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The latest release of NextCloudPi is out! This release updates to the latest 12.0.3 version of Nextcloud. Other than that, the most important addition to NextCloudPi is a new shiny setup wizard. While ncp-web is really powerful and allows you to tweak many aspects of NextCloudPi, it can still be daunting to for a non …
I was generously invited to give a lightning talk about NextCloudPi at the Nextcloud Conference 2017 in Berlin. It was a great experience, and there were really great talks. I could meet many of the people that make Nextcloud possible and we had really interesting conversations. I received very valuable feedback and opinions about NextCloudPi, …
The latest release of NextCloudPi is out! In terms of development, the main focus has been to addressing issues stemming from the migration to Raspbian 9. Aside from that, we now have an alternate DDNS provider, ncp-web enhancements, better notifications and more. As usual, there have been many fixes and enhancements. I would like to …
The latest release of NextCloudPi is out! This has been an intense week. Soon after updating to Nextcloud version 12.0.1, version 12.0.2 came along, only a few days after that, much expected Raspbian 9 Stretch also came out. That means three releases in ten days. It is important that people start from the newest version …
The latest release of NextCloudPi is out! This release updates to the latest 12.0.2 version of Nextcloud. The main focus has been to provide some integration between NextCloud and NextCloudPi, and to simplify management. Also, the web interface has received several improvements, even though there is still a lot to do. As usual, there have …
The latest release of NextCloudPi is out! This release updates to the latest 12.0.1 version of Nextcloud. You can see the release notes for details. Most of the work has been put into polishing and bug fixes, and some database security hardenings. Big thank you to everyone that reported things and helped make fixes possible. …
The latest release of NextCloudPi is out, and managing your private cloud is now easier than ever! This release features features a shiny new Web UI. This web panel makes use of the extras provided by our familiar nextcloudpi-config, and serves for the exact same purpose. From our browser, we can set up Let’s Encrypt …
You can help the Own Your Bits movement! The long term goal of this blog is to promote open source and self hosting for the regular user. NextCloudPi is the first big step in that direction, and I am very satisfied with the response that it has received. The project has hundreds of downloads per …
The latest release of NextCloudPi is out! In order to make the setup process even easier, nextcloudpi-config now has the ability to format a USB to ext4 and setup port forwarding in your router. Also, an option has been added to download and install the latest News app. This is a staple for me, but it …
Many people seem surprised that NextCloudPi uses Apache and not Nginx. I will briefly explain my rationale here so I can just refer those people to this post. Said people insist that Nginx is much more performant, specially on a limited SBC such as the Raspberry Pi. First, let’s read a comparison. There are many …