{"id":19430,"date":"2016-07-11T07:49:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T12:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=19430"},"modified":"2022-12-12T04:40:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:40:36","slug":"install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Nextcloud 9 on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-image-25126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\" install Nextcloud 9 on an Ubuntu 16.04\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Install-Nextcloud-on-Ubuntu-16.04-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In this article, we will show you how to install Nextcloud 9 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM 7.0, and Nginx. Nextcloud is an open-source self-hosted file sync and share application forked from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/owncloud-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ownCloud<\/a>. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu 16.04 VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We have an updated version of this tutorial on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-20-04\/\">How to Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662cd78341864\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662cd78341864\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#1-Log-in-to-your-VPS-via-SSH-with-your-sudo-user\" title=\"1. Log in to your VPS via SSH with your sudo user\">1. Log in to your VPS via SSH with your sudo user<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#2-Update-the-system-and-install-necessary-packages\" title=\"2. Update the system and install necessary packages\">2. Update the system and install necessary packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#3-Install-MariaDB-101\" title=\"3. Install MariaDB 10.1\">3. Install MariaDB 10.1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#4-Install-PHP-and-required-PHP-modules\" title=\"4. Install PHP and required PHP modules\">4. Install PHP and required PHP modules<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#5-Download-and-extract-Nextcloud-9\" title=\"5. Download and extract Nextcloud 9\">5. Download and extract Nextcloud 9<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#6-Install-and-configure-Nginx\" title=\"6. Install and configure Nginx\">6. Install and configure Nginx<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#7-Install-Nextcloud-9\" title=\"7. Install Nextcloud 9\">7. Install Nextcloud 9<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-log-in-to-your-vps-via-ssh-with-your-sudo-user\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Log-in-to-your-VPS-via-SSH-with-your-sudo-user\"><\/span>1. Log in to your VPS via SSH with your sudo user<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ssh user@vps_IP<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-update-the-system-and-install-necessary-packages\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Update-the-system-and-install-necessary-packages\"><\/span>2. Update the system and install necessary packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get -y upgrade\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common nano wget<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-install-mariadb-10-1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Install-MariaDB-101\"><\/span>3. Install MariaDB 10.1<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To add the MariaDB repository to your sources list and install the latest MariaDB 10.1 server, run the following commands:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp:\/\/keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8\r\n[user]$ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,i386] http:\/\/ftp.osuosl.org\/pub\/mariadb\/repo\/10.1\/ubuntu xenial main'\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get update\r\n[user]$ sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When the installation is complete, run the following command to secure your installation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ mysql_secure_installation<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Disable MariaDB binary logging by commenting the following lines<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo nano \/etc\/mysql\/my.cnf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">#log_bin                = \/var\/log\/mysql\/mariadb-bin\r\n#log_bin_index          = \/var\/log\/mysql\/mariadb-bin.index\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Restart the service<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo service mysql restart<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Next, we need to create a database for the Nextcloud installation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ mysql -uroot -p<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">MariaDB [(none)]&gt; CREATE DATABASE nextcloud;\r\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextcloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';\r\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; \\q<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-install-php-and-required-php-modules\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Install-PHP-and-required-PHP-modules\"><\/span>4. Install PHP and required PHP modules<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To install the latest stable version of PHP version 7.0 and all necessary modules, run:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo apt-get -y install php-fpm php-cli php-json php-curl php-imap php-gd php-mysql php-xml php-zip php-intl php-mcrypt php-imagick php-mbstring<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The following commands will set the PHP memory limit to 512MB, change the values of upload_max_filesize and post_max_size to 200M and set the timezone to UTC.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sed -i \"s\/memory_limit = .*\/memory_limit = 512M\/\" \/etc\/php\/7.0\/fpm\/php.ini\r\n[user]$ sed -i \"s\/;date.timezone.*\/date.timezone = UTC\/\" \/etc\/php\/7.0\/fpm\/php.ini\r\n[user]$ sed -i \"s\/;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1\/cgi.fix_pathinfo=1\/\" \/etc\/php\/7.0\/fpm\/php.ini\r\n[user]$ sed -i \"s\/upload_max_filesize = .*\/upload_max_filesize = 200M\/\" \/etc\/php\/7.0\/fpm\/php.ini\r\n[user]$ sed -i \"s\/post_max_size = .*\/post_max_size = 200M\/\" \/etc\/php\/7.0\/fpm\/php.ini\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Add the following environment variables at the end of the PHP-FPM pool file:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo nano \/etc\/php\/7.0\/fpm\/pool.d\/www.conf<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME\r\nenv[PATH] = \/usr\/local\/sbin:\/usr\/local\/bin:\/usr\/sbin:\/usr\/bin:\/sbin:\/bin\r\nenv[TMP] = \/tmp\r\nenv[TMPDIR] = \/tmp\r\nenv[TEMP] = \/tmp\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Restart PHP-FPM:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo service php7.0-fpm restart<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-download-and-extract-nextcloud-9\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Download-and-extract-Nextcloud-9\"><\/span>5. Download and extract Nextcloud 9<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We will install Nextcloud in the <code>\/var\/www\/nextcloud<\/code> directory. Download the latest version of Nextcloud from the Nextcloud website:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ wget https:\/\/download.nextcloud.com\/server\/releases\/nextcloud-9.0.52.zip\r\n[user]$ unzip nextcloud-9.0.52.zip\r\n[user]$ sudo mkdir \/var\/www\/\r\n[user]$ sudo mv nextcloud \/var\/www\/\r\n[user]$ rm -f nextcloud-9.0.52.zip\r\n[user]$ sudo chown -R www-data: \/var\/www\/nextcloud\r\n<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-install-and-configure-nginx\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Install-and-configure-Nginx\"><\/span>6. Install and configure Nginx<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To install the latest stable version of Nginx available on the Ubuntu repositories, run:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo apt-get install nginx-extras nginx<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span class=\"st\">The package nginx-extras provides a version of <em>nginx<\/em> with the standard modules, plus <em>extra<\/em> features and modules such as <code class=\"docutils literal\"><span class=\"pre\">nginx<\/span> <span class=\"pre\">cache<\/span> <span class=\"pre\">purge<\/span><\/code> module.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Generate a self signed ssl certificate:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo mkdir -p \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\r\n[user]$ cd \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out nextcloud.pass.key 2048\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl rsa -passin pass:x -in nextcloud.pass.key -out nextcloud.key\r\n[user]$ sudo rm nextcloud.pass.key\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl req -new -key nextcloud.key -out nextcloud.csr\r\n[user]$ sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in nextcloud.csr -signkey nextcloud.key -out nextcloud.crt<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to get warnings associated with self-signed SSL Certificates, you can purchase a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ssl-certificates.html\">trusted SSL certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Next, create a new Nginx server block:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/nextcloud<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">server {\r\n    listen 80;\r\n    server_name my.nextcloud.com;\r\n    return 301 https:\/\/$server_name$request_uri;\r\n}\r\nserver {\r\n    listen 443 ssl http2;\r\n    server_name my.nextcloud.com;\r\n    root \/var\/www\/nextcloud;\r\n\r\n    ssl on;\r\n    ssl_certificate     \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\/nextcloud.crt;\r\n    ssl_certificate_key \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\/nextcloud.key;\r\n    ssl_session_timeout 5m;\r\n    ssl_ciphers               'AES128+EECDH:AES128+EDH:!aNULL';\r\n    ssl_protocols              TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;\r\n    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;\r\n\r\n    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;\r\n    add_header X-Frame-Options \"SAMEORIGIN\";\r\n    add_header X-XSS-Protection \"1; mode=block\";\r\n    add_header X-Robots-Tag none;\r\n    add_header X-Download-Options noopen;\r\n    add_header X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies none;\r\n\r\n    access_log  \/var\/log\/nginx\/nextcloud.access.log;\r\n    error_log   \/var\/log\/nginx\/nextcloud.error.log;\r\n\r\n    location = \/robots.txt {\r\n        allow all;\r\n        log_not_found off;\r\n        access_log off;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location = \/.well-known\/carddav { \r\n        return 301 $scheme:\/\/$host\/remote.php\/dav; \r\n    }\r\n    location = \/.well-known\/caldav { \r\n        return 301 $scheme:\/\/$host\/remote.php\/dav; \r\n    }\r\n\r\n    client_max_body_size 512M;\r\n    fastcgi_buffers 64 4K;\r\n    gzip off;\r\n\r\n    error_page 403 \/core\/templates\/403.php;\r\n    error_page 404 \/core\/templates\/404.php;\r\n\r\n    location \/ {\r\n        rewrite ^ \/index.php$uri;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ ^\/(?:build|tests|config|lib|3rdparty|templates|data)\/ {\r\n        deny all;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ ^\/(?:\\.|autotest|occ|issue|indie|db_|console) {\r\n        deny all;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~^\/(?:index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|ocs-provider\/.+|core\/templates\/40[34])\\.php(?:$|\/) {\r\n        include fastcgi_params;\r\n        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;\r\n        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\r\n        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;\r\n        fastcgi_param HTTPS on;\r\n        #Avoid sending the security headers twice\r\n        fastcgi_param modHeadersAvailable true;\r\n        fastcgi_param front_controller_active true;\r\n        fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php\/php7.0-fpm.sock;\r\n        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;\r\n        fastcgi_request_buffering off;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ ^\/(?:updater|ocs-provider)(?:$|\/) {\r\n        try_files $uri\/ =404;\r\n        index index.php;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~* \\.(?:css|js)$ {\r\n        try_files $uri \/index.php$uri$is_args$args;\r\n        add_header Cache-Control \"public, max-age=7200\";\r\n        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;\r\n        add_header X-Frame-Options \"SAMEORIGIN\";\r\n        add_header X-XSS-Protection \"1; mode=block\";\r\n        add_header X-Robots-Tag none;\r\n        add_header X-Download-Options noopen;\r\n        add_header X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies none;\r\n        # Optional: Don't log access to assets\r\n        access_log off;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~* \\.(?:svg|gif|png|html|ttf|woff|ico|jpg|jpeg)$ {\r\n        try_files $uri \/index.php$uri$is_args$args;\r\n        access_log off;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ \/\\.ht {\r\n        deny all;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n}<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Activate the server block by creating a symbolic link :<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/nextcloud \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/nextcloud<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Test the Nginx configuration and restart nginx:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[user]$ sudo nginx -t\r\n[user]$ sudo service nginx restart<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-install-nextcloud-9\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-Install-Nextcloud-9\"><\/span>7. Install Nextcloud 9<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Open https:\/\/my.nextcloud.com\/install.php in your favorite web browser and you should see the Nextcloud 9 install screen. On this page you\u2019ll need to enter the database details you created earlier, Nextcloud 9 admin details and finally click on the Install button.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>That\u2019s it. You have successfully installed Nextcloud 9 on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. For more information about how to manage your Nextcloud 9 installation, please refer to the official Nextcloud 9 documentation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Of course you don\u2019t have to Install Nextcloud 9 on Ubuntu 16.04, if you use one of our <a title=\"linux vps hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/nextcloud-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nextcloud Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to setup this for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately. For more updates, you can also read our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-nextcloud-14-on-ubuntu-16-04\/\">How to Install NextCloud 14 on Ubuntu 16.04<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS<\/strong><\/span>. 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