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Move Google Contacts to Nextcloud Contacts
The process is easy. Go to the Google Contacts website: https://contacts.google.com/ Expand “More” and select “Export”. Export all or some of your contacts, but select vCard format and save to your Desktop. Go to your Nextcloud website’s Contacts app: https://<your-nextcloud-website>.com/index.php/apps/contacts. … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged Android, caldav, contacts, export, Google Contacts, import, nextcloud, Nextcloud contacts
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Add Nextcloud calendar to Google Calendar
Below is how to see (read-only) your Nextcloud calendars in Google Calendar. I do not believe Google supports writing to Nextcloud calendars from Google Calendar. This example is for my Calendar “Example Calendar”. From the calendar app page: https://your-nextcloud-server.com/index.php/apps/calendar/ Under … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged calendar, Google Calendar, nextcloud, Nextcloud calendar, webcal
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Nextcloud on AWS with S3 and Lightsail
Running a Nextcloud instance in AWS rather than at your home has some benefits: S3 storage means unlimited storage Static IP Fast bandwidth Always able to SSH into machine and restart it I suggest this blog that provides a few steps … Continue reading
Posted in AWS, Nextcloud/OwnCloud, Reviews
Tagged AWS, dot.tk, lightsail, nextcloud, s3
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Plex loading local subtitles
Plex tends to do a good job of loading local subtitle files (usually .srt) and it can even automatically load subtitles for you [2]. But sometimes, it will not load a file that is in your directory with your video … Continue reading
Nextcloud Snap Installation
The Nextcloud installation page has two sets of instructions now: automatic and manual. Previously on this website, I have described the manual steps to setting up Nextcloud. It is a good learning experience and worth a try, but even better is … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged external hard drive, hostname, https, Let's Encrypt, letsencrypt, nextcloud, snap, snapd
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UPnP on Plex
Getting your Plex server to use UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) will increase speeds, along with allowing it to run on more clients. For example, one Smart TV’s Plex app did not work until UPnP was enabled on the server’s … Continue reading
Best Nextcloud 11 Links
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 … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged apache, external hard drive, LAMP, Let's Encrypt, Linux Mint, MariaDB, nextcloud, Redis, redis cache
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Plex Media Server Review
I am very impressed with the Plex Media server. It runs on all your operating systems but I have it running on Linux. It sets up the server and accessing the server through any of the Plex apps. It then … Continue reading
Renewing Let’s Encrypt Certificate for OwnCloud
Assuming you have followed the steps in the previous article to get your certificate, then you should be able to run this if your certificate is not expired. cd /tmp/letsencrypt sudo ./letsencrypt-auto renew or to get a new certificate sudo ./letsencrypt-auto -c … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged apache2, certificate, DocumentRoot, Expired Certificate, html, Let's Encrypt, letsencrypt, owncloud, renew certificate
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