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Nextcloud

Primary audience: end users and teams who need self-hosted file sync, sharing and collaboration.

Your own private cloud — files, document editing, calls and chat, with single sign-on.

What you get

Capability Access from How
Files & collaboration Web, desktop and mobile apps Sync and share files; group folders and guest shares for external collaborators; Notes, Tables, Deck (kanban boards), Collectives (shared team pages)
Office documents Nextcloud Files Real-time document editing (needs the euro-office module) and a shared Whiteboard
Calls & chat Nextcloud UI, mobile apps Talk: chat, audio and video calls; instant browser notifications; call and chat push notifications on phones
Productivity Nextcloud UI Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Forms, Polls, News (RSS reader), AI integration
Mail Nextcloud UI Webmail client; Microsoft 365 sign-in when your admin sets it up
Single sign-on Login page You sign in through Authentik; a local account can still sign in directly at /login?direct=1
Backups — Automatic: the whole server, nightly, to the platform's backup server

What is not included

  • Document editor — installed and wired in automatically when you add the euro-office module.
  • TURN relay for calls made from outside your network — installed and wired in automatically when you add the coturn module.
  • Group call scaling (more participants in one Talk call) — installed and wired in automatically when you add the nextcloud-hpb module.
  • Outbound system email (password resets, share notifications) — Nextcloud does not run its own mail server; it sends this mail through SMTP credentials you supply.

Requirements

  • An Authentik account, or a local Nextcloud account for the emergency /login?direct=1 path.
  • Reachable from your site's internal networks; your admin can additionally open it to the internet.

Dependencies

Depends on Purpose
cluster:vm VM provisioning
templates:nixos NixOS base image
backup:vm VM included in the platform's backup job
network:proxy HTTPS access via the reverse proxy
network:rules Firewall pass rules
identity:identity Sign-in (required) — Authentik is the login backend, not an optional add-on

For installation steps see INSTALL.md.