Getting Nextcloud ready is lots of fun, but getting it to a very stable state is tedious. I gathered the best of the best resources on the web from putting it up to backing it up.

Installing LAMP server

Follow it! It works for Linux Mint and Mariadb > MySQL.

• https://www.linuxbabe.com/linux-server/install-apache-mariadb-and-php7-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts

Installing Nextcloud, Let’s Encrypt for HTTPS, Redis Cache

I was very impressed with the ease at installing and the correct suggestions, like separating the nextcloud config and nextcloud-data folders.

• https://www.linuxbabe.com/cloud-storage/setup-nextcloud-server-ubuntu-16-04-apache-mariadb-php7

Mounting External Hard drive

Representing this site!

• https://manandkeyboard.tk/2014/09/15/owncloud-and-an-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/

Backups with rsync (daily, weekly, monthly)

I tried many other solutions like fwbackup, bacula, etc. But doing it on the command is going to give you the most options for doing it correctly.

• https://www.marksanborn.net/howto/use-rsync-for-daily-weekly-and-full-monthly-backups/