How-To install Collabora in Docker with Nextcloud 23

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  • Have a subdomain with correct A and AAA registrations : office.cloud.com
  • Have a working Nextcloud instance : cloud.com
  • Install Docker Collabora community edition : Docker Hub
  • Launch it with this command line : docker run -t -d -p 127.0.0.1:9980:9980 -e “domain=cloud\.com” -e “server_name=office\.cloud\.com” --restart always --cap-add MKNOD collabora/code
  • Don’t forget the server_name parameter !
  • Activate mods on Apache2 : ssl proxy_http proxy_wstunnel proxy
  • Acquire a Let’sEncrypt certificate for this subdomain.
  • Create and activate the Vhost :
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName office.cloud.com
Redirect permanent / https://office.cloud.com/
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName office.cloud.com
ServerAdmin admin@cloud.com


DocumentRoot /var/www/certbot

SSLEngine on
SSLCipherSuite EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH
SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3 -TLSv1 -TLSv1.1
SSLHonorCipherOrder On
SSLCertificateFile	/etc/letsencrypt/live/office.cloud.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/office.cloud.com/privkey.pem

# Encoded slashes need to be allowed
AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode

# Container uses a unique non-signed certificate
SSLProxyEngine On
SSLProxyVerify None
SSLProxyCheckPeerCN Off
SSLProxyCheckPeerName Off

# keep the host
ProxyPreserveHost On

 # static html, js, images, etc. served from coolwsd
 # browser is the client part of Collabora Online
 ProxyPass           /browser https://127.0.0.1:9980/browser retry=0
 ProxyPassReverse    /browser https://127.0.0.1:9980/browser

 # WOPI discovery URL
 ProxyPass           /hosting/discovery https://127.0.0.1:9980/hosting/discovery retry=0
 ProxyPassReverse    /hosting/discovery https://127.0.0.1:9980/hosting/discovery

 # Capabilities
 ProxyPass           /hosting/capabilities https://127.0.0.1:9980/hosting/capabilities retry=0
 ProxyPassReverse    /hosting/capabilities https://127.0.0.1:9980/hosting/capabilities

 # Main websocket
 ProxyPassMatch      "/cool/(.*)/ws$"      wss://127.0.0.1:9980/cool/$1/ws nocanon

 # Admin Console websocket
 ProxyPass           /cool/adminws wss://127.0.0.1:9980/cool/adminws

 # Download as, Fullscreen presentation and Image upload operations
 ProxyPass           /cool https://127.0.0.1:9980/cool
 ProxyPassReverse    /cool https://127.0.0.1:9980/cool

 # Compatibility with integrations that use the /lool/convert-to endpoint
 ProxyPass           /lool https://127.0.0.1:9980/cool
 ProxyPassReverse    /lool https://127.0.0.1:9980/cool
</VirtualHost>
  • Adapt it to your config
  • In nextcloud, setup your server : https://office.cloud.com
  • Enjoy the last version of Collabora and Nextcloud !
  • I did this tutorial because nothing is up to date in official documentations…
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at Collabora Office 22.05
what about if i had two nextcloud instances need to connect to the same collabora server?