debian 8 + nextcloud + onlyoffice + nginx + mariadb + redis + rabbitmq

How to run everything on a single Debian install

About

This guide was compiled from the notes and logs of two re-installs
I made on Debian 8 (Jessie) servers running Owncloud on Apache.

I have basically removed and reinstalled everything except the database
contents and the users files, while also migrating from owncloud to nextcloud.

You should reference the Nextcloud/Owncloud (version) manual for installing,
migrating or upgrading it. We add the nginx config to their apache install guide.

Disclaimers

This guide is provided as is, it may or may not work for you.
Some linux skills are required.
Some parts of the guide can and/or should be ignored if not relevant to your setup.
This guide uses non-standard repositories to get newer versions of some packages (eg. PHP7).

HowTo

Update server

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get upgrade

Remove Apache

You may want to make a backup of your current config files for Apache before proceeding.

$ apt-get remove apache2 apache2-utils
$ apt-get autoremove

Remove Nginx

You may want to make a backup of your current config files for Nginx before proceeding.

$ sudo systemctl stop nginx.service
$ apt-get remove nginx nginx-extras
$ apt-get autoremove

Remove PHP related stuff

List PHP packages (example)

$ sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep php | awk '{ print $1 }'
php5-cli
php5-common
php5-fpm
php5-json
php5-mysql
php5-readline

Remove packages (example)

$ sudo apt-get remove php5-cli php5-common php5-fpm php5-json php5-mysql php5-readline

Add dotdeb repo

This will provide us with more recent packages, like PHP7 and nginx 1.12.2

$ wget -qO - http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
$ echo "deb http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb.list
$ echo "deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb.list

Update cache

$ sudo apt-get update

Nginx install

Install nginx

$ sudo apt-get install nginx nginx-extras

Install PHP 7

Adjust the packages names if you want another PHP version (not tested).

sudo apt-get install imagemagick php7.0-cli php7.0-curl php7.0-dev php7.0-zip php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd \
php7.0-xml php7.0-mysql php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mbstring php7.0-opcache php7.0-json php7.0-intl \
php7.0-imagick php7.0-bcmath php7.0-bz2 php7.0-gmp php7.0-apcu php7.0-redis

Edit `php.ini`

$ sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini

Check if items are not already enabled
(adjust time zone to yours)

date.timezone = America/Sao_Paulo
upload_max_filesize = 4G
max_execution_time = 1200
max_input_vars = 5000
memory_limit = 256M

Set max request/children on `www.conf`

$ sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

Reference on how to adjust the values for the variables below

pm.max_children = 10
pm.max_requests = 200

Set environment for `www.conf`

Same file as last step

$ sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

Remove semicolons (;) to uncomment, towards the end of the file

env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME
env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
env[TMP] = /tmp
env[TMPDIR] = /tmp
env[TEMP] = /tmp

Restart the PHP service

sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service

Config PHP on nginx

Add a config file to nginx

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/upstream-php.conf

Use the appropriate handler for your PHP config

upstream php-handler {
    #server 127.0.0.1:9000;
    #server unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    server unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
}

If your PHP scripts still don't execute after restarting nginx and php,
try adding this config to the default site /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

	location ~ \.php$ {
		try_files $uri =404;
		include fastcgi_params;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
		fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
	}

You could test it with PHP Info.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Install redis

$ sudo apt-get install redis-server

You may need to run autoremove

$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Install rabbitmq

$ sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server

You may need to add your local IP to your hostname on your local hosts file for rabbitmq to work properly

$ sudo nano /etc/hosts

Example

10.0.20.10      cloud.example.com
10.0.20.10      office.example.com

Conflicting package?

I had to update this package, can't remember why, sorry.
If anyone can confirm this is needed or not, please post below

$ sudo apt-get install libgudev-1.0-0

The log is weird, says it is gonna install libudev0, but update libgudev-1.0-0 on doing so.

Install MariaDB

Set a nice root password during installation and take note of it (we will need it).

$ sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

Create Nextcloud Database

Open mysql with the root password you created during the install

$ mysql -uroot -p

Change 'v2N7HfiK26X9A0S3sdkJEUR63s' to your Nextcloud DB password (not the root passwd)
Optional: Change 'nextclouduser' and nextcloud (database name)

CREATE USER 'nextclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'v2N7HfiK26X9A0S3sdkJEUR63s';
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS nextcloud;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nextcloud.* TO 'nextclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'v2N7HfiK26X9A0S3sdkJEUR63s';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

You will need the DB username and password when configuring Nextcloud.

Backup / Restore option

If you are migrating your installation, you may want to perform a backup and restore of the Database.

Example of SQL backup

mysqldump --single-transaction -h localhost -u "nextclouduser" -p"v2N7HfiK26X9A0S3sdkJEUR63s" "nextcloud" > "/path/to/backup/nextcloud-backup.sql"

Example of SQL restore

mysql -h localhost -u "nextclouduser" -p"v2N7HfiK26X9A0S3sdkJEUR63s" "nextcloud" < "/path/to/backup/nextcloud-backup.sql"

Letsencrypt certificates (acme.sh)

You WILL NEED valid certificates for everything to work (self-signed do not work).
And you will need certificates for both subdomains.
You can use certbot if you prefer that.

I also usually run acme.sh as root ( sudo su - ).

This guide will use cloud.example.com and office.example.com as the domains for each service.
I usualy use DNS challenges to create certificates, which ends up being easier since you just need to comunicate with your DNS provider to generate the certificates.
You may use any method that works for you, as long as you get the 2 certificates needed (office and cloud).

For example, after installing and configuring acme.sh
(and adding my DNS provider API keys to the config file)

# get root shell
sudo su -

# Relocate if needed
cd /root/.acme.sh

# Test issue (staging server)
./acme.sh --test --debug --issue --dns dns_dynu -d cloud.example.com -d office.example.com
  
# Force reissue on production server if all fine
acme.sh --force --debug --issue --dns dns_dynu -d cloud.example.com -d office.example.com

The most common method to issue certificates is by exposing the chalenges on port 80 of your webserver.
That is out of scope for this guide though (there are plenty of guides about that).

Please refer to acme.sh's manual for more info.

Install certs

Let's create a folder for our certificates
Feel free to change it, but adjust later

# mkdir -p /etc/ssl/localcerts

One of the nice things about acme.sh is that it remembers your actions and then
will redo everything later to renew the certs (it sets a cron job).

We will use acme.sh to install the certs and restart nginx,
which will also be saved by acme.sh for later use.

# cd /root/.acme.sh
# ./acme.sh --debug --installcert -d cloud.example.com -d office.example.com --certpath /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud.pem --keypath /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud.key --fullchainpath /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud-ca.crt --reloadcmd "systemctl restart nginx.service"

The above call would create the certificate files containning both domains,
so we could use the same files for both the cloud and office webservers

Generate dhparam

If you want to use a dhparam with the certificates, you can run (as root)

This WILL take a long time!

# cd /etc/ssl/certs
# openssl dhparam -out dhparam.pem 4096

More info about dhparam

Changing the default Document Server port

This is not a requirement!
Some times we don't have ports 80/443 available (home connections),
so we NEED to use higher ports on those cases.

If you can use ports 80/443, that would be better and you SHOULD ignore this step!
Please note that your nginx port 80 on /etc/nginx/conf.d/onlyoffice-documentserver.conf will change automatically if you change this, but port 443 will not, you can just edit/change it to 4443 (or something else) yourself after installing

From the Document Server manual

By default Document Server listens to the incoming connections using port 80.
Starting with version 4.3 you can change the port for Document Server if you plan to use it instead of the default one.

If you are going to change the default port, make sure that it is open for the incoming/outgoing connections.
See the complete list of the ports used by Document Server.
To do that you will need to change the default port for the debconf system, running the command:
echo onlyoffice-documentserver onlyoffice/ds-port select <PORT_NUMBER> | sudo debconf-set-selections

Example on port 9988
echo onlyoffice-documentserver onlyoffice/ds-port select 9988 | sudo debconf-set-selections
This MUST be done BEFORE installing document server, but only if you need it!

Installing Document Server

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys CB2DE8E5
$ echo "deb http://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install onlyoffice-documentserver

Set up nginx

We will change the template to the SSL one and open it for editing

$ cd /etc/nginx/conf.d
$ sudo mv onlyoffice-documentserver.conf onlyoffice-documentserver-old.conf.template
$ sudo cp onlyoffice-documentserver-ssl.conf.template onlyoffice-documentserver.conf
$ sudo nano onlyoffice-documentserver.conf

To do

Add your certificates
Add or comment the dhparam file

Example of /etc/nginx/conf.d/onlyoffice-documentserver.conf
(full file, compare with your template if you have problems)

include /etc/nginx/includes/onlyoffice-http.conf;

## Normal HTTP host
server {
  listen 0.0.0.0:80;
  listen [::]:80 default_server;
  server_name _;
  server_tokens off;

  ## Redirects all traffic to the HTTPS host
  root /nowhere; ## root doesn't have to be a valid path since we are redirecting
  rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri? permanent;
}

#HTTP host for internal services
server {
  listen 127.0.0.1:80;
  listen [::1]:80;
  server_name localhost;
  server_tokens off;
  
  include /etc/nginx/includes/onlyoffice-documentserver-common.conf;
  include /etc/nginx/includes/onlyoffice-documentserver-docservice.conf;
}

## HTTPS host
server {
  listen 0.0.0.0:443 ssl;
  listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
  server_tokens off;
  root /usr/share/nginx/html;

  ## Strong SSL Security
  ## https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Strong_SSL_Security_On_nginx.html
  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud-ca.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud.key;
  #ssl_verify_client on;
  #ssl_verify_depth 3;
  #ssl_client_certificate /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud.crt;

  ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA128:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA128:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA128:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA128:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA128:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA384:AES128-GCM-SHA128:AES128-SHA128:AES128-SHA128:AES128-SHA:AES128-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4";

  ssl_protocols  TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
  ssl_session_cache  builtin:1000  shared:SSL:10m;

  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;

  add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=31536000;
  # add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
  add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;

  ## [Optional] If your certficate has OCSP, enable OCSP stapling to reduce the overhead and latency of running SSL.
  ## Replace with your ssl_trusted_certificate. For more info see:
  ## - https://medium.com/devops-programming/4445f4862461
  ## - https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/4419319
  ## - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-ocsp-stapling-on-apache-and-nginx
  # ssl_stapling on;
  # ssl_stapling_verify on;
  # ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/stapling.trusted.crt;
  # resolver 208.67.222.222 208.67.222.220 valid=300s; # Can change to your DNS resolver if desired
  # resolver_timeout 10s;

  ## [Optional] Generate a stronger DHE parameter:
  ##   cd /etc/ssl/certs
  ##   sudo openssl dhparam -out dhparam.pem 4096
  ##
  # ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;
  ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/localcerts/dhparam.pem;

  include /etc/nginx/includes/onlyoffice-documentserver-*.conf;

}

Restart nginx and test your https://office.example.com link on any web browser
(should show a page with a message saying that the Document Server is running)

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

The office domain will be the default domain for nginx,
so no need to configure its domain name at this config file.

Install Nextcloud

As mentioned before, refer to nextcloud's manual for installing or upgrading.
The main catch is that they use Apache by default, instead of nginx.

But here is where I would download the install of a new instance with something like

cd    # go to home directory
      # download
wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-13.0.6.zip
      # extract
unzip nextcloud-13.0.6.zip
      # move
sudo mv ./nextcloud /var/www/nextcloud
      # set owner
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/nextcloud
      # create data dir
sudo mkdir -p /var/nc-data
      # set owner
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/nc-data

Be sure to use the created data dir when installing
(changing the data dir after installing is not supported)

Links

Nextcloud: Manual Installation Reference

Nextcloud: Installing from command line

Nextcloud: Installation on Linux

Nextcloud nginx config

I have then removed the default (and any other) symlink from the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled folder,
basically disabling any site on nginx, except for the document server, which uses a config file on another folder.

Create nextcloud config file

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/nextcloud

Change

cloud.example.com on port 80
cloud.example.com on port 443
ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud-ca.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud.key;
root /var/www/nextcloud;

server {
    #listen 0.0.0.0:80;
    #listen [::]:80 default_server;
    listen 80;
    server_name cloud.example.com;
    # enforce https
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    #listen 0.0.0.0:443 ssl;
    #listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name cloud.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud-ca.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/localcerts/cloud.key;

    # Add headers to serve security related headers
    # Before enabling Strict-Transport-Security headers please read into this
    # topic first.
    # add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000;
    # includeSubDomains; preload;";
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; includeSubDomains;";
    #
    # WARNING: Only add the preload option once you read about
    # the consequences in https://hstspreload.org/. This option
    # will add the domain to a hardcoded list that is shipped
    # in all major browsers and getting removed from this list
    # could take several months.
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Robots-Tag none;
    add_header X-Download-Options noopen;
    add_header X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies none;

    # Path to the root of your installation
    root /var/www/nextcloud;

    location = /robots.txt {
        allow all;
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    # The following 2 rules are only needed for the user_webfinger app.
    # Uncomment it if you're planning to use this app.
    #rewrite ^/.well-known/host-meta /public.php?service=host-meta last;
    #rewrite ^/.well-known/host-meta.json /public.php?service=host-meta-json
    # last;

    location = /.well-known/carddav {
      return 301 $scheme://$host/remote.php/dav;
    }
    location = /.well-known/caldav {
      return 301 $scheme://$host/remote.php/dav;
    }

    # set max upload size
    client_max_body_size 512M;
    fastcgi_buffers 64 4K;

    # Enable gzip but do not remove ETag headers
    gzip on;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_comp_level 4;
    gzip_min_length 256;
    gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private no_last_modified no_etag auth;
    gzip_types application/atom+xml application/javascript application/json application/ld+json application/manifest+json application/rss+xml application/vnd.geo+json application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf application/x-web-app-manifest+json application/xhtml+xml application/xml font/opentype image/bmp image/svg+xml image/x-icon text/cache-manifest text/css text/plain text/vcard text/vnd.rim.location.xloc text/vtt text/x-component text/x-cross-domain-policy;

    # Uncomment if your server is build with the ngx_pagespeed module
    # This module is currently not supported.
    #pagespeed off;

    location / {
        rewrite ^ /index.php$uri;
    }

    location ~ ^/(?:build|tests|config|lib|3rdparty|templates|data)/ {
        deny all;
    }
    location ~ ^/(?:\.|autotest|occ|issue|indie|db_|console) {
        deny all;
    }

    location ~ ^/(?:index|remote|public|cron|core/ajax/update|status|ocs/v[12]|updater/.+|ocs-provider/.+)\.php(?:$|/) {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        fastcgi_param HTTPS on;
        #Avoid sending the security headers twice
        fastcgi_param modHeadersAvailable true;
        fastcgi_param front_controller_active true;
        fastcgi_pass php-handler;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        fastcgi_request_buffering off;
    }

    location ~ ^/(?:updater|ocs-provider)(?:$|/) {
        try_files $uri/ =404;
        index index.php;
    }

    # Adding the cache control header for js and css files
    # Make sure it is BELOW the PHP block
    location ~ \.(?:css|js|woff|svg|gif)$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php$uri$is_args$args;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=15778463";
        # Add headers to serve security related headers (It is intended to
        # have those duplicated to the ones above)
        # Before enabling Strict-Transport-Security headers please read into
        # this topic first.
        # add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; includeSubDomains; preload;";
        #
        # WARNING: Only add the preload option once you read about
        # the consequences in https://hstspreload.org/. This option
        # will add the domain to a hardcoded list that is shipped
        # in all major browsers and getting removed from this list
        # could take several months.
        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
        add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
        add_header X-Robots-Tag none;
        add_header X-Download-Options noopen;
        add_header X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies none;
        # Optional: Don't log access to assets
        access_log off;
    }

    location ~ \.(?:png|html|ttf|ico|jpg|jpeg)$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php$uri$is_args$args;
        # Optional: Don't log access to other assets
        access_log off;
    }
}

Enable the nextcloud config by symlinking it

$ cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
$ sudo ln -s ../sites-available/nextcloud nextcloud

Restart services

$ sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service nginx.service

Run Nextcloud installation

You should now be able to open https://cloud.example.com and
proceed with the installation from the web browser.

You should enter the data folder location, database name, database address, database password.

If you are performing a manual update, please refer to your new Nextcloud
version's manual on how to properly manually upgrade to your version.

Config Nextcloud

You should tune your config.php file now.

$ sudo -u www-data nano /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php

Cache and File Locking

  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',

Redis using unix socket

  'redis' => array (
    'host' => '/var/run/redis/redis.sock',
    'port' => 0,
    'timeout' => 0.0,
  ),

You may need to enable unix sockets manualy on /etc/redis/redis.conf by uncommenting/adding

unixsocket /var/run/redis/redis.sock
unixsocketperm 775

Redis using TCP socket

  'redis' => array (
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'port' => 6379,
  ),

Example config file

You can use the following example as a reference on how to populate the fields.
Don't just copy/paste this, it will NOT work

Example config.php

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'instanceid' => 'randomStuff',
  'passwordsalt' => 'moreRandomStuff',
  'secret' => 'EvenMoreRandomStuff',
  'trusted_domains' => 
  array (
    0 => 'localname',
    1 => 'localname.local',
    2 => '10.0.1.10',
    3 => 'cloud.example.com',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/var/nc_data',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://cloud.example.com',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '13.0.4.0',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'dbuser' => 'nextclouduser',
  'dbpassword' => 'v2N7HfiK26X9A0S3sdkJEUR63s',
  'logtimezone' => 'America/Sao_Paulo',
  'installed' => true,
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
  'filelocking.enabled' => 'true',
  'redis' => array (
    'host' => '/var/run/redis/redis.sock',
    'port' => 0,
    'timeout' => 0.0,
  ),
  'loglevel' => 0,
  'maintenance' => false,
  'skeletondirectory' => '',
  'mail_from_address' => 'contact',
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_domain' => 'example.com',
  'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
  'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
  'mail_smtphost' => 'smtp.example.com',
  'mail_smtpport' => '465',
  'mail_smtpsecure' => 'ssl',
  'mail_smtpname' => '[email protected]',
  'mail_smtppassword' => 'myEmailPassword',
  'onlyoffice' => array (
    'verify_peer_off' => true,
    'jwt_secret' => 'uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK',
    'jwt_header' => 'AuthorizationJwt',
  ),
  'updater.release.channel' => 'stable',
  'app.mail.imaplog.enabled' => true,
  'app.mail.smtplog.enabled' => true,
  'app.mail.imap.timeout' => 30,
  'app.mail.smtp.timeout' => 10,
  'app.mail.transport' => 'smtp-mail',
  'integrity.check.disabled' => true,
  'preview_max_x' => 2048,
  'preview_max_y' => 2048,
  'preview_max_scale_factor' => 2,
  'log_rotate_size' => 10485760,
);

Please note the config for the OnlyOffice token, which also needs to be added
to the OnlyOffice config, otherwise anyone can use your onlyoffice instance.

The secret can be added from the Nextcloud configuration as well, but don't
add it before making sure your onlyoffice document server works without it.

Test your setup

First we make sure Nextcloud is still working.
Then install the OnlyOffice application from the Nextcloud's app store.
Then open Configuration > OnlyOffice and add the domains to be used.

Document Editing Service address > 
    https://office.example.com/

Document Editing Service address for internal requests from the server > 
    https://office.example.com/

Server address for internal requests from the Document Editing Service > 
    https://cloud.example.com/

Leave Secret Blank for now.
Hit Save!

Test OnlyOffice

By now we should have everything working already.
Open Nextcloud's Files App, hit the Plus (+) and create an onlyoffice file
(document, spreadsheet or presentation).

The file should open for editing in OnlyOffice if everything is fine.

Onlyoffice token to restrict access

In order to restrict the use of your document server, you need to add a token to it and then use the same token to access it from your own/nextcloud instances. Yes, you can use it with several cloud instances.

Edit your document server config file

$ sudo nano /etc/onlyoffice/documentserver/default.json

You should make a copy of your Document Server configuration file, since this may be replaced on updates

To add secret, create a long token string and insert it on 4 places
Example for token "uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK"

Added to secret > browser, inbox, outbox, session

                        "secret": {
                                "browser": {
                                        "string": "uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK",
                                        "file": "",
                                        "tenants": {}
                                },
                                "inbox": {
                                        "string": "uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK",
                                        "file": "",
                                        "tenants": {}
                                },
                                "outbox": {
                                        "string": "uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK",
                                        "file": ""
                                },
                                "session": {
                                "string": "uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK",
                                "file": ""
                                }
                        },

Restart document server

$ sudo supervisorctl restart all

Now add the same token to your Cloud config and check if everything is still working.

Troubleshooting Token access

If you have problems after setting the token, check your nextcloud/config/config.php file again.
I think I remember adding 'jwt_header' => 'AuthorizationJwt', manually there back in the time.
Not sure if the nextcloud app should add it and does not (or if that is an old issue).

  'onlyoffice' => array (
    'verify_peer_off' => true,
    'jwt_secret' => 'uASow982M3D8sj20565dSwe72sK8X67C4R5sJ2zIeJ72LSK',
    'jwt_header' => 'AuthorizationJwt',
  ),

Security Note

You should take extra care with the ports you expose on the internet for this machine.

Exposing the postgres port 5432 for example is a bad idea, since the onlyoffice installer uses some default username/password for its postgres database. So if you open that to the internet, your document server postgres database would be at risk.

Wrapping up

This guide may not be perfect, but tries to be as complete as possible.

I hope this can be usefull to other people that are trying this setup.

This has been my default setup for a couple of years, but I will probably
run Nextcloud and OnlyOffice in separate LXC containers from now on.

I will probably use this guide as a basis to create the containers when
I am ready to deploy that. (I will link it here)

This setup is a lot faster because of a few reasons:

nginx
redis
php7 + cache

I have obviously changed any password that appear on this guide to something random.

Cheers!
Gus

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