Setting up NC again; some problems

Two years ago I tried to start with Nextcloud, but it didn’t work for me. Last week I decided to give it a retry.

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and installed NC using the manual at https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/configure-nextcloud/

I like to connect my other cloud storage (Dropbox) onto my NC instance, but I can not find the Apps section in my NextCloud. Where can I find it?

After working a few hours the logging of NC reports a few problems. I do not know how to solve these problems. Can anyone help me?
The errors are:

[PHP] Error: stat(): stat failed for /var/snap/nextcloud/common/nextcloud/data/appdata_ocr843j1rut0/preview/9/500-500-max.png at /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Files/Storage/Local.php#143

GET /index.php/core/preview?fileId=9&c=94c9849d3d6c872f0b13011c4c9c2a96&x=250&y=250&forceIcon=0
from 192.168.2.254 by guido at 2019-11-06T12:55:13+00:00

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[PHP] Error: Undefined index: urlGenerator at /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/core/templates/loginflowv2/done.php#29

POST /index.php/login/v2/grant
from 192.168.2.254 by guido at 2019-11-06T10:45:15+00:00

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[no app in context] Error: Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established with host 127.0.0.1 [Connection refused #111] at <>

  1. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php line 58
    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->establishSocketConnection()
  2. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php line 143
    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize({protocol: "*** … ]})
  3. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Mailer.php line 65
    Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start()
  4. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Mail/Mailer.php line 180
    Swift_Mailer->send(Swift_Message {}, [])
  5. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/settings/Hooks.php line 217
    OC\Mail\Mailer->send(OC\Mail\Message {})
  6. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/settings/Application.php line 209
    OC\Settings\Hooks->onChangeEmail("*** sensitive parameter replaced ", " sensitive parameter replaced ***")
  7. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/legacy/hook.php line 106
    OC\Settings\Application->onChangeInfo({run: true,user: … "})
  8. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Server.php line 431
    OC_Hook::emit(“OC_User”, “changeUser”, {run: true,user: … "})
  9. <>
    OC\Server->OC{closure}("*** sensitive parameters replaced ***")
  10. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Hooks/EmitterTrait.php line 99
    undefinedundefinedcall_user_func_array(Closure {}, ["*** sensitive … "])
  11. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Hooks/PublicEmitter.php line 36
    OC\Hooks\BasicEmitter->emit("\OC\User", “changeUser”, ["*** sensitive … "])
  12. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/User/User.php line 473
    OC\Hooks\PublicEmitter->emit("\OC\User", “changeUser”, ["*** sensitive … "])
  13. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/User/User.php line 168
    OC\User\User->triggerChange("*** sensitive parameter replaced ", " sensitive parameter replaced ", " sensitive parameter replaced ***")
  14. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/settings/Controller/UsersController.php line 407
    OC\User\User->setEMailAddress("*** sensitive parameter replaced ***")
  15. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/settings/Controller/UsersController.php line 348
    OC\Settings\Controller\UsersController->saveUserSettings("*** sensitive parameter replaced ***", {displayname: {v … }})
  16. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php line 166
    OC\Settings\Controller\UsersController->setUserSettings(“contacts”, “Guido van Harten”, “contacts”, “06-20394321”, “private”, “*** sensitive parameter replaced ", “contacts”, " sensitive parameter replaced ", “private”, " sensitive parameter replaced ", “private”, " sensitive parameter replaced ***”, “private”)
  17. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php line 99
    OC\AppFramework\Http\Dispatcher->executeController(OC\Settings\Controller\UsersController {}, “setUserSettings”)
  18. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php line 126
    OC\AppFramework\Http\Dispatcher->dispatch(OC\Settings\Controller\UsersController {}, “setUserSettings”)
  19. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/AppFramework/Routing/RouteActionHandler.php line 47
    OC\AppFramework\App::main(“OC\Settings\C … r”, “setUserSettings”, OC\AppFramework\ … {}, {username: "guid … "})
  20. <>
    OC\AppFramework\Routing\RouteActionHandler->__invoke({username: "guid … "})
  21. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Route/Router.php line 297
    undefinedundefinedcall_user_func(OC\AppFramework\ … {}, {username: "guid … "})
  22. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/base.php line 975
    OC\Route\Router->match("/settings/users/guido/settings")
  23. /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/index.php line 42
    OC::handleRequest()

PUT /index.php/settings/users/guido/settings
from 192.168.2.254 by guido at 2019-11-06T10:19:09+00:00

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[PHP] Error: stat(): stat failed for /var/snap/nextcloud/common/nextcloud/data/appdata_ocr843j1rut0/preview/9/500-500-max.png at /snap/nextcloud/16739/htdocs/lib/private/Files/Storage/Local.php#143

GET /index.php/core/preview?fileId=9&x=32&y=32
from 192.168.2.254 by guido at 2019-11-06T10:14:38+00:00

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The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'apps_paths' =>
  array (
    0 =>
    array (
      'path' => '/snap/nextcloud/current/htdocs/apps',
      'url' => '/apps',
      'writable' => false,
    ),
    1 =>
    array (
      'path' => '/var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/extra-apps',
      'url' => '/extra-apps',
      'writable' => true,
    ),
  ),
  'supportedDatabases' =>
  array (
    0 => 'mysql',
  ),
  'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'redis' =>
  array (
    'host' => '/tmp/sockets/redis.sock',
    'port' => 0,
  ),
  'passwordsalt' => '**********',
  'secret' => '**********',
  'trusted_domains' =>
  array (
    0 => 'localhost',
    1 => 'm**.v***.net',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/var/snap/nextcloud/common/nextcloud/data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '16.0.5.1',
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'apps_paths' =>
  array (
    0 =>
    array (
      'path' => '/snap/nextcloud/current/htdocs/apps',
      'url' => '/apps',
      'writable' => false,
    ),
    1 =>
    array (
      'path' => '/var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/extra-apps',
      'url' => '/extra-apps',
      'writable' => true,
    ),
  ),
  'supportedDatabases' =>
  array (
    0 => 'mysql',
  ),
  'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'redis' =>
  array (
    'host' => '/tmp/sockets/redis.sock',
    'port' => 0,
  ),
  'passwordsalt' => '**********',
  'secret' => '**********',
  'trusted_domains' =>
  array (
    0 => 'localhost',
    1 => 'm**.v***.***',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/var/snap/nextcloud/common/nextcloud/data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '16.0.5.1',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://localhost',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost:/tmp/sockets/mysql.sock',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'dbuser' => '**********',
  'dbpassword' => '**********',
  'installed' => true,
  'instanceid' => '**********',
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_smtpsecure' => 'ssl',
  'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_from_address' => '**********',
  'mail_domain' => '**********',
  'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'PLAIN',
  'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
  'mail_smtphost' => '**********',
  'mail_smtpport' => '**********',
  'mail_smtpname' => '**********',
  'mail_smtppassword' => '**********',
  'maintenance' => false,
);

(it is OK that the lines 1 - 38 are duplicated in the lines 39-76?

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

I don’t have that file.

Best regards,
Guido van Harten

turns out to be unreachable for me…

could it be that you have installed a snap-version of NC?