Ansible Role for Nextcloud Server setup

Ansible Role that sets up Nextcloud with Nginx and PHP on an Ubuntu/Debian server. Designed to not handle DB install and HTTPS setup. So this role is uesefull when running behind a Loabalancer that takes care of HTTPs termination already. Also if you want to run your DB on another host, this role doesn't preinstall a DB for you.

If you want to setup a DB on that host just use another Ansible role for Postgres or MySQL. For example there is mediafellows.postgresql.

This role installs PHP dependencies and installs the PHP runner FastCGI Process Manager (FPM). It also utilizes mediafellows.nginx role for installing Ngxinx as a Websterver.

Requirements

Linux Distribution with apt package manager. Ideally newer versions (like Ubuntu 18.04) that provide php7.2 as part of their repos.

Role Variables

Role variables that make sense to override to your needs (shows default settings here):

• nextcloud_version: 19.0.0 - Nextcloud version to install, pick one that can be downloaded from download server already
• nextcloud_php_version: 7.4 - PHP version to install
• nextcloud_db_type: pgsql - DB type to use for Nextcloud. Either 'mysql', 'pgsql' (for Postgres) or 'sqlite' (untested).
• nextcloud_db_user: nextcloud - User for connecting to DB
• nextcloud_db_pass: 1231231 - PW for DB access
• nextcloud_install_dir: /opt/nextcloud - Install dir where Nextcloud will be unpacked
• nextcloud_initial_user_name: admin - Set username for initial admin user
• nextcloud_initial_user_pw: 'foobar' - Set PW for initial admin user for your Nextcloud setup (for first login)

Find more variables in defaults/main.yml

Dependencies

Depends on the mediafellows.nginx role for setting up the Webserver:

• mediafellows.nginx

Example Playbook

Example playbook integration

- name: Install Nextcloud
  hosts: nextcloud_hosts
  become: true
  vars:
    nextcloud_version: 19.0.0
    nextcloud_install_dir: /opt/nextcloud/
    nextcloud_initial_user_name: admin
    nextcloud_initial_user_pw: abc123abc
    nextcloud_db_pass: 'nextcloud-db-pw'
  roles:
    - mediafellows.nextcloud

License

BSD

Author Information

Stefan Horning [email protected]