Easily Set up your own Nextcloud Server with Docker

In this video, we will be showing you how to set up Nextcloud using a Docker compose stack.

Tutorial: https://pimylifeup.com/nextcloud-docker/

Nextcloud is one of the best solutions for setting up your own self-hosted cloud and is the primary competitor to Owncloud. Nextcloud packs in a ton of functionality that is typically included with cloud services like Dropbox, Office 365, and Google Drive, but without the potential privacy concerns.

There is a wide variety of ways you can set up Nextcloud. You can use a bare metal installation where you install and configure a web server, PHP, and a database yourself.

The second way we will cover in this guide is to use Docker to run Nextcloud. The advantage of using Docker to run this software is that it makes everything really simple. You don't have to stress about setting up additional things like the web server as that is already all pre-configured for you.

You could make this whole process even easier by using the Nextcloud AIO stack, but for this guide, we will be setting up the Nextcloud and its required services in their own individual containers.

The advantage of setting up your own Nextcloud Docker Compose stack like we do is that you have more control and typically get newer releases. Nextcloud AIO is sometimes a few months behind. The disadvantage, of course, is that things are a little harder, especially if you want to use something like Collabora.