Nextcloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. Nextcloud is free and open-source, which means that anyone is allowed to install and operate it on their own private server devices.

I used linuxserver's version

• publish a new network port
  • 8666 → 80 TCP
• volumes:
  • /var/www/html/custom_apps → /mnt/nvme/appdata/nextcloud/apps
  • /var/www/html/data → /mnt/nvme/appdata/nextcloud
  • /var/www/html → /mnt/nvme/appdata/nextcloud/html
  • /var/www/html/config → /mnt/nvme/appdata/nextcloud/config
• network:
  • Type: bridge
  • Fixed IP address (optional): blank
• Env:
  • PUID: 99
  • PGID: 100

• to convert images from HEIC to jpeg I installed imagemagick with brew on the Mac. Then used:

  magick mogrify -monitor -format jpg *.HEIC

  in a folder with the HEIC files.

• then add them to your nextcloud users Photos doc
• then add them to database with:

  sudo occ files:scan --all --verbose

  (this does all users)

• then add them to maps with:

  sudo occ maps:scan-photos -vvv

• if command line update required:
  • ssh into ubuntu machine (not the docker shell)
  • run

    sudo docker exec -itu www-data nextcloud php occ upgrade

• if stuck in maintenance mode:
  • ssh into ubuntu machine (not the docker shell)
  • run

    sudo docker exec -itu www-data nextcloud php occ maintenance:mode --off