I’ve been running owncloud, then nextcloud for years. While it worked I was never very happy with it. Performance was always lackluster even for 1-2 users, features added are seemingly superfluous and was never something I wanted or cared about (groupware, AI assistant, talk features – don’t use, need or care). All I want is ... Read more
Hey friends. I finally fired nextcloud - and so should you.
You can absolutely use it without a reverse proxy. A proxy is just another fancy HTTP client that contacts the server on the original client’s behalf and forwards the response back to it, usually wrapped in HTTPS. A man in the middle that you trust.
All you have to do is expose the desired port(s) to all addresses:
# ...-ports:-8080:8080
…and obviously to set the URL environment variables to localhost or whatever address the server uses.
You can absolutely use it without a reverse proxy. A proxy is just another fancy HTTP client that contacts the server on the original client’s behalf and forwards the response back to it, usually wrapped in HTTPS. A man in the middle that you trust.
All you have to do is expose the desired port(s) to all addresses:
# ... - ports: - 8080:8080…and obviously to set the URL environment variables to
localhostor whatever address the server uses.Thanks!!!