Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
Apache (Siteground shared)
PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
8.4.17 'Ultrafast'
Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
No
Howdy, folks. I’m having some trouble trying to connect Joplin to Nextcloud. The community support board over there suspected it has to do with permissions and/or WebDav settings.
The issue is that Joplin seems to connect via either their Nextcloud or WebDav settings (which I’m pretty sure are the same) and it will return a ‘Success’ when testing ID/PW connection but it just won’t upload data, it shows:
GET .sync/version.txt: Access denied: Please check your username and password (403): 403 - Forbidden | Access to this page is forbidden.
Hoping someone can help me sort this out. Thanks in advance!
I have no fresh experiences but back in time when I was trying to use Joplin with NC it worked well. Just in case you enabled MFA you must create a dedicated Joplin “device password” (personal settings > security).
Why I’m not using WebDAV anymore? it turned out joplin is touching it files many many times (each note and attachment is another file) and for this reason Nextcloud Activity is polluted with Joplin file updates so becomes unusable so I switched to Joplin Server which is IMO the better Joplin backend and could be setup in minutes using Docker.
That sounds like a good idea, but I have no experience with Docker and I’m not sure I could run it in a shared hosting environment. I do have Docker on my NAS but again, not sure how to get it configured - I’ve got some experience but I’m not a command line guy and have no understanding of linux.
Just to add to the oddity, Joplin is connecting but I’m still getting this. Hoping someone can lend a hand.
‘Last error: Error: GET .sync/version.txt: Access denied: Please check your username and password (403): 403 - Forbidden | Access to this page is forbidden.’
