I created an SD card as well using the gnome disks utility (which has worked to make usable MATE and LibreElec Raspberry Pi 3 SDās). This resulted in a bunch of scrolling text eventually leading to a prompt asking me to press enter to configure. Doing so caused an error message to flash insanely quickly (something about the disk possibly being corrupt) and returning to the click enter to configure prompt. It does this about 5 times before just hanging on the cursor indefinitely.
I have moved on to using a guide posted by Martin Wimpress to get nextcloud running on a Pi3 (includes editing a file in vi, which Iād never used before, that was fun to figure out). I have Nextcloud installed now and am just figuring out how to use it.
This is relevant to the image provided with/for the Nextcloud Box product. They have been promising support for the raspberry pi 3 out of the box for a little while now. Currently they donāt have an image all ironed out. It has been possible to get nextcloud (Iām pretty sure even owncloud before the split) to work on Piās in general for some time. It just requires some know how and setup. The Nexcloud Box is supposed to be a super simple and affordable way to get started with your own nextcloud server. My understanding is the image works well for the Pi 2 and nothing else currently.
@Boballen55 youāre completely correct on every count. As a matter of fact, there is support for Nextcloud on Berryboot, which does run on the RPI2 and the RPI3 (32bit for both, though). You can find Berryboot here: http://wdlabs.wd.com/downloads/
@oparoz you might find that worth sharing. Iāll add it to the wikiā¦
Well, it seems itās also possible to simply install the Pi3 Ubuntu Core image and then install the snap and mount the HD in /media, but thatās not ideal or automated.
Is setting up an Ubuntu Core image, installing the snap and mounting the HD somewhere under /media really all to set up my box manually? Or does the image, once it is released, anything else?
Maybe it would make sense to provide at least a detailed step by step documentation, technically experienced people can follow. My Nextcloud Box is unused since I got it in November. That is an zu unsatisfiying situation.
The image for the box is different in the sense that the OS is partitioned to use the hard drive without having to mount it under /media. Then there is a lot of testing taking place to make sure we donāt run into hardware issues, as opposed to the generic image, delivered as-is.
Apart from that, I think youāre getting the same software. Our main concern is to make it easy for anybody to be able to use the box 15 minutes after the 1st launch. Thatās the hardest part.
First I want to thanks for your effort and work on this great product!, I would like to know when will be out the release for the nexcloud box with Raspberry pi 3, It suppose to be supported on novembre 16 (three months ago), and there are no news or updates in the page nexcloud.com/box about this, I have been waiting since november and my Box is useless and getting dust, please let me know any ETA or at least a good tutorial to install the nexcloud on RPi3 (with nginx if possible) .
If you want to use your Raspberry Pi 3 with the box hardware (HDD, power supply and case), you can follow the install instructions on https://www.c-rieger.de/nextcloud-installation-guide/. Howsoever, this has nothing to do with the Snap install delivered on the SD card which came with your box (and so far only runs with Raspberry Pi 2).
Iām still waiting for an update of the Snap install, too, as my kid wants her Raspberry Pi 2 back.
Iād like to hear an update as well. I have put off the purchase of the Box because it does not (officially) support the Pi 3 yet. Using a Pi 2 is not an option for me, because where I want to use the Box I only have access to a wireless connection (which is not supported by the 2).
Same here. I purchased a Pi 3 in November thinking that it would be ready by December but I was wrong. Would like to purchase the Nextcloud Box but Iām holding off until it works with the Pi3. Please provide us with an update on this project.
The release is delayed again, this time by the Chinese New Year. Weāre expecting a release or an update at the end of next week.
This will work best for advanced and Linux users.
The main focus is security. Ubuntu Core doesnāt come with a default SSH account and itās difficult to make it easy for beginners to be given access to their box, while we wait for snapd to make it easy to manage everything from within Nextcloud.
Sounds good, is there any information for Linux savvy people to have a go at running the Box on Pi3?
Setting up an SSH service shouldnāt be too hard if that is the only blocker. The extra performance of a Pi3 should help the rather laggy experience you get with a Pi2.
I have some time for tinkering.
Martin Wimpress has a good How Toā¦
I have been running my nextcloud box with a pi3 using Martinās guide for a while. It works okay, though Iām finding the pi3 to be underpowered. My main use case was to use the box locally only to suck down images from two smartphones. This has not been going well, though I suspect the Android app to be the main problem, Iām never quite sure if the failures would happen with a more powerful server. I have tested syncing 2 computers with some random files which does seem to work.
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