Nextcloud didn't ask me to create admin account - FreeNas 11.3-U1

[KACMAG]

Hi Everyone!
After upgrade to FreeNas 11.3-U1 I can't get nextcloud work. After installing this plugin i am clicking "MANAGE" and it is sending me to login page for nextcloud.
But I cannot login because i didn't setup my admin account! As i saw on tutorials it should at first ask me to setup admin account (login, password).
I tried: reinstalling plugin, installing on other jail directory, updating plugin, restarting plugin, restarting FreeNas
it didn't solve my problem.
What I have to do to setup admin account? Maybe i can do it manually from shell?
Thank You!

 

[ornias]

nextcloud is a picky beast, however you should be able to set the admin password using an occ command...
Thats more a question for the nextcloud manual, but yes: it could be done via cli :)

But at that point you can just as well use one of the many scripts designed to do it for you and do it "right" the first time ;)

 

[KACMAG]

Thanks for quick response!
Can you tell me how to create admin account via command line? step by step will be very helpfull.
If you think using pre-written scripts will be easier than command line, can you send link for tutorial?
I am total noob in these things ;)
Maybe it is something wrong with my plugin install setup - I will attach basic properties for installation - maybe it will help us to find solution

Thanks again!

 

[ornias]

Well, i don't work with plugins usually, because they severely limit custom configuration.
For example: I don't want nextcloud to have its own database but use 1 central mariadb jail... So I cant help you with the plugin really.

Also with Nextcloud: I like to have my user specific files and config (/data /config and /themes basically) on seperate datasets so I can throw away the jail easily, thats not build in with the default jail and should preferably be done before installing nextcloud itself..

That being said: If it's a borked install I would just find a way to install it that works (for you) instead of trying to reanimate a borked install that doesn't contain any data yet anyway.

I maintain my own jail manager and just build a nextcloud install script for it based on the work of @danb35 . I can highly recommend his install script:

GitHub - danb35/freenas-iocage-nextcloud: Script to create an iocage jail on FreeNAS for the latest Nextcloud 28 release, including Caddy, MariaDB or PostgreSQL, and Let's Encrypt

Script to create an iocage jail on FreeNAS for the latest Nextcloud 28 release, including Caddy, MariaDB or PostgreSQL, and Let's Encrypt - danb35/freenas-iocage-nextcloud

github.com

Or mine when I finally get the nextcloud merged into master:

GitHub - Ornias1993/jailman: Automated iocage Jail manager for FreeNAS

Automated iocage Jail manager for FreeNAS. Contribute to Ornias1993/jailman development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

(nextcloud is still in beta on mine, really need some more QA before I can really advice using it)

So when it comes to scripts: Pick your poison, but remember: Scripts are made to be customised... they often will be harder to setup than the plugin... (unless the plugin broke or you NEED a custom option, in that case you are limited to custom install scripts anyway)

 

[KACMAG]

Well, i don't work with plugins usually, because they severely limit custom configuration.
For example: I don't want nextcloud to have its own database but use 1 central mariadb jail... So I can't help you with the plugin really.

Also with Nextcloud: I like to have my user specific files and config (/data /config and /themes basically) on separate datasets so I can throw away the jail easily, thats not build in with the default jail and should preferably be done before installing nextcloud itself..

That being said: If it's a borked install I would just find a way to install it that works (for you) instead of trying to reanimate a borked install that doesn't contain any data yet anyway.

I maintain my own jail manager and just build a nextcloud install script for it based on the work of @danb35 . I can highly recommend his install script:

GitHub - danb35/freenas-iocage-nextcloud: Script to create an iocage jail on FreeNAS for the latest Nextcloud 28 release, including Caddy, MariaDB or PostgreSQL, and Let's Encrypt

Script to create an iocage jail on FreeNAS for the latest Nextcloud 28 release, including Caddy, MariaDB or PostgreSQL, and Let's Encrypt - danb35/freenas-iocage-nextcloud

github.com

Or mine when I finally get the nextcloud merged into master:

GitHub - Ornias1993/jailman: Automated iocage Jail manager for FreeNAS

Automated iocage Jail manager for FreeNAS. Contribute to Ornias1993/jailman development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

(nextcloud is still in beta on mine, really need some more QA before I can really advice using it)

So when it comes to scripts: Pick your poison, but remember: Scripts are made to be customised... they often will be harder to setup than the plugin... (unless the plugin broke or you NEED a custom option, in that case you are limited to custom install scripts anyway)

Okay, i will search solution for my broken installation. Definitely i will try these scripts when i will be more experienced :)
Thanks for your advices again!!!

Has anyone run into the same problem?