# Self-Hosted Nextcloud, Data Directory to SSD Error

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/self-hosted-nextcloud-data-directory-to-ssd-error/230816>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** snap, nc31\
**Created:** [August 23, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/self-hosted-nextcloud-data-directory-to-ssd-error/230816 "2025-08-23T15:26:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/scubamuc/32/63165_2.png) [@scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/scubamuc)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/self-hosted-nextcloud-data-directory-to-ssd-error/230816/2 "2025-08-23T15:33:35Z")

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Hey @salmoncarmen, welcome to the Nextcloud community and thanks for supporting Nextcloud snap 🤝

Below are some links to how-to’s answering frequently asked questions and may help you help yourself;

- [How to install Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-install-nextcloud-snap/216058)
- [How to configure Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-configure-nextcloud-snap/216036)
- [How to edit config.php for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-edit-config-php-for-nextcloud-snap/218564)
- [How to use OCC management console for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-use-occ-management-console-for-nextcloud-snap/216111)
- [How to revert Nextcloud snap after failed update](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-revert-nextcloud-snap-after-failed-update/216034)
- [Nextcloud snap wiki and support](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-snap-wiki-and-support/197783)

> [@salmoncarmen](#):
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> 2TB external SSD to store the Nextcloud data instead of the NUC’s internal storage

Pay attention to this →

> [@How to manage external media and storage for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-external-media-and-storage-for-nextcloud-snap/216039):
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> [Managing external media and storage](https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Managing-external-media,-shares-and-storage)[Snap confinement](https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-confinement) is a security feature and determines the amount of access an application has to system resources, such as files, the network, peripherals and services. Thus your Nextcloud snap is securely confined from the host system. Unless you specifically allow the Nextcloud snap to access the /media or /mnt directories on the host system, you will not be able to access any other directory outside of the confinement. External media, network shares and s…

and especially [**Change data directory, procedure to move or define data directory**](https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Wiki-Change-data-directory#change-nextcloud-snap-data-directory)

[https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Wiki-Change-data-directory#4-path-to-data-directory](https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Wiki-Change-data-directory#4-path-to-data-directory)

> [@salmoncarmen](#):
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> I want to access Nextcloud only via a local IP (e.g., 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x) without exposing it to the internet.

see [How to install Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-install-nextcloud-snap/216058) and [How to manage Lets Encrypt for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-lets-encrypt-for-nextcloud-snap/216069) especially [caveats of self-signed certificates](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-lets-encrypt-for-nextcloud-snap/216069#p-649491-self-signed-certificate-in-nextcloud-snap-7) and [101: Split-Brain DNS (split-horizon)](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/101-split-brain-dns-split-horizon/202579)

> #### IMPORTANT
> 
> Self-signed certificate is easier to setup than Let’s Encrypt certificates, but will **cause warnings in browsers** and due to being very basic **won’t work with some applications**.

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