Introduction
In the era of cloud computing, privacy and data control have become major concerns. Hosting your own cloud solution with NextcloudPi on a Raspberry Pi is a fantastic way to take charge of your data while maintaining accessibility across devices.
This guide will walk you through the entire process—from gathering the necessary components to installing and configuring NextcloudPi so it runs smoothly within your local network on a Raspberry Pi ARM computer, paired with an external WD hard drive. Additionally, you’ll learn how to configure NextcloudPi to function as a fully independent cloud system, allowing secure access to your files, contacts, and calendars now from local network.
By the end of this setup, you will have a personal cloud server that is efficient, cost-effective, and entirely under your control.
So, let’s get started—happy reading and enjoy building your own private cloud!
Let's get started. First we need
RaspberryPi 4 (min 4 GB Ram)
SSD 500Gb external USB drive with min USB 3.0
MyBook WD 1TB disk space External Drive
Install NextCloudPI
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Download NextCloudPI:
https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/releases or
Direct link for RaspberriPI4:
Extracts zip file
Download BalenaEtcher from:
Direct link:
https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher
Select file NextcloudPi_RaspberryPi4_v1.55.3.img or newer. Confirm Open. Then click Start or Run.
Select external disk SSD.
And click Flash.
Alternative Download Rufus Portable:
https://rufus.ie/downloads/ or
We will also need WD MyBook Externa Usb drive with separated power supply for backup and big storage. Configure WD MyBook Externa Usb drive sleep time to 30min. WD elements it is not good; it has no sleep setting and it will never go to sleep (Hight power consumption and short lifespan). You need to run WD Drive Utilities and go to settings. Set On button and set 30 minutes delay to sleep. So, the drive won't run all the time.
Rename disk label from »My Book« to »MyBook« without space. On disk you wil need format partition to set exFat file system (NTFS filesystem is not fully supported on pi image and Linux). Be careful, backup yopur data on disk. All data will be losed on disk if formatted:
Connect SSD externa drive to RaspberryPI via USB 3.1 (Blue color connector). This drive we will use for main and fast storage. Connect My Book to second blue USB 3.1 connector.
Connect network cable Rj45 from router to RasberriPi.
Now connect power cable to RaspberryPI and wait more minutes. Open favorite browser in computer and go to page: https://nextcloudpi/ wait to load.
If you see on browser this:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access this resource.
you have to wait more time you have probably problem with IPv6 enabled on router. I suggest you to disable it.
Click Print and Activate button and wait.
Now you can login to panel with password you have saved or printed on paper of pdf.
Go to Configure Panel:
https://nextcloudpi:4443/ on your favorite browser.
Go to Updates -> nc-updates click Apply and wait few minutes
Go to Updates -> nc-updates-nextcloud click Apply and wait few minutes
Go to Updates -> nc-autoupdate-nc check Active and click Apply
Go to Updates -> nc-autoupdate-ncp check Active and click Apply
Go to Updates -> nc-update-nc-apps-auto check Active and click Apply
Go to Updates -> unattended-upgrades check Active, Autoreboot and click Apply
Go to System -> nc-automount check Active and click Apply
Securing Next Cloud
Go to Config -> nc-admin: Set password for Next Cloud admin user:
Go to Config -> nc-password: Set password for this panel:
Generating thumbnail or image previews
Go to Config -> nc-previews-auto
Go to Config -> nc-prettyURL
Do periodic backups to MyBook Wd:
Expose to internet.
This do on your own risk:
Expert Optional:
Configure NextCloud
Right click on most top right icon circle and click Apps
Click Your Apps:
Install and enable two factor Authorization plugins:
Enable Two factor Authenticator via Android phone Google App Authenticator
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2&hl=en
On Next Cloud page Enable TOTP. Scan QR code with phone Google Authenticator. An Enter code displayed on phone to the browser to confirm.
Add users via NextCloud:
Click to add new account:
Now we need to go back to https://nextcloudpi:4443/
Finally, after we create users on NextCloud we can can create samba users (always we have do this task after user creation):
Now we can copy external files to samba users via Windows Explorer:
Next step if we copy external files (photos) to our Next cloud directory via samba we need fix permissions (always we copy files to samba we need do this task).
We need to click nc-scan to become files and images visible on Next Cloud portal(always we copy files to samba we need do this task):
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