Streamline Nextcloud Installation on CasaOS with BigBearCasaOS

[Bertie_Tozer]

Yeah I am going to have to find a better way to set up a home server
this is not going to work on the pi5 for me
now I have to work out how to uninstall casaos
pi5 is annoying
ok uninstall was very easy
thank you for all your help

[josefek]

Appreciate this! Can you explain how to utilize a CIFS mount for the user data dir? I mapped the container /var/www/html/data path to the mount in NextCloud settings in CasaOS to no avail.

[dragonfire1119]

I’ll try to explain it:

1. Manually mount the CIFS share:

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=your_user,password=your_pass //server_ip/share_name /mnt/nextcloud_data

2. Add it to /etc/fstab for persistence:

//server_ip/share_name /mnt/nextcloud_data cifs username=your_user,password=your_pass,uid=33,gid=33,iocharset=utf8 0 0

Tip: You can store your credentials in a separate file (e.g., /root/.cifs_credentials) for better security. Format:

username=your_user
password=your_pass

Then modify /etc/fstab:

//server_ip/share_name /mnt/nextcloud_data cifs credentials=/root/.cifs_credentials,uid=33,gid=33,iocharset=utf8 0 0

3. Update Docker Compose or Docker run to map the CIFS share:

volumes:
  - /mnt/nextcloud_data:/var/www/html/data

4. Set permissions so Nextcloud can access it:

sudo chmod -R 755 /mnt/nextcloud_data

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5. Restart the container and verify in Nextcloud.

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