NextCloud Freenas 11.3

[fahadshery]

Hi Everyone,

I installed the nextcloud for the first time via the normal Plugin => NextCloud (DHCP) install. Created a Dataset and Mounted it.
I can access the webUI at: http://192.168.1.10

My question:

I want to assign this jail a local hostname to this: i.e. http://192.168.1.10 => http://nextcloud.home

How do I do that?

After this, I could use openssl utility to create a self signed cert and change nginx to be able to serve https instead of http.

any help would be highly appreciated

thanks

 

[freedombacon]

You'll need to set that name somewhere in your DNS. Without knowing what kind of environment you have, I can't say more on that, sorry. You also need to set that hostname in Nextcloud's config file. See here for how to do that: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/s..._php_parameters.html?highlight=trusted domain

 

[danb35]

...or use my script, which takes care of the TLS stuff for you--but you still need to set the local DNS entry.

 

[fahadshery]

thanks, both for the reply.
I have looked at your script @danb35 and it says "First, you must own or control a real Internet domain name."
I have no domain registered and for now, I want to run it locally i.e. don't require external access. So not sure if it would work.
@freedombacon Here is my /etc/resolv.conf "within the jail":

Code:

root@nextcloud:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf                                                                         │        hwaddr 01:63:e0:00:0c:0a
# Generated by resolvconf                                                                                       │        nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
search lan                                                                                                      │        media: Ethernet 10Gbase-T (10Gbase-T <full-duplex>)                     
nameserver 192.168.1.254 

it states that it was Generated by resolvconf. So I was assumming that I had to find resolvconf (there are more than 1 unfortunately within the jail) and add the ip manually?

whats your take on it?

 

[danb35]

So not sure if it would work.

It could still work using a self-signed cert, which it will also automate.

 

[fahadshery]

It could still work using a self-signed cert, which it will also automate.

so will it create a local domain name "nextcloud.local" for example? if yes then how do I get started?

 

[danb35]

so will it create a local domain name "nextcloud.local" for example?

If you're using a self-signed cert (or no cert at all), it will take any host name you give it--you just need to configure your local DNS such that that host name resolves to your Nextcloud installation.

how do I get started?

Exactly as the instructions in the resource you already linked to specify.