Building a Nextcloud Container in Proxmox

Create Container

Create and Mount Data Directory

mkdir /tank/nextcloud
pct set 107 -mp0 /tank/nextcloud,mp=/data

Install Prerequisites

apt install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php7.4
apt install php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-intl
apt install php7.4-gmp php7.4-bcmath php-imagick php7.4-xml php7.4-zip

Move System Dirs to Data Directory

systemctl stop mariadb
mv /var/lib/mysql /data/
ln -s /data/mysql /var/lib/mysql
systemctl start mariadb

systemctl stop apache2
mv /etc/apache2 /data/
ln -s /data/apache2 /etc/apache2
mv /var/www /data/
ln -s /data/www /var/www
systemctl start apache2

Continue with Nextcloud Installation

https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/20/admin_manual/installation/example_ubuntu.html

Note: Because the install is done as root, there may be some directory permissions that need to change.

chown www-data:www-data /var/www/nextcloud/ -R


Apache Config File

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/var/www/nextcloud"

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/nextcloud.error
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/nextcloud.access combined

        <Directory /var/www/nextcloud/>
            Require all granted
            Options FollowSymlinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride All

           <IfModule mod_dav.c>
               Dav off
           </IfModule>

        SetEnv HOME /var/www/nextcloud
        SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/nextcloud
        Satisfy Any

       </Directory>

</VirtualHost>