Nextcloud

Nextcloud: files, calendars and contacts for your team, on your own server. It comes from its makers' official release, at an exact version, checked for known security problems and tried on a real server before we offered it.

What it makes

• The app, with 1 GB of memory and 1 processor: the limits it runs well with. They're ceilings, not sizes: it pays only for what it really uses, and you can change them on the install page or later. See limits.

• Its own PostgreSQL database (512 MB and half a processor) and a Valkey cache, made and connected by itself, with its password kept for you.

• A free address with HTTPS, and the project's backups, with a first one as soon as it's ready.

Nextcloud's own background work runs as a scheduled task every 5 minutes, added for you. Your files are kept on the app's own disk: see storage for how much it holds.

Install it

Asha wants Nextcloud in her project duka.

1. Open the project. On its Overview, under Add a service, choose From the catalog.

2. Search for Nextcloud, or pick it under its category, then choose Install.

3. Give it an App name, like files, and type the Admin email you'll log in with.

4. Check its limits and the monthly estimate, then choose Install.

A strong password is shown once. Copy it, then choose I've saved it. The app's card shows each step until Ready; until then nobody but you can reach it.

Its admin page

When it's ready, choose Open its admin page on its card: its address followed by /login. Log in with your email and the password you saved, then:

1. Upload your first files, or install the desktop and phone apps and log in with the app's address.

2. Add your team under your picture → Accounts.

3. Turn on Calendar and Contacts under Apps.

Updates

When a newer, checked version of the same line is out, the app's card shows Update to that version. The project is backed up first; if the new version doesn't start, the one before keeps serving. Security updates install by themselves unless you switch that off on the card, and for 7 days after an update you can Go back to the version before. A new line, like Nextcloud 32 to 33, is a new install, never an update. If the version you run is found to have a known security hole, you get one email and a message under the bell, with Update on the card. See one-click apps.

Licence

Nextcloud is made by its makers, not by us, and keeps its own licence: AGPL-3.0-or-later. Its website: nextcloud.com.