Downloading Self Hosting Next Cloud

🚧 Installation
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Hi everyone, how do you download the Self Host Server version from the Next Cloud website or now it’s a paid service?

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Nextcloud is not a paid service, all the code is still open-source under the AGPL-3.0 license.
You can download the server for various installation methods from Download and install Nextcloud.

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https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html

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Unfortunately, the descriptions are not ideal. There are also a large number of installation options.

If you want to use the webinstaller. The webinstaller is not actual. Please use the github webinstaller version. But it’s not so bad. But perhaps it should be updated.

https://download.nextcloud.com/server/installer/setup-nextcloud.php

		// do we have PHP 7.3.0 or newer?
		if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0', '<')) {
			$error.='PHP 7.3.0 is required. Please ask your server administrator to update PHP to version 7.3.0 or higher.<br/>';
}

https://github.com/nextcloud/web-installer/blob/master/setup-nextcloud.php

		if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.0.0', '<')) {
			$error.='PHP 8.0.0 is required. Please ask your server administrator to update PHP to version 8.0.0 or higher.<br/>';
}

Perhaps the query can be removed. Other system dependencies are probably not queried either.

System requirements — Nextcloud latest Administration Manual latest documentation

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Hello,

Nextcloud is a Free to use software. However unlike Windows / Mac or Phone applications, you cant just click a single button to download something and install it on your computer.

Nextcloud as software needs other software, which are called dependencies, like php, apache, sql database etc, to install and run.

There are various ways of installing nextcloud on your server. This “server” can be a physical dedicated computer or a Virtual Machine running in cloud or in your own PC.

Some of the popular method of nextcloud deployment are, via Docker, Snap or from Apps stores of Server OS platforms like TrueNAS / Unraid etc. Those will come with the dependencies as bundled. One can also choose to go full manual router, native install, where you install the dependencies yourself one at a time.

For trying out things, Nextcloud (server) has a ready to use, pre-configured VM also. Which you can download and run via VirtualBox in your PC. → Download and install Nextcloud

Now depending on your need, you can choose which deployment route you wish to take. I, for example, personally prefer Snap version. Which I feel is easy for me as beginner, who lacks advance Linux skills but a want a production ready, stable home server.

All of the supported and available deployment methods are listed here under server section → Download and install Nextcloud

Thanks.

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