How to move my /data folder to a separate scalable NFS server

[JasonBayton]

You’ll need to mount your NFS share on the Linode server and use one of the methods for moving discussed here:

Is there a safe and reliable way to move data directory out of web root?

My installation seems to be working well, now I want to do a little bit to secure it. I have Nextcloud 10 on Ubuntu 16.04. It seems like the first thing I should do is move my data directory out of web root. I SO don’t want to break my installation. Is there a good tutorial on how to accomplish this and verify once complete that Nextcloud is still functioning properly? Thanks, and I have to say, I’ve been playing around with it and it’s fantastic, doing exactly what I was hoping.

Preferably the supported method

Keep in mind your webserver user will need to own the NFS-mounted data directory as it does now.