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title: "Cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE"
sidebar_label: "Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE"
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description: "How to create a cloud server for collaborative data storage and document work"
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# Cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE

Nextcloud is an open-source platform for building data storage: for data sharing and synchronization, as well as working with documents and files. Nextcloud users can have full control over their data.

ONLYOFFICE is an open-source service for collaborative document work: editing, reviewing, and version control.

You can [create a cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE pre-installed](#create-cloud-server-with-nextcloud-and-onlyoffice). In Russia, the application runs on a cloud server with a configured [SelectOS 1 64-bit](https://selectos.selectel.ru/news/mega/) operating system. In other [countries](/infrastructure/locations.mdx#country) — Ubuntu 22.04.

Before creating a cloud server with an application, review the [software license agreements](https://423.selcdn.ru/kb/license-agreements-for-application-images-LANG.pdf) included in the image.

## Minimum resource requirements \{#minimum-requirements}

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      <th>Up to 500 users</th><th>500 users or more</th>
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        <th>vCPU count</th><td>1</td><td>2</td>
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        <th>RAM</th><td>2 GB</td><td>4 GB</td>
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        <th>Boot volume</th><td>20 GB</td><td>40 GB</td>
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## Create a cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE \{#create-cloud-server-with-nextcloud-and-onlyoffice}

For Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE to work, the cloud server must be accessible from the internet. To do this, when creating the server, you need to create a private subnet and attach a public floating IP address. To configure Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE when creating the server, you must specify user data — custom operating system configuration parameters.

You can set one of two sets of parameters:

* with automatic creation of a PostgreSQL database on the server;
* with a connection to the created [Managed Database PostgreSQL](/managed-databases/postgresql/) version 13 or higher.

After creating a server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE, a free [TLS certificate from Let’s Encrypt®](/certificates-manager/certificates/lets-encrypt.mdx) will be automatically issued for the domain you specify. To issue the certificate, you need to add an A record for the domain and specify the public floating IP address of the server as the record value. You can add the domain in [Selectel DNS hosting (actual](/dns-hosting/)).

1. [Create a public floating IP address](#create-floating-ip).

2. [Add an A record for the domain](#add-a-record).

3. [Create a cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE](#create-nextcloud-and-onlyoffice-server).

### 1. Create a public floating IP address \{#create-floating-ip}

Create a public floating IP address so that the cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE is accessible from the internet.

Use the [Create a public floating IP address](/cloud-servers/cloud-networks/public-floating-ip-addresses.mdx#create-public-floating-ip) subsection of the [Public Floating IP Addresses](/cloud-servers/cloud-networks/public-floating-ip-addresses.mdx) guide.

### 2. Add an A record for the domain \{#add-a-record}

[Add a resource record](/dns-hosting/records/add-record.mdx) to access Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE via the domain.

Specify:

* [resource record type](/dns-hosting/records/add-record.mdx#record-types) — A; ;
* record value — the public floating IP address you [created in step 1](#create-floating-ip).

### 3. Create a cloud server with Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE \{#create-nextcloud-and-onlyoffice-server}

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        Creating a database on the server
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      ```yaml
      #cloud-config

      write_files:
      - path: "/opt/main.yml"
        permissions: "0644"
        content: |
          nextcloud_admin_name: "<administrator_name>"
          nextcloud_admin_pwd: "<administrator_password>"
          nextcloud_admin_email: "<root@example.com>"
          nextcloud_domain: "<example.com>"
      ```

      Specify:

      * `<administrator_name>` — Nextcloud administrator name; ;
      * `<administrator_password>` — Nextcloud administrator password. Must be more than eight characters; ;
      * `<root@example.com>` — Nextcloud administrator email for account creation and Let's Encrypt® notifications; ;
      * `<example.com>` — domain to access Nextcloud that you [added earlier](#add-a-record).
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        Connecting an existing Managed Database
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      ```yaml
      #cloud-config

      write_files:
      - path: "/opt/gomplate/values/user-values.yaml"
        permissions: "0644"
        content: |
          nextcloud_admin_name: "<administrator_name>"
          nextcloud_admin_pwd: "<administrator_password>"
          nextcloud_admin_email: "<root@example.com>"
          nextcloud_domain: "<example.com>"
          nextcloud_db_external: true
          nextcloud_db_host: "<host>;sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert=/etc/ssl/dbaas-ca.crt"
          nextcloud_db_name: "<database_name>"
          nextcloud_db_admin: "<database_user_name>"
          nextcloud_db_pwd: "<database_user_password>"
      ```

      Specify:

      * `<administrator_name>` — Nextcloud administrator name; ;
      * `<administrator_password>` — Nextcloud administrator password. Must be more than eight characters; ;
      * `<root@example.com>` — Nextcloud administrator email for account creation and Let's Encrypt® notifications; ;
      * `<example.com>` — domain to access Nextcloud that you [added earlier](#add-a-record);
      * `nextcloud_db_external: true` — parameter to use the Managed Database; ;
      * `<host>` — DNS address of the PostgreSQL Managed Database. You can view it in the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/dbaas/): in the top menu, click **Products** → **Managed Databases** → cluster page → **Settings** tab → **Node addresses and statuses** block → \*\*DNS addresses; \*\*;
      * `<database_name>` — name of the PostgreSQL Managed Database. You can view it in the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/dbaas/): in the top menu, click **Products** → **Managed Databases** → cluster page → \*\*Databases; \*\*;
      * `<database_user_name>` — user name of the PostgreSQL Managed Database. You can view it in the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/dbaas/): in the top menu, click **Products** → **Managed Databases** → cluster page → **Databases** tab → database card → \*\*Database owner; \*\*;
      * `<database_user_password>` — password of the PostgreSQL Managed Database user. The password is not stored in the control panel — if you have lost it, [change the password](/managed-databases/postgresql/manage-users.mdx#change-user-password).
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