Create your own cloud server for Free.

In this video, I want to show you, How to Create Your Own Personal Cloud Storage like Google Drive or Onedrive.

I will show you How to create your Cloud server for free.

You can easily create your Cloud Storage Server Free.

This Cloud server creation is easy. Just follow a few simple three steps.

Step 1: Install operating system

Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, or Ubuntu 18.04 and Update your System.

 

Step 2: Install some Extensions and create a database.

you will need to install the Apache webserver, PHP, Maria D B, and other required PHP extensions in your server. Create a database and user for Next Cloud.

Step 3: You can download it from Next cloud’s official website.

Before we start, There I am using the Azure portal to install the Ubuntu 22.04 operating system. You can use physical machines if you want or use your Old PC as a cloud Server.

 

 

First, you’ll need to connect to your server as a root user, either directly from the console or remotely using SSH.

Step 1. Server Update.

First, You will need to log in to your Ubuntu server as the root user and Update your System with the following command:

apt-get upgrade -y

apt-get update -y

Step 2. Install Apache and PHP.

 

Install Apache and PHP with the following command:

apt-get install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-xml php7.4-cli php7.4-cgi php7.4-mysql php7.4-mbstring php7.4-gd php7.4-curl php7.4-zip php-imagick php7.4-json php7.4-intl -y

Step 3. Install the MariaDB server
NextCloud can use MySQL, MariaDB, Postgre SQL, or SQ Lite database to store its data. In this guide, we will use the MariaDB database server.

You need to install the MariaDB server and other packages with the following command:

apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client unzip wget -y

Run the MariaDB installation the following command:

mysql_secure_installation

Below are all Answer to the questions and set the MariaDB root password for installation:

Enter current password for root (enter for none):
 Set root password? [Y/n] Y
 New password:
 Re-enter new password:
 Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y
 Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y
 Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y
 Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y

Step 5. Log in to the MariaDB and create a database.

Log in to the MariaDB with the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Create a database and user for NextCloud with the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;

Create a database user and assign the required privileges as provided in the following command:

 

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO ‘nextcloud’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘your-password’;

Exit from the MariaDB console with the following command:

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;

Step 6. Download and install the Nextcloud.

Download Nextcloud with the following command:

wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-23.0. 0.zip

Unzip the downloaded nextcloud file to the Apache root directory:

unzip nextcloud-23.0.0.zip -d /var/www/html/

Ownership change of the nextcloud directory to www-data:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/nextcloud

Step 6. Nextcloud Configuration.

Configure Apache for Nextcloud conf file with the following command:

nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/nextcloud.conf

Now add the lines shown below. For the ServerName attribute, provide the of your server or IP address if you don’t have a domain name pointing to your IP Address.

<VirtualHost *:80>
 DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/nextcloud"
 ServerName cloud.bdold.com
 ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/nextcloud.error
 CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/nextcloud.access combined
 <Directory /var/www/html/nextcloud/>
 Require all granted
 Options FollowSymlinks MultiViews
 AllowOverride All
 <IfModule mod_dav.c>
 Dav off
 </IfModule>
 SetEnv HOME /var/www/html/nextcloud
 SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/html/nextcloud
 Satisfy Any
 </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>

Run and enable the configuration Apache host file with the following command:

 

a2ensite nextcloud.conf

 

Enable Apache modules with the following command:

a2enmod rewrite headers env dir mime setenvif ssl

Reload the Apache for the changes to take effect.

systemctl restart apache2

The domain point to the next cloud server:

Domain Login in your C Panel or domain Manager.

Find domain DNS Zone Manager or Domains section on your C Panel home page and click Zone editor. Add my next cloud server IP in the A record and save this A record.

Now the domain point to the next cloud server.

Open your web browser and browse your IP or Domain.

http://Server IP/ Or http://your domain.com/

You will be required to provide your login and database details as demonstrated in the field.

You can now upload your files and collaborate with your team members on NextCloud.

Also, you can use this server in your mobile and computer-like OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive.