permanently to the Nextcloud container?
Some Nextcloud apps require additional php extensions that must be bundled within Nextcloud container in order to work correctly. As we cannot put each and every dependency for all apps into the container - as this would make the project quickly unmaintainable - there is an official way in which you can add additional php extensions into the Nextcloud container. However note that doing this is disrecommended since we do not test Nextcloud apps that require additional php extensions.
You can do so by adding --env NEXTCLOUD_ADDITIONAL_PHP_EXTENSIONS="imagick extension1 extension2" to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. It must be a string with small letters a-z, digits 0-9, spaces, dots and hyphens or '_'. You can find available extensions here: https://pecl.php.net/packages.php. By default imagick is added. If you want to keep it, you need to specify it as well.
What about the pdlib PHP extension for the facerecognition app?
The facerecognition app requires the pdlib PHP extension to be installed. Unfortunately, it is not available on PECL nor via PHP core, so there is no way to add this into AIO currently. However you can use this community container in order to run facerecognition.
How to enable hardware acceleration for Nextcloud?
Some container can use GPU acceleration to increase performance like memories app allows to enable hardware transcoding for videos.
With open source drivers MESA for AMD, Intel and new drivers Nouveau for Nvidia
[!WARNING]
This only works if the/dev/dridevice is present on the host! If it does not exist on your host, don't proceed as otherwise the mastercontainer will fail to start! If you are unsure about this, better do not proceed with the instructions below. Make sure that your driver is correctly configured on the host.
A list of supported device can be fond in MESA 3D documentation.
This method use the Direct Rendering Infrastructure with the access to the /dev/dri device.
In order to use that, you need to pass the /dev/dri device into the mastercontainer by adding --device=/dev/dri to the docker run command (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used). The /dev/dri device gets mounted into the containers that benefit from it.
With this device in place, the AIO mastercontainer automatically detects the /dev/dri device, enables hardware acceleration for the relevant containers and passes the correct render device group to the talk-recording container so that VA-API hardware transcoding (h264_vaapi) is used when recording calls.
With proprietary drivers for Nvidia :warning: BETA
[!WARNING] This only works if the Nvidia Toolkit is installed on the host and an NVIDIA GPU is enabled! Make sure that it is correctly configured on the host. If it does not exist on your host, don't proceed as otherwise the Nextcloud container will fail to start! If you are unsure about this, better do not proceed with the instructions below.
This feature is in beta. Since the proprietary, we haven't a lot of user using proprietary drivers, we can't guarantee the stability of this feature. Your feedback is welcome.
This method use the Nvidia Container Toolkit with the nvidia runtime.
In order to use that, you need to add --env NEXTCLOUD_ENABLE_NVIDIA_GPU=true to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) which will enable the nvidia runtime.
The talk-recording container automatically detects the NVIDIA GPU at startup and uses h264_nvenc hardware encoding when available. No additional steps are required beyond enabling the NVIDIA runtime.
If you're using WSL2 and want to use the NVIDIA runtime, please follow the instructions to install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit meta-version in WSL.
How to keep disabled apps?
In certain situations you might want to keep Nextcloud apps that are disabled in the AIO interface and not uninstall them if they should be installed in Nextcloud. You can do so by adding --env NEXTCLOUD_KEEP_DISABLED_APPS=true to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used).
[!WARNING]
Doing this might cause unintended problems in Nextcloud if an app that requires an external dependency is still installed but the external dependency not for example.
How to trust user-defined Certification Authorities (CA)?
[!NOTE] Please note, that this feature is only intended to make LDAPS connections with self-signed certificates work. It will not make other interconnectivity between the different containers work, as they expect a valid publicly trusted certificate like one from Let's Encrypt.
For some applications it might be necessary to establish a secure connection to another host/server which is using a certificate issued by a Certification Authority that is not trusted out of the box. An example could be configuring LDAPS against a domain controller (Active Directory or Samba-based) of an organization.
You can make the Nextcloud container trust any Certification Authority by providing the environmental variable NEXTCLOUD_TRUSTED_CACERTS_DIR to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used). The value of the variables should be set to the absolute paths of the directory on the host, which contains one or more Certification Authorities certificates. You should use X.509 certificates, Base64 encoded. (Other formats may work but have not been tested!) All the certificates in the directory will be trusted.
When using docker run, the environmental variable can be set with --env NEXTCLOUD_TRUSTED_CACERTS_DIR=/path/to/my/cacerts.
In order for the value to be valid, the path should start with / and not end with / and point to an existing directory. Pointing the variable directly to a certificate file will not work and may also break things.
How to disable Collabora's Seccomp feature?
The Collabora container enables Seccomp by default, which is a security feature of the Linux kernel. On systems without this kernel feature enabled, you need to provide --env COLLABORA_SECCOMP_DISABLED=true to the initial docker run command in order to make it work. If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used.
How to adjust the Fulltextsearch Java options?
The Fulltextsearch Java options are by default set to -Xms512M -Xmx512M which might not be enough on some systems. You can adjust this by adding e.g. --env FULLTEXTSEARCH_JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xms1024M -Xmx1024M" to the initial docker run command. If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used.
Guides
How to run AIO on macOS?
[!NOTE] On macOS, it is recommended to use OrbStack instead of Docker Desktop which has much better compatibility with docker for Linux compared to Docker Desktop. See https://orbstack.dev/
Generally, on macOS, there is only one thing different for the docker run command in comparison to Linux: instead of using --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro, you need to use --volume /var/run/docker.sock.raw:/var/run/docker.sock:ro to run it after you installed Docker Desktop (and don't forget to enable ipv6 if you should need that). Apart from that it should work and behave the same like on Linux.
Also, you may be interested in adjusting Nextcloud's Datadir to store the files on the host system. See this documentation on how to do it.
How to run AIO on Windows?
On Windows, install Docker Desktop (and don't forget to enable ipv6 if you should need that) and run the following command in the command prompt:
docker run ^
--init ^
--sig-proxy=false ^
--name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer ^
--restart always ^
--publish 80:80 ^
--publish 8080:8080 ^
--publish 8443:8443 ^
--volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config ^
--volume //var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro ^
ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest
Also, you may be interested in adjusting Nextcloud's Datadir to store the files on the host system. See this documentation on how to do it.
[!NOTE]
Almost all commands in this project's documentation usesudo docker .... Sincesudois not available on Windows, you simply removesudofrom the commands and they should work.
How to run AIO on Unraid?
Generally on Unraid, before installing Nextcloud AIO, you should make sure to specify a directory for all docker related files instead of using the default docker image before continuing the installation process. See this guide for more details: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/103924-how-to-turn-my-docker-file-to-a-docker-folder/#comment-962317
Additionally, you might need to create a custom user script to start all sibling containers of AIO automatically whenever the server reboots (since the docker plugin in Unraid does not respect the normal docker restart-policy that is configured for all AIO containers). See the User scripts docs: https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/using-unraid-to/run-docker-containers/managing-and-customizing-containers/#user-scripts-plugin. You would need to use a script like the one below and use the schedule option @reboot to start the containers automatically.
#!/bin/bash
# Wait 120 seconds for other server components to start correctly
sleep 120
# Execute the actual command
docker exec --env START_CONTAINERS=1 nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer /daily-backup.sh
Apart from that, the installation of AIO should work like on "normal" Linux. So refer to the Linux instructions for installation.
How to run AIO on Synology DSM
On Synology, there are two things different in comparison to Linux: instead of using --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro, you need to use --volume /volume1/docker/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro to run it. You also need to add --env WATCHTOWER_DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH="/volume1/docker/docker.sock"to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest). Additionally, you likely need to adjust the internally used api version. See this documentation. Apart from that it should work and behave the same like on Linux. Obviously the Synology Docker GUI will not work with that so you will need to either use SSH or create a user-defined script task in the task scheduler as the user 'root' in order to run the command.
[!NOTE]
It is possible that the docker socket on your Synology is located in/var/run/docker.socklike the default on Linux. Then you can just use the Linux command without having to change anything - you will notice this when you try to start the container and it says that the bind mount failed. E.g.docker: Error response from daemon: Bind mount failed: '/volume1/docker/docker.sock' does not exists.
Also, you may be interested in adjusting Nextcloud's Datadir to store the files on the host system. See this documentation on how to do it.
You'll also need to adjust Synology's firewall, see below:
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The Synology DSM is vulnerable to attacks with it's open ports and login interfaces, which is why a firewall setup is always recommended. If a firewall is activated it is necessary to have exceptions for ports 80,443, the subnet of the docker bridge which includes the Nextcloud containers, your public static IP (if you don't use DDNS) and if applicable your NC-Talk ports 3478 TCP+UDP:
If you have the NAS setup on your local network (which is most often the case) you will need to setup the Synology DNS to be able to access Nextcloud from your network via its domain. Also don't forget to add the new DNS to your DHCP server and your fixed IP settings:
How to run AIO with Portainer?
The easiest way to run it with Portainer on Linux is to use Portainer's stacks feature and use this docker-compose file in order to start AIO correctly.
Can I run AIO on TrueNAS SCALE?
With the Truenas Scale Release 24.10.0 (which was officially released on October 29th 2024 as a stable release) IX Systems ditched the Kubernetes integration and implemented a fully working docker environment.
For a more complete guide, see this guide by @zybster: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/5506
On older TrueNAS SCALE releases with Kubernetes environment, there are two ways to run AIO. The preferred one is to run AIO inside a VM. This is necessary since they do not expose the docker socket for containers on the host, you also cannot use docker-compose on it thus and it is also not possible to run custom helm-charts that are not explicitly written for TrueNAS SCALE.
Another but untested way is to install Portainer on your TrueNAS SCALE from here https://truecharts.org/charts/stable/portainer/installation-notes and add the Helm-chart repository https://nextcloud.github.io/all-in-one/ into Portainer by following https://docs.portainer.io/user/kubernetes/helm. More docs on AIOs Helm Chart are available here: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/nextcloud-aio-helm-chart#nextcloud-aio-helm-chart.
How to run occ commands?
Simply run the following: sudo docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ your-command. Of course your-command needs to be exchanged with the command that you want to run. Please note: If you do not have CLI access to the server, you can now run docker commands via a web session by using this community container: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/container-management
How to resolve Security & setup warnings displays the "missing default phone region" after initial install?
Simply run the following command: sudo docker exec --user www-data nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ config:system:set default_phone_region --value="yourvalue". Of course you need to modify yourvalue based on your location. Examples are DE, US and GB. See this list for more codes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Officially_assigned_code_elements Please note: If you do not have CLI access to the server, you can now run docker commands via a web session by using this community container: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/container-management
How to run multiple AIO instances on one server?
See multiple-instances.md for some documentation on this.
Bruteforce protection FAQ
Nextcloud features a built-in bruteforce protection which may get triggered and will block an ip-address or disable a user. You can unblock an ip-address by running sudo docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ security:bruteforce:reset <ip-address> and enable a disabled user by running sudo docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ user:enable <name of user>. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/occ_command.html#security-commands-label for further information. Please note: If you do not have CLI access to the server, you can now run docker commands via a web session by using this community container: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/container-management
How to switch the channel?
You can switch to a different channel like e.g. the beta channel or from the beta channel back to the latest channel by stopping the mastercontainer, removing it (no data will be lost) and recreating the container using the same command that you used initially to create the mastercontainer. You simply need to change the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest to ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:beta and vice versa. β οΈ In some rare occurrences, you might need to run docker pull ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest or docker pull ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:beta first before being able to use the image.
How to update the containers?
If we push new containers to latest, you will see in the AIO interface below the containers section that new container updates were found. In this case, just press Stop containers and Start and update containers in order to update the containers. The mastercontainer has its own update procedure though. See below. And don't forget to back up the current state of your instance using the built-in backup solution before starting the containers again! Otherwise you won't be able to restore your instance easily if something should break during the update.
If a new mastercontainer update was found, you'll see a note below the Stop containers button that allows to show the changelog. If you click that button and the containers are stopped, you will see a new button that allows to update the mastercontainer. After doing so and after the update is gone through, you will have the option again to Start and update containers. It is recommended to create a backup before clicking the Start and update containers button.
Additionally, there is a cronjob that runs once a day that checks for container and mastercontainer updates and sends a notification to all Nextcloud admins if a new update was found.
How to easily log in to the AIO interface?
If your Nextcloud is running and you are logged in as admin in your Nextcloud, you can easily log in to the AIO interface by opening https://yourdomain.tld/settings/admin/overview which will show a button on top that enables you to log in to the AIO interface by just clicking on this button.
[!Note] You can change the domain/ip-address/port of the button by simply stopping the containers, visiting the AIO interface from the correct and desired domain/ip-address/port and clicking once on
Start containers.
How to change the domain?
[!NOTE]
Editing the configuration.json manually and making a mistake may break your instance so please create a backup first!
If you set up a new AIO instance, you need to enter a domain. Currently there is no way to change this domain afterwards from the AIO interface. So in order to change it, you need to edit the configuration.json manually using sudo docker run -it --rm --volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config:rw alpine sh -c "apk add --no-cache nano && nano /mnt/docker-aio-config/data/configuration.json", substitute each occurrence of your old domain with your new domain and save and write out the file. Afterwards restart your containers from the AIO interface and everything should work as expected if the new domain is correctly configured.
If you are running AIO behind a web server or reverse proxy (like Apache, Nginx, Caddy, Cloudflare Tunnel and else), you need to obviously also change the domain in your reverse proxy config.
Additionally, after restarting the containers, you need to open the admin settings and update some values manually that cannot be changed automatically. Here is a list of some known places:
https://your-nc-domain.com/settings/admin/talkfor Turn/Stun server and Signaling Server if you enabled Talk via the AIO interfacehttps://your-nc-domain.com/settings/admin/themingfor the theming URLhttps://your-nc-domain.com/settings/admin/app_apifor the deploy daemon if you enabled the App API via the AIO interface
How to properly reset the instance?
If something goes unexpected routes during the initial installation, you might want to reset the AIO installation to be able to start from scratch.
[!NOTE]
If you already have it running and have data on your instance, you should not follow these instructions as it will delete all data that is coupled to your AIO instance.
Here is how to reset the AIO instance properly:
- Stop all containers if they are running from the AIO interface
- Stop the mastercontainer with
sudo docker stop nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer - If the domaincheck container is still running, stop it with
sudo docker stop nextcloud-aio-domaincheck - Check that no AIO containers are running anymore by running
sudo docker ps --format {{.Names}}. If nonextcloud-aiocontainers are listed, you can proceed with the steps below. If there should be some, you will need to stop them withsudo docker stop <container_name>until no one is listed anymore. - Check which containers are stopped:
sudo docker ps --filter "status=exited" - Now remove all these stopped containers with
sudo docker container prune - Delete the docker network with
sudo docker network rm nextcloud-aio - Check which volumes are dangling with
sudo docker volume ls --filter "dangling=true" - Now remove all these dangling volumes:
sudo docker volume prune --filter all=1(on Windows you might need to remove some volumes afterwards manually withdocker volume rm nextcloud_aio_backupdir,docker volume rm nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_datadir). - If you've configured
NEXTCLOUD_DATADIRto a path on your host instead of the default volume, you need to clean that up as well. (E.g. by simply deleting the directory). - Make sure that no volumes are remaining with
sudo docker volume ls --format {{.Name}}. If nonextcloud-aiovolumes are listed, you can proceed with the steps below. If there should be some, you will need to remove them withsudo docker volume rm <volume_name>until no one is listed anymore. - Optional: You can remove all docker images with
sudo docker image prune -a. - And you are done! Now feel free to start over with the recommended docker run command!
Can I use a CIFS/SMB share as Nextcloud's datadir?
Sure. Add this to the /etc/fstab file on the host system:
<your-storage-host-and-subpath> <your-mount-dir> cifs rw,mfsymlinks,seal,credentials=<your-credentials-file>,uid=33,gid=0,file_mode=0770,dir_mode=0770 0 0
(Of course you need to modify <your-storage-host-and-subpath>, <your-mount-dir> and <your-credentials-file> for your specific case.)
One example could look like this:
//your-storage-host/subpath /mnt/storagebox cifs rw,mfsymlinks,seal,credentials=/etc/storage-credentials,uid=33,gid=0,file_mode=0770,dir_mode=0770 0 0
and add into /etc/storage-credentials:
username=<smb/cifs username>
password=<password>
(Of course you need to modify <smb/cifs username> and <password> for your specific case.)
Now you can use /mnt/storagebox as Nextcloud's datadir like described in the section here.
[!NOTE]
You also might want to move the appdata dir after the initial installation is done to improve the performance. See this section
Can I run this with Docker swarm?
Yes. For that to work, you need to use and follow the manual-install documentation.
Can I run this with Kubernetes?
Yes. For that to work, you need to use and follow the helm-chart documentation.
How to run this with Docker rootless?
You can run AIO also with docker rootless. How to do this is documented here: docker-rootless.md
Can I run this with Podman instead of Docker?
Since Podman is not 100% compatible with the Docker API, Podman is not supported (since that would add yet another platform where the maintainer would need to test on). However you can use and follow the manual-install documentation to get AIO's containers running with Podman or use Docker rootless, as described in the above section. Also there is this now: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/3487
Access/Edit Nextcloud files/folders manually
The files and folders that you add to Nextcloud are by default stored in the following docker directory: nextcloud_aio_nextcloud:/mnt/ncdata/ (usually /var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud_data/_data/ on linux host systems). If needed, you can modify/add/delete files/folders there but ATTENTION: be very careful when doing so because you might corrupt your AIO installation! Best is to create a backup using the built-in backup solution before editing/changing files/folders in there because you will then be able to restore your instance to the backed up state.
After you are done modifying/adding/deleting files/folders, don't forget to apply the correct permissions by running: sudo docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud chown -R 33:0 /mnt/ncdata/ and sudo docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud chmod -R 750 /mnt/ncdata/ and rescan the files with sudo docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ files:scan --all. Please note: If you do not have CLI access to the server, you can now run docker commands via a web session by using this community container: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/container-management
How to edit Nextclouds config.php file with a texteditor?
You can edit Nextclouds config.php file directly from the host with your favorite text editor. E.g. like this: sudo docker run -it --rm --volume nextcloud_aio_nextcloud:/var/www/html:rw alpine sh -c "apk add --no-cache nano && nano /var/www/html/config/config.php". Make sure to not break the file though which might corrupt your Nextcloud instance otherwise. In best case, create a backup using the built-in backup solution before editing the file. Please note: If you do not have CLI access to the server, you can now run docker commands via a web session by using this community container: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/container-management
How to change default files by creating a custom skeleton directory?
All users see a set of default files and folders as dictated by Nextcloud's configuration. To change these default files and folders a custom skeleton directory must first be created; this can be accomplished by copying your skeleton files sudo docker cp --follow-link /path/to/nextcloud/skeleton/ nextcloud-aio-nextcloud:/mnt/ncdata/skeleton/, applying the correct permissions with sudo docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud chown -R 33:0 /mnt/ncdata/skeleton/ and sudo docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud chmod -R 750 /mnt/ncdata/skeleton/ and setting the skeleton directory option with sudo docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ config:system:set skeletondirectory --value="/mnt/ncdata/skeleton". Further information is available in the Nextcloud documentation on configuration parameters for the skeleton directory.
How to adjust the version retention policy and trashbin retention policy?
By default, AIO sets the versions_retention_obligation and trashbin_retention_obligation both to auto, 30 which means that versions and items in the trashbin get deleted after 30 days. If you want to change this, see https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/file_versioning.html.
How to enable automatic updates without creating a backup beforehand?
If you have an external backup solution, you might want to enable automatic updates without creating a backup first. However note that doing this is disrecommended since you will not be able to easily create and restore a backup from the AIO interface anymore and you need to make sure to shut down all the containers properly before creating the backup, e.g. by stopping them from the AIO interface first.
But anyhow, is here a guide that helps you automate the whole procedure:
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#!/bin/bash
# Stop the containers
docker exec --env STOP_CONTAINERS=1 nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer /daily-backup.sh
# Below is optional if you run AIO in a VM which will shut down the VM afterwards
# poweroff
You can simply copy and paste the script into a file e.g. named shutdown-script.sh e.g. here: /root/shutdown-script.sh.
Afterwards apply the correct permissions with sudo chown root:root /root/shutdown-script.sh and sudo chmod 700 /root/shutdown-script.sh. Then you can create a cronjob that runs it on a schedule e.g. runs the script at 04:00 each day like this:
- Open the cronjob with
sudo crontab -u root -e(and choose your editor of choice if not already done. I'd recommend nano). - Add the following new line to the crontab if not already present:
0 4 * * * /root/shutdown-script.shwhich will run the script at 04:00 each day. - save and close the crontab (when using nano the shortcuts for this are
Ctrl + oand thenEnterto save, and close the editor withCtrl + x).
After that is in place, you should schedule a backup from your backup solution that creates a backup after AIO is shut down properly. Hint: If your backup runs on the same host, make sure to at least back up all docker volumes and additionally Nextcloud's datadir if it is not stored in a docker volume.
Afterwards, you can create a second script that automatically updates the containers:
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#!/bin/bash
# Run container update once
if ! docker exec --env AUTOMATIC_UPDATES=1 nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer /daily-backup.sh; then
while docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep -q "^nextcloud-aio-watchtower$"; do
echo "Waiting for watchtower to stop"
sleep 30
done
while ! docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep -q "^nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer$"; do
echo "Waiting for Mastercontainer to start"
sleep 30
done
# Run container update another time to make sure that all containers are updated correctly.
docker exec --env AUTOMATIC_UPDATES=1 nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer /daily-backup.sh
fi
You can simply copy and paste the script into a file e.g. named automatic-updates.sh e.g. here: /root/automatic-updates.sh.
Afterwards apply the correct permissions with sudo chown root:root /root/automatic-updates.sh and sudo chmod 700 /root/automatic-updates.sh. Then you can create a cronjob that runs e.g. at 05:00 each day like this:
- Open the cronjob with
sudo crontab -u root -e(and choose your editor of choice if not already done. I'd recommend nano). - Add the following new line to the crontab if not already present:
0 5 * * * /root/automatic-updates.shwhich will run the script at 05:00 each day. - save and close the crontab (when using nano the shortcuts for this are
Ctrl + othenEnterto save, and close the editor withCtrl + x).
Securing the AIO interface from unauthorized ACME challenges
By design, Caddy that runs inside the mastercontainer, which handles automatic TLS certificate generation for the AIO interface on port 8443, is configured to accept traffic on any valid domain in order to make the AIO interface as convenient to use as possible. However due to this, it is vulnerable to receiving DNS challenges for arbitrary hostnames from anyone on the internet. While this does not compromise your server's security, it can result in cluttered logs and rejected certificate renewal attempts due to rate limit abuse. To mitigate this issue, it is recommended to place the AIO interface behind a VPN and/or limit its public exposure.
How to migrate from an already existing Nextcloud installation to Nextcloud AIO?
Please see the following documentation on this: migration.md
Backup
Nextcloud AIO provides a backup solution based on BorgBackup. These backups act as a restore point in case the installation gets corrupted. By using this tool, backups are incremental, differential, compressed and encrypted β so only the first backup will take a while. Further backups should be fast as only changes are taken into account.
It is recommended to create a backup before any container update. By doing this, you will be safe regarding any possible complication during updates because you will be able to restore the whole instance with basically one click.
For local backups, the restore process should be pretty fast as rsync is used to restore the chosen backup which only transfers changed files and deletes additional ones. For remote borg backups, the whole backup archive is extracted from the remote, which depending on how clever borg extract is, may require downloading the whole archive.
If you connect an external drive to your host, and choose the backup directory to be on that drive, you are also kind of safe against drive failures of the drive where the docker volumes are stored on.
How to do the above step for step
- Mount an external/backup HDD to the host OS using the built-in functionality or udev rules or whatever way you prefer. (E.g. follow this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lSyX4D3v_s) and mount the drive in best case in
/mnt/backup. - If not already done, fire up the docker container and set up Nextcloud as per the guide.
- Now open the AIO interface.
- Under backup section, add your external disk mountpoint as backup directory, e.g.
/mnt/backup. - Click on
Create Backupwhich should create the first backup on the external disk.
If you want to back up directly to a remote borg repository:
How to do the above step for step
- Create your borg repository at the remote. Note down the repository URL for later.
- Open the AIO interface
- Under backup section, leave the local path blank and fill in the url to your borg repository that you noted down earlier.
- Click on
Create backup, this will create an ssh key pair and fail because the remote doesn't trust this key yet. Copy the public key shown in AIO and add it to your authorized keys on the remote. - Try again to create a backup, this time it should succeed.
Backups can be created and restored in the AIO interface using the buttons Create Backup and Restore selected backup. Additionally, a backup check is provided that checks the integrity of your backups but it shouldn't be needed in most situations.
The backups themselves get encrypted with an encryption key that gets shown to you in the AIO interface. Please save that at a safe place as you will not be able to restore from backup without this key.
Daily backups can get enabled after the initial backup is done. Enabling this also allows to enable an option that allows to automatically update all containers, Nextcloud and its apps.
Be aware that this solution does not back up files and folders that are mounted into Nextcloud using the external storage app - but you can add further Docker volumes and host paths that you want to back up after the initial backup is done.
What is getting backed up by AIO's backup solution?
Backed up will get all important data of your Nextcloud AIO instance required to restore the instance, like the database, your files and configuration files of the mastercontainer and else. Files and folders that are mounted into Nextcloud using the external storage app are not getting backed up. If you don't want your datadirectory to be backed up, see https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-enable-automatic-updates-without-creating-a-backup-beforehand for options (there is a hint what needs to be backed up in which order).
How to adjust borgs retention policy?
The built-in borg-based backup solution has by default a retention policy of --keep-within=7d --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=6. See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/prune.html for what these values mean. You can adjust the retention policy by providing --env BORG_RETENTION_POLICY="--keep-within=7d --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=6" to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used) and customize the value to your fitting. β οΈ Please make sure that this value is valid, otherwise backup pruning will bug out! Also, don't include the -a or --glob-archives option, since AIO already provides it and you can't override it. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/pull/7616
How to migrate from AIO to AIO?
If you have the borg backup feature enabled, you can copy it over to the new host and restore from the backup. This guide assumes the new installation data dir will be on /mnt/datadir, you can adjust the steps if it's elsewhere.
- Set the DNS entry to 60 seconds TTL if applicable
- On your current installation, use the AIO interface to:
- Update AIO and all containers
- Stop all containers (from now on, your cloud is down)
- Create a current borg backup
- Note the path where the backups are stored and the encryption password
- Navigate to the backup folder
- Create archive of the backup so it's easier to copy:
tar -czvf borg.tar.gz borg - Copy the archive over to the new host:
scp borg.tar.gz [email protected]:/mnt. Make sure to replaceuserwith your actual user andnew.hostwith the IP or domain of the actual host. You can also use another way to copy the archive. - Switch to the new host
- Go to the folder you put the backup archive and extract it with
tar -xf borg.tar.gz - Follow the installation guide to create a new aio instance, but do not start the containers yet (the
docker runordocker compose up -dcommand) - Change the DNS entry to the new host's IP
- Configure your reverse proxy if you use one
- Start the AIO container and open the new AIO interface in your browser
- Make sure to save the newly generated passphrase and enter it in the next step
- Select the "Restore former AIO instance from backup" option and enter the encryption password from the old backup and the path in which the extracted
borgfolder lies in (without the borg part) and hitSubmit location and password - Choose the latest backup in the dropdown and hit
Restore selected backup - Wait until the backup is restored
- Start the containers in the AIO interface
Are remote borg backups supported?
Backing up directly to a remote borg repository is supported. This avoids having to store a local copy of your backups, supports append-only borg keys to counter ransomware and allows using the AIO interface to manage your backups.
Some alternatives, which do not have all the above benefits:
- Mount a network FS like SSHFS, SMB or NFS in the directory that you enter in AIO as backup directory
- Use rsync or rclone for syncing the borg backup archive that AIO creates locally to a remote target (make sure to lock the backup archive correctly before starting the sync; search for "aio-lockfile"; you can find a local example script here: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#sync-local-backups-regularly-to-another-drive)
- You can find a well written guide that uses rclone and e.g. BorgBase for remote backups here: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/2247
- Here is another one that utilizes borgmatic and BorgBase for remote backups: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/4391
- create your own backup solution using a script and borg, borgmatic or any other to backup tool for backing up to a remote target (make sure to stop and start the AIO containers correctly following https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-enable-automatic-updates-without-creating-a-backup-beforehand)
Failure of the backup container in LXC containers
If you are running AIO in a LXC container, you need to make sure that FUSE is enabled in the LXC container settings. Also, if using Alpine Linux as host OS, make sure to add fuse via apk add fuse. Otherwise the backup container will not be able to start as FUSE is required for it to work.
How to create the backup volume on Windows?
As stated in the AIO interface, it is possible to use a docker volume as backup target. Before you can use that, you need to create it first. Here is an example how to create one on Windows:
docker volume create ^
--driver local ^
--name nextcloud_aio_backupdir ^
-o device="/host_mnt/e/your/backup/path" ^
-o type="none" ^
-o o="bind"
In this example, it would mount E:\your\backup\path into the volume so for a different location you need to adjust /host_mnt/e/your/backup/path accordingly. Afterwards enter nextcloud_aio_backupdir in the AIO interface as backup location.
Pro-tip: Backup archives access
You can open the BorgBackup archives on your host by following these steps:
(instructions for Ubuntu Desktop)
Alternatively, there is now a community container that allows to access your backups in a web session: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/borgbackup-viewer.
# Install borgbackup on the host
sudo apt update && sudo apt install borgbackup
# In any shell where you use borg, you must first export this variable
# If you are using the default backup location /mnt/backup/borg
export BORG_REPO='/mnt/backup/borg'
# or if you are using a remote repository
export BORG_REPO='user@host:/path/to/repo'
# Mount the archives to /tmp/borg
sudo mkdir -p /tmp/borg && sudo borg mount "$BORG_REPO" /tmp/borg
# After entering your repository key successfully, you should be able to access all archives in /tmp/borg
# You can now do whatever you want by syncing them to a different place using rsync or doing other things
# E.g. you can open the file manager on that location by running:
xhost +si:localuser:root && sudo nautilus /tmp/borg
# When you are done, simply close the file manager and run the following command to unmount the backup archives:
sudo umount /tmp/borg
Delete backup archives manually
You can delete BorgBackup archives on your host manually by following these steps:
(instructions for Debian based OS' like Ubuntu)
Alternatively, there is now a community container that allows to access your backups in a web session: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/borgbackup-viewer.
# Install borgbackup on the host
sudo apt update && sudo apt install borgbackup
# In any shell where you use borg, you must first export this variable
# If you are using the default backup location /mnt/backup/borg
export BORG_REPO='/mnt/backup/borg'
# or if you are using a remote repository
export BORG_REPO='user@host:/path/to/repo'
# List all archives (if you are using the default backup location /mnt/backup/borg)
sudo borg list
# After entering your repository key successfully, you should now see a list of all backup archives
# An example backup archive might be called 20220223_174237-nextcloud-aio
# Then you can simply delete the archive with:
sudo borg delete --stats --progress "::20220223_174237-nextcloud-aio"
# If borg 1.2.0 or higher is installed, you then need to run borg compact in order to clean up the freed space
sudo borg --version
# If version number of the command above is higher than 1.2.0 you need to run the command below:
sudo borg compact
After doing so, make sure to update the backup archives list in the AIO interface!
You can do so by clicking on the Update backup list button in the Update backup list section inside the Backup and restore section.
Sync local backups regularly to another drive
For increased backup security, you might consider syncing the local backup repository regularly to another drive.
To do that, first add the drive to /etc/fstab so that it is able to get automatically mounted and then create a script that does all the things automatically. Here is an example for such a script:
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#!/bin/bash
# Please modify all variables below to your needings:
SOURCE_DIRECTORY="/mnt/backup/borg"
DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT="/mnt/backup-drive"
TARGET_DIRECTORY="/mnt/backup-drive/borg"
########################################
# Please do NOT modify anything below! #
########################################
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Please run as root"
exit 1
fi
if ! [ -d "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY" ]; then
echo "The source directory does not exist."
exit 1
fi
if [ -z "$(ls -A "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/")" ]; then
echo "The source directory is empty which is not allowed."
exit 1
fi
if ! [ -d "$DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT" ]; then
echo "The drive mountpoint must be an existing directory"
exit 1
fi
if ! grep -q "$DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT" /etc/fstab; then
echo "Could not find the drive mountpoint in the fstab file. Did you add it there?"
exit 1
fi
if ! mountpoint -q "$DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT"; then
mount "$DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT"
if ! mountpoint -q "$DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT"; then
echo "Could not mount the drive. Is it connected?"
exit 1
fi
fi
if [ -f "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/lock.roster" ]; then
echo "Cannot run the script as the backup archive is currently changed. Please try again later."
exit 1
fi
mkdir -p "$TARGET_DIRECTORY"
if ! [ -d "$TARGET_DIRECTORY" ]; then
echo "Could not create target directory"
exit 1
fi
if [ -f "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/aio-lockfile" ]; then
echo "Not continuing because aio-lockfile already exists."
exit 1
fi
touch "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/aio-lockfile"
if ! rsync --stats --archive --human-readable --delete "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/" "$TARGET_DIRECTORY"; then
echo "Failed to sync the backup repository to the target directory."
exit 1
fi
rm "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/aio-lockfile"
rm "$TARGET_DIRECTORY/aio-lockfile"
umount "$DRIVE_MOUNTPOINT"
if docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep "^nextcloud-aio-nextcloud$"; then
docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud bash /notify.sh "Rsync backup successful!" "Synced the backup repository successfully."
else
echo "Synced the backup repository successfully."
fi
You can simply copy and paste the script into a file e.g. named backup-script.sh e.g. here: /root/backup-script.sh. Do not forget to modify the variables to your requirements!
Afterwards apply the correct permissions with sudo chown root:root /root/backup-script.sh and sudo chmod 700 /root/backup-script.sh. Then you can create a cronjob that runs e.g. at 20:00 each week on Sundays like this:
- Open the cronjob with
sudo crontab -u root -e(and choose your editor of choice if not already done. I'd recommend nano). - Add the following new line to the crontab if not already present:
0 20 * * 7 /root/backup-script.shwhich will run the script at 20:00 on Sundays each week. - save and close the crontab (when using nano are the shortcuts for this
Ctrl + o->Enterand close the editor withCtrl + x).
How to exclude Nextcloud's data directory or the preview folder from backup?
In order to speed up the backups and to keep the backup archives small, you might want to exclude Nextcloud's data directory or its preview folder from backup.
[!WARNING] However please note that you will run into problems if the database and the data directory or preview folder get out of sync. So please only read further, if you have an additional external backup of the data directory! See this guide for example.
[!TIP] A better option is to use the external storage app inside Nextcloud as the data connected via the external storage app is not backed up by AIO's backup solution. See this documentation on how to configure the app.
If you still want to proceed, you can exclude the data directory by simply creating a .noaiobackup file in the root directory of the specified NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR target. The same logic is implemented for the preview folder that is located inside the data directory, inside the appdata_*/preview folder. So simply create a .noaiobackup file in there if you want to exclude the preview folder.
After doing a restore via the AIO interface, you might run into problems due to the data directory and database being out of sync. You might be able to fix this by running occ files:scan --all and occ maintenance:repair and occ files:scan-app-data. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-run-occ-commands. If only the preview folder is excluded, the command occ files:scan-app-data preview should be used.
How to stop/start/update containers or trigger the daily backup from a script externally?
[!WARNING]
The below script will only work after the initial setup of AIO. So you will always need to first visit the AIO interface, type in your domain and start the containers the first time or restore an older AIO instance from its borg backup before you can use the script.
You can do so by running the /daily-backup.sh script that is stored in the mastercontainer. It accepts the following environment variables:
AUTOMATIC_UPDATESif set to1, it will automatically stop the containers, update them and start them including the mastercontainer. If the mastercontainer gets updated, this script's execution will stop as soon as the mastercontainer gets stopped. You can then wait until it is started again and run the script with this flag again in order to update all containers correctly afterwards.DAILY_BACKUPif set to1, it will automatically stop the containers and create a backup. If you want to start them again afterwards, you may have a look at theSTART_CONTAINERSoption.STOP_CONTAINERSif set to1, it will automatically stop the containers at the start of the script. Implied byDAILY_BACKUP=1.START_CONTAINERSif set to1, it will automatically start the containers at the end of the script, without updating them. Implied byAUTOMATIC_UPDATES=1.CHECK_BACKUPif set to1, it will start the integrity check of all borg backups made by AIO. Note that the backup check is non blocking so containers can be kept running while the check lasts. That means you can't passDAILY_BACKUP=1at the same time. The output of the check can be found in the logs of the containernextcloud-aio-borgbackup.
One example to do a backup would be sudo docker exec -it --env DAILY_BACKUP=1 nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer /daily-backup.sh, which you can run via a cronjob or put it in a script.
Likewise to do a backup check would be sudo docker exec --env DAILY_BACKUP=0 --env CHECK_BACKUP=1 --env STOP_CONTAINERS=0 nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer /daily-backup.sh.
[!NOTE]
None of the option returns error codes. So you need to check for the correct result yourself.
How to disable the backup section?
If you already have a backup solution in place, you may want to hide the backup section. You can do so by adding --env AIO_DISABLE_BACKUP_SECTION=true to the docker run command of the mastercontainer (but before the last line ghcr.io/nextcloud-releases/all-in-one:latest! If it was started already, you will need to stop the mastercontainer, remove it (no data will be lost) and recreate it using the docker run command that you initially used).
Addons
Fail2ban
You can configure your server to block certain ip-addresses using fail2ban as bruteforce protection. Here is how to set it up: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/harden_server.html#setup-fail2ban. The logpath of AIO is by default /var/lib/docker/volumes/nextcloud_aio_nextcloud/_data/data/nextcloud.log. Do not forget to add chain=DOCKER-USER to your nextcloud jail config (nextcloud.local) otherwise the nextcloud service running on docker will still be accessible even if the IP is banned. Also, you may change the blocked ports to cover all AIO ports: by default 80,443,8080,8443,3478 (see this). Apart from that there is now a community container that can be added to the AIO stack: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/fail2ban
LDAP
It is possible to connect to an existing LDAP server. You need to make sure that the LDAP server is reachable from the Nextcloud container. Then you can enable the LDAP app and configure LDAP in Nextcloud manually. If you don't have a LDAP server yet, recommended is to use this docker container: https://hub.docker.com/r/nitnelave/lldap. Make sure here as well that Nextcloud can talk to the LDAP server. The easiest way is by adding the LDAP docker container to the docker network nextcloud-aio. Then you can connect to the LDAP container by its name from the Nextcloud container. There is now a community container which allows to easily add LLDAP to AIO: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/lldap
Netdata
Netdata allows you to monitor your server using a GUI. You can install it by following https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/packaging/docker#create-a-new-netdata-agent-container. Apart from that there is now a way for the community to add containers: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/392#discussioncomment-7133563
USER_SQL
If you want to use the user_sql app, the easiest way is to create an additional database container and add it to the docker network nextcloud-aio. Then the Nextcloud container should be able to talk to the database container using its name.
phpMyAdmin, Adminer or pgAdmin
It is possible to install any of these to get a GUI for your AIO database. The pgAdmin container is recommended. You can get some docs on it here: https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/latest/container_deployment.html. For the container to connect to the aio-database, you need to connect the container to the docker network nextcloud-aio and use nextcloud-aio-database as database host, oc_nextcloud as database username and the password that you get when running sudo docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud grep dbpassword config/config.php as the password. Apart from that there is now a dedicated Nextcloud app: https://github.com/nextcloud/dbdoctor. Please note: If you do not have CLI access to the server, you can now run docker commands via a web session by using this community container: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/container-management
Mail server
You can configure one yourself by using either of these four recommended projects: Docker Mailserver, Mailu, Maddy Mail Server, Mailcow or Stalwart. There is now a community container which allows to easily add Stalwart Mail server to AIO: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers/stalwart
Miscellaneous
Requirements for integrating new containers
For integrating new containers, they must pass specific requirements for being considered to get integrated in AIO itself. Even if not considered, we may add some documentation on it. Also there is this now: https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers#community-containers
What are the requirements?
- New containers must be related to Nextcloud. Related means that there must be a feature in Nextcloud that gets added by adding this container.
- It must be optionally installable. Disabling and enabling the container from the AIO interface must work and must not produce any unexpected side-effects.
- The feature that gets added into Nextcloud by adding the container must be maintained by the Nextcloud GmbH.
- It must be possible to run the container without big quirks inside docker containers. Big quirks means e.g. needing to change the capabilities or security options.
- The container should not mount directories from the host into the container: only docker volumes should be used.
- The container must be usable by more than 90% of the users (e.g. not too high system requirements and such)
- No additional setup should be needed after adding the container - it should work completely out of the box.
- If the container requires being exposed, only subfolders are supported. So the container should not require its own (sub-)domain and must be able to run in a subfolder.
AIO release policy
- We release new versions of this project under the rules of Semantic Versioning.
- A new beta version shall be released roughly every two weeks. In urgent cases it might happen in quicker succession.
- Each beta release gets roughly 7 days to be tested. If during that time no issues arise, the version is promoted to a final release.
- If issues in a beta release are found they are treated with higher priority, and fixes for those issues are published in a new beta release with increased version number. For the former beta release version number no final release gets published. (We don't do multiple beta releases, or release candidates, for a version number.)
Nextcloud update policy
This project values stability over new features. That means that when a new major Nextcloud update gets introduced, we will wait at least until the first patch release, e.g. 24.0.1 is out before upgrading to it. Also we will wait with the upgrade until all important apps are compatible with the new major version. Minor or patch releases for Nextcloud and all dependencies as well as all containers will be updated to new versions as soon as possible but we try to give all updates first a good test round before pushing them. That means that it can take around 2 weeks before new updates reach the latest channel. If you want to help testing, you can switch to the beta channel by following this documentation which will also give you the updates earlier.
How often are update notifications sent?
AIO ships its own update notifications implementation. It checks if container updates are available. If so, it sends a notification with the title Container updates available! on saturdays to Nextcloud users that are part of the admin group. If the Nextcloud container image should be older than 90 days (~3 months) and thus badly outdated, AIO sends a notification to all Nextcloud users with the title AIO is outdated!. Thus admins should make sure to update the container images at least once every 3 months in order to make sure that the instance gets all security bugfixes as soon as possible.
Huge docker logs
If you should run into issues with huge docker logs, you can adjust the log size by following https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/logging/local/#usage. You can additionally reduce the verbosity of the included AIO containers by setting AIO_LOG_LEVEL=error on the mastercontainer. By default, AIO keeps the existing component-specific log defaults, so this should usually not be needed.
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