NextcloudPi
Preconfigured Nextcloud image and management panel for SBCs
NextcloudPi is an open-source project that provides a ready-to-use Nextcloud appliance image, installer scripts and a management interface for single-board computers, virtual machines and containers. It bundles Nextcloud with system-level tooling to simplify installation, security hardening, backups and ongoing maintenance.
Key Features
- Prebuilt images and installers for Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Rock64, Armbian boards, VMs and LXD/LXC/Proxmox containers
- Nextcloud instance preinstalled and preconfigured with sane defaults
- Apache webserver with HTTP/2, PHP runtime and PHP OPcache/APCu for performance
- MariaDB database backend with Redis memory cache support
- ncp-config text UI and a web management panel (admin interface on HTTPS port 4443)
- Setup wizard and automated tasks for easy first-run configuration
- Automatic security updates, Let’s Encrypt certificate automation and Fail2Ban/UFW firewall integration
- Mail support via Postfix and optional ModSecurity web application firewall
- File-serving extras: Samba and NFS support, USB automount and scheduled rsync
- Filesystem and backup tools: BTRFS support with snapshots, automatic snapshot sync and nc-backup/restore utilities
- System monitoring and hardening: SMART drive checks, ZRAM, Lynis/Debsecan security audits
Use Cases
- Home or small-office private cloud: host files, calendars and contacts for a household or small team
- Edge/embedded deployments: quickly convert single-board computers into a managed Nextcloud server for remote sites
- Teaching and testing: experiment with Nextcloud, backups, snapshots and container/VM deployments in labs
Limitations and Considerations
- The recommended one-line installer assumes a clean Debian installation and currently provides no automatic rollback mechanism; take backups before using the installer
- The Docker variant has been discontinued for the project; primary supported delivery is OS images, LXC/LXD or the installer script
- Hardware support and performance vary by board and configuration; larger production deployments require appropriate CPU/RAM/storage sizing
NextcloudPi provides a compact, opinionated package to run a full Nextcloud stack on low-cost hardware or containers, with focused management tooling and backup features. It is best suited for personal, small-team and edge deployments where ease of setup and maintenance are priorities.
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Let’s Encrypt
Redis
Btrfs
Apache HTTP Server
Postfix
Linux
MariaDB
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