The Basics
- Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
- 30.0.2.2
- Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
- Archlinux
- Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
- 2.4.62
- PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
- 8.3.14
- Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
- Yes
- When did this problem seem to first start?
- Not sure
- Installation method (e.g. AIO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
- Bare Metal/Archive
- Are you using Cloudflare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
- No
Summary of the issue you are facing:
I added an additional DNS Domain to my Server which became the new main Domain. This worked so far with every service i setup instead of Nextcloud.
I grepped the Nextcloud directory for instances with the Old Domain Name and found
- trusted_domains
- overwrite.cli.url
- mail_domain
I left the domain in trusted_domains untouched (but added the new one) and changed the overwrite.cli.url and mail_domain.
After testing i noticed, that Nextcloud still rewrites to the old Domain name. I then did the following
- Deleted Cookies/Cache
- Used a private Session
- Restarted Apache
- Checked again with grep
- Put the instance into maintenance mode and checked if it happens there
- run the occ repair feature
After all these steps, even though the old domain name is not found via grep anywhere, Nextcloud still redirects to the old domain name.
Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):
- Modify overwrite.cli.url
- Access Nextcloud via the new Domain Name
Log entries
Nextcloud
There are no Log Entries created during the rewrite phase
Web Browser
Nothing relevant in the browser console either (Just a background image that could not be loaded, the new domain name is used when trying to load the background image)
Web server / Reverse Proxy
Nothing of relevance there either, no log entries. access_log looks normal, error_log has no entries.
Configuration
Nextcloud
{
“system”: {
“instanceid”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“passwordsalt”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“secret”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“trusted_domains”: [
“THE_OLD_DNS_NAME”,
“THE_NEW_DNS_NAME”
],
“datadirectory”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“dbtype”: “mysql”,
“version”: “30.0.2.2”,
“overwrite.cli.url”: “https://THE_NEW_DNS_NAME/nextcloud”,
“installed”: true,
“mail_smtpmode”: “smtp”,
“mail_smtpauth”: 1,
“mail_sendmailmode”: “smtp”,
“mail_smtpname”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_smtppassword”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_from_address”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_domain”: “THE_NEW_DNS_NAME”,
“mail_smtphost”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_smtpport”: “25”,
“enable_previews”: true,
“enabledPreviewProviders”: [
“OC\Preview\Movie”,
“OC\Preview\PNG”,
“OC\Preview\JPEG”,
“OC\Preview\GIF”,
“OC\Preview\BMP”,
“OC\Preview\XBitmap”,
“OC\Preview\MP3”,
“OC\Preview\MP4”,
“OC\Preview\TXT”,
“OC\Preview\MarkDown”,
“OC\Preview\PDF”
],
“maintenance”: false,
“logfile”: “nextcloud.log”,
“memcache.local”: “\OC\Memcache\APCu”,
“theme”: “”,
“loglevel”: 1,
“maintenance_window_start”: 0,
“mysql.utf8mb4”: true,
“dbname”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“dbhost”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“dbuser”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“dbpassword”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“memories.db.triggers.fcu”: true,
“memories.exiftool_no_local”: true,
“memories.vod.path”: “/srv/http/nextcloud/apps/memories/bin-ext/go-vod-amd64”,
“memories.vod.ffmpeg”: “/usr/bin/ffmpeg”,
“memories.vod.ffprobe”: “/usr/bin/ffprobe”,
“app_install_overwrite”: [
“maps”
],
“data-fingerprint”: “39a2c55da64ab6479b385872626a5ccf”
}
}
Apps
Enabled:
- activity: 3.0.0
- app_api: 4.0.0
- bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
- calendar: 5.0.5
- circles: 30.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
- comments: 1.20.1
- contacts: 6.1.1
- contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
- dashboard: 7.10.0
- dav: 1.31.1
- federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
- federation: 1.20.0
- files: 2.2.0
- files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
- files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
- files_reminders: 1.3.0
- files_sharing: 1.22.0
- files_trashbin: 1.20.1
- files_versions: 1.23.0
- firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
- forms: 4.3.3
- logreader: 3.0.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
- mail: 4.0.3
- maps: 1.5.0
- nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
- notes: 4.11.0
- notifications: 3.0.0
- oauth2: 1.18.1
- password_policy: 2.0.0
- passwords: 2024.11.20
- photos: 3.0.2
- previewgenerator: 5.7.0
- privacy: 2.0.0
- provisioning_api: 1.20.0
- recommendations: 3.0.0
- related_resources: 1.5.0
- serverinfo: 2.0.0
- settings: 1.13.0
- sharebymail: 1.20.0
- support: 2.0.0
- survey_client: 2.0.0
- systemtags: 1.20.0
- tasks: 0.16.1
- text: 4.1.0
- theming: 2.5.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
- updatenotification: 1.20.0
- user_status: 1.10.0
- viewer: 3.0.0
- weather_status: 1.10.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
- workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled: - admin_audit: 1.20.0
- encryption: 2.18.0
- files_external: 1.22.0
- suspicious_login: 8.0.0
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
- twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev (installed 10.0.0-beta.2)
- user_ldap: 1.21.0