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  <source><* Download the latest version of Nextcloud for self-hosting from the [https:/source><source></source><source><nextcloud.com/source>Nextcloud website].* wget * Make sure you get the .tar.bz2 (file, not the .zip file. The zip)format doesn't support permissions.** Remember you want this file on your web server, not on your workstation. Use wget on '''www''' to download it straight on there.* Extract * You might as well download it straight into /var/www/html** Remember your web server doesn't have direct access to the internet: you'll need to assign it a temporary elastic IP.* Extract the file in /var/www/html so you have end up with a /var/www/html/nextcloud/index.htmlfile (among ''many'' others):[[File:AWSExtractNextcloud.png|800px|border|center]]* We'll be following [https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.htmlthis Nextcloud documentation page] to set it up.*Since you regular user doesn't have permission to edit the web server configuration: switch to root.* As root, vi Create /etc/httpd/conf.d/nextcloud.conf and paste these contents into it:<source>Alias /nextcloud "/var/www/html/nextcloud/"

** Change the ownership of the entire nextcloud directory so it's owned by the user that runs the web server:<source>chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/</source>** Get Go to the installer using your web browser to see an error: <source>This telling you that the version of Nextcloud requires at least your PHP 7is too old:[[File:AWSNextcloudNeedsNewerPHP.3png|border|center]]You are currently running 5This is a relatively common error these days.4Many long-term-support Linux distributions come with older versions of PHP.16You'll need to install a newer one on your server. Please update your * On CentOS you would look for the newer PHP in the EPEL repository. With Amazon Linux you will find the newer version.of PHP in Amazon Linux Extras:</source>** amazon-linux-extras | grep php** amazon-linux-extras enable php7.4** yum clean metadata** yum install php-cli php-pdo php-fpm php-json php-mysqlnd** systemctl restart apachehttpd</source>** Get module errors from websiteTry accessing the installer in Firefox again. Note the error looks more pretty, install thembut it's still not working because we're missing some modules: [[File:AWSNextcloudMissingModules.png|800px|border|center]]*** You can get those modules from Amazon Linux Extras as well:<source>amazon-linux-extras enable httpd_modules*** yum install php-dom php-gd php-mbstringsystemctl restart httpd</source>** Should now let Now you can continue with the setupin Firefox.** Create an admin administrator accountwith a good username and password. Remember that your web server is exposed to the entire internet, so don't be cheap with your password complexity. Use ops345admin/nextcloudadminpass** You need an SQL database, with an SQL user who can access it, and a password. Follow the steps in the previous section to set these up and input them into the Nextcloud setup.