Nextcloud: your first steps | Docs

Picked Nextcloud? Your site came with Nextcloud installed and configured on your own EU server.

What gets installed

Nextcloud (latest stable release, verified against Nextcloud's published checksum and PGP signature) with its own MariaDB database in your container.
Your data folder outside the web root, APCu and Valkey (Redis-compatible) caching and file locking, a real cron job every 5 minutes, HTTPS enforced, and nginx rules from Nextcloud's own documentation (CalDAV/CardDAV discovery included).
One admin account; no users, groups or extra apps yet.

Your site page in the portal shows the sign-in address, the admin username and a generated password — we display it for 7 days, so save it now.
Log in, then set your own password under Settings → Security. Add users under Settings → Users.
Install Calendar, Contacts, Talk or Office from the Apps menu, and connect the desktop and mobile clients with your site address.
To send invitations and password resets, configure an outgoing mail server under Settings → Basic settings (a veldhost mailbox works).

Update from Settings → Administration → Overview with the built-in updater, one major version at a time. Press Back up now on the Files tab first — the backup covers files, data folder and database.
Nextcloud checks its own security and configuration under Administration → Overview; the warnings you see there are yours to act on.

Nextcloud needs 1 GB of memory, so it is offered on the Pro plan and up. Storage counts against your plan's disk; large photo libraries want the Business plan.
Uploads up to 512 MB per file through the browser; the desktop client chunks larger files.