Raspberry Pi: Set up Nextcloud - how to do it

With a Raspberry Pi, a programmable mini-computer, many things can be realized nowadays. Among other things, you can use the Pi as a Nextcloud on your network. For this, however, you need some software that you have to install on your Raspberry Pi.

How to set up Nextcloud on the Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pis offer a wide range of possibilities to realize various projects. For example, you can also install Nextcloud on your Raspberry Pi.

1. Install the Raspian Stretch Lite operating system on your Pi. To do this, simply write the .iso of the operating system to an SD card using Win 32 Disk Imager and then insert it into the Pi.
2. Now use Putty to connect to the Pi. The login details are as follows: Username: "pl", Password: "raspberry".
3. Install Maria DB as a database server on the Pi. Create a user on the database named nextcloud with any password. Create a database with the name nextcloud.
4. Download nextcloud to the Pi. Now you can access nextcloud from your browser. Just enter the address "http://ip-adresse-des-pi/nextcloud" in the address bar.
5. Now it is possible to configure Nextcloud. Wenn Sie jedoch tiefgreifende Einstellungen vornehmen möchten, müssen Sie in die config.php im Verzeichnis „/var/www/html/nextcloud/config“ wechseln.