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Set up Nextcloud with Docker Compose on Linux

Elias Bieber9 March 2026

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Private cloud via Docker: start MariaDB and Nextcloud containers with docker-compose, create admin account and plan passwords, HTTPS and backups for production.

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Install Nextcloud with Docker

Requirement: Docker and Docker Compose. Create directory and docker-compose.yml (MariaDB + Nextcloud).

mkdir -p /opt/nextcloud && cd /opt/nextcloud
# docker-compose.yml with services: db (mariadb:10.6), app (nextcloud:latest), port 8080:80
docker-compose up -d

Browser: http://YOUR-IP:8080 – create admin account. Change passwords in docker-compose.yml; for production use HTTPS (reverse proxy) and backups.

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