Build Your Own Google Drive: A Practical Nextcloud Setup on Linux

Sat, 30 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Cloud storage is wonderfully convenient right up until you read the fine print. Your files sync everywhere, your photos back themselves up, your calendar follows you between devices, and in exchange a very large company gets a detailed map of your life and the right to change the terms whenever it likes. Nextcloud is the open-source answer to that bargain: a self-hosted platform that gives you file sync, calendars, contacts, and even office documents, all running on a Linux box you control. This guide gets a robust Nextcloud running with Docker, puts it behind HTTPS, connects your devices, and sets sensible expectations about how it compares to the polished giants.

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Build Your Own Google Drive: A Practical Nextcloud Setup on Linux