How to Install Nextcloud on CentOS 7: Step‑by‑Step Guide

Introduction

Nextcloud is an open‑source private‑cloud storage solution that provides cross‑platform file sync, sharing, version control and team collaboration, with clients for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, a web interface and WebDAV support.

Installation Environment

Operating system: CentOS 7.x. Required components: Apache, MariaDB, PHP.

1. Install Dependencies

yum install -y epel-release yum-utils unzip curl wget bash-completion policycoreutils-python mlocate bzip2
yum update -y

2. Install Apache

yum install -y httpd
systemctl enable httpd.service
systemctl start httpd.service

3. Install MariaDB

yum install -y mariadb-server
systemctl start mariadb
systemctl enable mariadb
mysqladmin -u root password 'pwd123'

4. Install PHP

# Remove old PHP versions
yum remove php* php-common
# Add Webtatic repository
rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm
# Install PHP 7.2 packages
yum install -y php72w php72w-cli php72w-common php72w-curl php72w-gd php72w-mbstring php72w-mysqlnd php72w-process php72w-xml php72w-zip php72w-opcache php72w-pecl-apcu php72w-intl php72w-pecl-redis
systemctl restart httpd

If PHP 7 fails to parse files, run yum -y install php* --skip-broken and retry the installation commands.

5. Install Nextcloud

cd /var/www/html/
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-15.0.0.zip
yum -y install wget unzip
unzip nextcloud-15.0.0.zip
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/nextcloud

6. Configure Apache Virtual Host

vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhost.conf
# Add:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
    ServerName cloud.magedu.com
    ServerAlias cloud.magedu.com
    <Directory "/var/www/html/">
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
systemctl restart httpd

7. Configure Nextcloud

Remember the admin username and password; the data directory can stay default. Set the database user/password as needed; the database name can be arbitrary because Nextcloud will create it automatically. If the database runs on the same VPS, use localhost:3306 as the URL.

8. Verify Login

Source: https://www.qcmoke.site/tools/nextcload.html