NextCloudPi for Android (NextCloud v24.0.5)

• Lightly-forked edition of NextCloudPi
• Video of NextCloudPi deployment on a Kindle HD 8 (2017) running LineageOS

Hardware Requirements

NextCloudDroid requires a rooted ARMv7 or ARMv8 Android device from 2013-onward. Form factor is unimportant; it could be a phone, tablet, HDMI stick, TV box, toaster, any device running Android.

Many ARM-based devices are becoming hard to come by due to supply chain woes. Those searching online for a reasonably-priced SBC may already have one gathering dust in a desk drawer, unused and ready for a project.

Instructions:

• Open web browser on device and download+install the Linux Deploy APK. You can also download this from the Play Store if preferred:

  • Get the latest version at: https://github.com/meefik/linuxdeploy/releases

• Download the NextCloudDroid disk image: (v1.2 / June 20, 2022)

  • https://github.com/DesktopECHO/linuxdeploy-images/raw/main/ncd12.tgz

• Open Linux Deploy and change these settings:

  • Open Properties Menu (Usually at the bottom or right of the screen)
  • Distribution: rootfs.tar
  • Installation Type -> File
  • Image Size (MB) -> 4000 (as a minimum, more if you have the space)
  • Source Path - This varies by device, ie: ${EXTERNAL_STORAGE}/Download/ncd12.tgz
  • Set password for user android
  • Init -> Enable
  • Init system -> SysV
  • Go back to the main window, open the 'Hamburger menu' (Three dashes at top left) and touch Settings
  • Place checkmark on Lock Wi-Fi if your device has Wi-Fi
  • Place checkmark on Wake Lock to prevent your device from sleeping
  • Place checkmark on Autostart to start NextCloud when the Android device is powered-on.

• Go back to the main window, click Options Menu (Three dots, usually at top right of screen) and click Install

ncd12.tgz will automatically launch the NextCloudPi installer at first run. If the installaion is successful, you will be prompted to contune setup in the web interface:

If you're using debian.tgz instead, login to the container and run:

# curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DesktopECHO/nextcloudpi/master/install.sh | bash

If your Android device has a battery and was unused for months or longer, replace its battery. Old, worn, or abused Li-ion batteries can fail when pushed back into service. Failure appears as a bulge in the battery, or worse a “thermal event” - Replacing it serves as a UPS for your device.

Features (Some are untested)

• Debian 11 Bullseye
• Nextcloud 24.0.5
• Apache 2.4.25, with HTTP2 enabled
• PHP 8.1
• MariaDB 10.5
• Redis memory cache
• ncp-config for easy setup
• Automatic redirection to HTTPS
• ACPU PHP cache
• PHP Zend OPcache enabled with file cache
• HSTS
• Cron jobs for Nextcloud
• Sane configuration defaults
• Full emoji support
• Postfix email
• Secure

Extras (Some are untested)

• Setup wizard
• NextCloudPi Web Panel
• Wi-Fi ready
• Ram logs
• Automatic security updates, activated by default.
• Let’s Encrypt for trusted HTTPS certificates.
• Fail2Ban protection against brute force attacks.
• UFW firewall
• Dynamic DNS support for no-ip.org
• Dynamic DNS support for freeDNS
• Dynamic DNS support for duckDNS
• Dynamic DNS support for spDYN
• Dynamic DNS support for Namecheap
• dnsmasq DNS server with DNS cache
• ModSecurity Web Application Firewall
• NFS ready to mount your files over LAN
• SAMBA ready to share your files with Windows/Mac/Linux
• Remote updates
• Automatic NCP updates
• Automatic Nextcloud updates
• Update notifications
• NextCloud backup and restore
• NextCloud online installation
• scheduled rsync
• UPnP automatic port forwarding
• Security audits with Lynis and Debsecan
• ZRAM
• Prometheus metrics monitoring

Extras can be activated and configured using the web interface at HTTPS port 4443, or from the command line from

sudo ncp-config

Find the full documentation at docs.nextcloudpi.com