How To Install OpenCloud Using Nginx On Debian 11

How to Install OpenCloud using Nginx on Debian 11

OpenCloud is a self-hosted cloud platform similar to Nextcloud, offering file storage, collaboration apps, office editing, and more, all on your own server.

Prerequisites

Ensure your server is up-to-date.

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Install required packages:

apt install curl ca-certificates gnupg lsb-release -y

Install Docker

Install Docker using the official script:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

Enable and start Docker:

systemctl enable --now docker

Verify Docker is running:

docker --version

Output:

Docker version 29.0.0, build 3d4129b

Install Docker Compose

Docker Compose is needed to manage multi-container applications:

apt install docker-compose-plugin -y

Check version:

docker compose version

Output:

Docker Compose version v2.40.3

Download OpenCloud Compose Files

git clone https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud-compose.git

Output:

root@vps:~# git clone https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud-compose.git
Cloning into 'opencloud-compose'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 630, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (268/268), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (161/161), done.
remote: Total 630 (delta 207), reused 116 (delta 102), pack-reused 362 (from 2)
Receiving objects: 100% (630/630), 435.27 KiB | 5.80 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (287/287), done.

Go into the directory:

cd opencloud-compose

Copy the example environment file:

cp .env.example .env

Edit Environment Configuration

Open .env:

nano .env

Update the following:

OC_DOMAIN=wiki2.domainhere.info
INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=YourSecurePasswordHere

Note: Replace wiki2.domainhere.info with your actual domain and password with a strong password.

Save & exit: CTRL + X, then Y, then ENTER.

(Optional) Edit docker-compose.yml to expose port:

nano docker-compose.yml

Add under the image section:

ports:
  - "9200:9200"

Save & exit.

Start OpenCloud

Run containers in the background:

docker compose up -d

Check running containers:

docker ps

Output:

root@vps:~/opencloud-compose# docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                  COMMAND                  CREATED         STATUS         PORTS                                         NAMES
a8d5a22698f4   opencloudeu/opencloud-rolling:latest   "/bin/sh -c 'openclo…"   3 seconds ago   Up 2 seconds   0.0.0.0:9200->9200/tcp, [::]:9200->9200/tcp   opencloud-compose-opencloud-1

You should see opencloud-compose-opencloud-1 up and running on port 9200.

Install Nginx

apt install nginx -y

Create Nginx host configuration:

nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/wiki2.domainhere.info

Note: Replace wiki2.domainhere.info with your actual domain.

Paste:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name wiki2.domainhere.info;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9200;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    }
}

Enable the site and restart Nginx:

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wiki2.domainhere.info /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
systemctl restart nginx

Enable HTTPS (Let's Encrypt)

apt install snapd -y
snap install core; snap refresh core
apt remove certbot -y
snap install --classic certbot
export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin
certbot --version
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
certbot --nginx -d wiki2.domainhere.info

Configure Firewall (UFW)

Allow necessary ports if UFW is enabled:

apt update
apt install ufw -y
ufw allow OpenSSH
ufw allow 'Nginx Full'
ufw allow 9200/tcp
ufw status

Output:

Creating config file /etc/ufw/after6.rules with new version
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ufw.service → /lib/systemd/system/ufw.service.
Processing triggers for rsyslog (8.2102.0-2+deb11u1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...
Rules updated
Rules updated (v6)
Rules updated
Rules updated (v6)
Rules updated
Rules updated (v6)
Status: inactive

You should see Nginx, OpenSSH, and port 9200 allowed.