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<h4>COURSE OBJECTIVES</h4>
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
<ol>
<li>Installing and using Nextcloud with OnlyOffice for collaboration on ASUSTOR NAS.</li>
</ol>
 
<h4>PREREQUISITES</h4>
Course Prerequisites:
None
Students are expected to have a working knowledge of:
None
 
<h4>OUTLINE</h4>
<a href="#nc1">1. Introduction</a>
<a href="#nc2">2. Installing Nextcloud</a>
<a href="#nc3">3. Installing OnlyOffice Docs</a>
<a href="#nc31">3.1 Setting up Group Collaboration in Nextcloud</a>
 <hr /> 
<h4><a name="nc1"></a>1. Introduction</h4>
Increase productivity with an ASUSTOR NAS and OnlyOffice Docs. An ASUSTOR NAS with Nextcloud and OnlyOffice Docs becomes an extensive productivity suite designed to make editing files, including, but not limited to documents, spreadsheets and presentations even easier than ever. OnlyOffice Docs, a groupware app, also enables multiple users to edit supported files simultaneously, allowing people to easily collaborate on projects.
 Note:
<ul>
<li>System requirements: An ASUSTOR NAS supporting ADM 4.1 or above.</li>
<li>OnlyOffice Docs System requirements: AS31, 32, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, Lockerstor, Lockerstor Gen2, Lockerstor Gen2+, Lockerstor Gen3, Lockerstor Pro, Lockerstor Pro Gen2, Flashstor, Flashstor Gen2.</li>
</ul>
 
<h4><a name="nc2"></a>2. Installing Nextcloud</h4>
 
<ul>
<li>Using your Web browser, log in to ADM using an administrator account.</li>
<li>Select [App Central] [ASUSTOR Apps].</li>
<li>Click on [Nextcloud] and press [Install].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183057_app_central_install_nextcloud.png" alt="" width="800" height="463" title="" align="" />
 
After installing, a database and an admin account must be set up.
 It’s strongly recommended to use MariaDB in Nextcloud for collaboration. Before setting up the database in Nextcloud, please install MariaDB and phpMyadmin from App Central first.
 
<ul>
<li>Select [App Central] [ASUSTOR Apps].</li>
<li>Click on [MariaDB] and press [Install].</li>
<li>Click on [phpMyAdmin] and press [Install].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183119_app_central_mariadb_phpmyadmin.png" alt="" width="800" height="463" title="" align="" />
 
After installing MariaDB, please change the default port number and password to enhance MariaDB security.
 
<ul>
<li>Locate the [MariaDB] icon in the ADM desktop and click on it.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183146_adm_desktop_app_icons.png" alt="" width="800" height="375" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Change the default port number.</li>
<li>Select [Enable MariaDB remote access].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183255_MariaDB_settings_1.png" alt="" width="800" height="439" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Click Change Password.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183311_MariaDB_settings_2.png" alt="" width="800" height="439" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Input the current password and click OK.
 The default password is 'admin'.
</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183326_MariaDB_settings_3.png" alt="" width="360" height="179" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Locate the [phpMyAdmin] icon in the ADM desktop and click on it.</li>
<li>Username is 'root' and the password is the same as your recently changed MariaDB password.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183511_phpmyadmin_login.png" alt="" width="500" height="477" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Click Databases.</li>
<li>Enter a new database name and click Create. Example: nextcloud_docker.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183611_phpmyadmin_create_database.png" alt="" width="800" height="553" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Click User accounts.</li>
<li>Click Add user account.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183633_phpmyadmin_create_new_user_1.png" alt="" width="800" height="514" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Enter a new username. It is recommended to use the same name as the database name.</li>
<li>Enter a new password and ensure that both checkboxes under Database for user accounts are enabled.</li>
<li>Click Go to complete the configuration.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183653_phpmyadmin_create_new_user_2.png" alt="" width="900" height="815" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Locate the [Nextcloud] icon in the ADM desktop and click on it.</li>
<li>Create an admin account.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183727_nextcloud_create_account.png" alt="" width="480" height="610" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Select MySQL/MariaDB to configure the database.</li>
<li>Enter the database name, username and password that you created in phpMyAdmin.</li>
<li>For the database host, enter your NAS IP as well as a colon, followed by the port number of MariaDB.</li>
<li>Click Install.</li>
</ul>
 ADM Defender on the ADM 5.1 and above supports denying docker connections in the firewall profile. If Nextcloud fails to connect to MariaDB, please check whether the ADM Defender firewall is enabled and configured to deny docker connections.
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183749_nextcloud_setting_mariadb.png" alt="" width="480" height="576" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>After the database is installed, you can install recommended apps and log into Nextcloud.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183816_nextcloud_install_recommended_apps.png" alt="" width="700" height="582" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Open ADM File explorer.</li>
<li>Download /Docker/Nextcloud/data/config/config.php to your computer and then open a text editor to edit it.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183846_nextcloud_config_path.png" alt="" width="880" height="462" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Add [ 'allow_local_remote_servers' => true, ] to the content and then archive.</li>
<li>Upload the edited config.php to the NAS folder [/share/Docker/Nextcloud/data/config/] to overwrite the original file.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183908_nextcloud_config_allow_local_server.png" alt="" width="660" height="242" title="" align="" />
 
 Note: Using ADM 5.0 and above, you can download and install Text Editor from App Central and edit [/Docker/Nextcloud/data/config/config.php] directly in ADM.
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20251009142857_adm50_text_editor_edit_s1.png" alt="" width="880" height="599" title="" align="" />
 
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20251009142919_adm50_text_editor_edit_s2.png" alt="" width="880" height="465" title="" align="" />
 
<h4><a name="nc3"></a>3. Installing OnlyOffice Docs</h4>
 
 Note: OnlyOffice Docs System requirements: AS31, 32, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, Lockerstor, Lockerstor Gen2, Lockerstor Gen2+, Lockerstor Gen3, Lockerstor Pro, Lockerstor Pro Gen2, Flashstor, Flashstor Gen2.
 
<ul>
<li>Select [App Central] [ASUSTOR Apps].</li>
<li>Click on [OnlyOffice Docs] and press [Install].</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419183939_app_central_install_onlyoffice.png" alt="" width="800" height="463" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Log into Nextcloud with the admin account.</li>
<li>Click the account icon on the top right corner and click Apps.</li>
<li>Find ONLYOFFICE under Office & text and click Download and enable.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184005_nextcloud_add_apps_onlyoffice.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Click the account icon on the top right corner and click Administration settings.</li>
<li>Select ONLYOFFICE.</li>
<li>Input your NAS IP address followed by a colon (:) and type in the port number, 31080 as the ONLYOFFICE Docs address. If connecting via HTTPS, please enter https://[NAS IP]:31443 or https://[NAS DDNS]:31443.</li>
<li>Input the assigned secret key. Please find the secret key from the app description of OnlyOffice Docs in the App Central.</li>
<li>Click Save.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184026_nextcloud_settings_onlyoffice_1.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>After the OnlyOffice Docs server is successfully saved, more settings can be configured here.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184041_nextcloud_settings_onlyoffice_2.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Now, you can create or edit document files on Nextcloud with OnlyOffice Docs. Files can also be uploaded to Nextcloud for editing or collaboration.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184120_nextcloud_create_new_doc_by_onlyoffice_1.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184134_nextcloud_create_new_doc_by_onlyoffice_2.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184148_nextcloud_create_new_doc_by_onlyoffice_3.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<a name="nc31"></a>3.1 Setting up Group Collaboration in Nextcloud
OnlyOffice Docs also enables multiple users to edit supported files simultaneously, allowing people to easily collaborate on projects.
Users can be added to the same group for convenient file sharing and collaborative editing.
 
<ul>
<li>Click the account icon on the top right corner and click Users.</li>
<li>Click + to create a new group. Example: Doc_Collaboration.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184222_nextcloud_add_users_groups_1.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Click + New user. Example: Asustorpm.</li>
<li>Input all required information, and select "Doc_Collaboration" in Groups.</li>
<li>Click Add new user.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184241_nextcloud_add_users_groups_3.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
To simultaneously edit the same file, sharing has to be enabled.
 
<ul>
<li>Click File Documents.</li>
<li>Click <img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184253_icon_shareing.png" width="30" height="30" alt="" />.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184412_nextcloud_share_document_folder_1.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Input Doc_Collaboration in Sharing.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184449_nextcloud_share_document_folder_2.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Select Allow editing.</li>
<li>Click Save share.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184520_nextcloud_share_document_folder_3.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Now, all files under the Documents folder can be edited by the users belonging to the Doc_Collaboration group.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184535_nextcloud_share_document_folder_4.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
Other users should now be able to log in NextCloud from another PC or web browser and the shared files or folders can be selected for collaborative editing.
 Note: PDF files can be viewed but not edited.
 
<ul>
<li>Log into Nextcloud with Admin to edit a document file.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184617_nextcloud_1st_user_edit_doc_onlyoffice.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />
 
<ul>
<li>Log into Nextcloud with another user to edit the same document file.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://www.asustor.com/images/tinymce/upload_img_20240419184629_nextcloud_2nd_user_login_edit_doc_onlyoffice_1.png" alt="" width="900" height="506" title="" align="" />

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