Nextcloud’s Files Automated Tagging app allows to assign collaborative tags to files and folders based on rules, similar to Files access control.

The Nextcloud desktop client does not provide a way to change the local sync directory. However, it can be done, though it is a bit unorthodox. Specifically, you have to:

1. Remove the existing connection which syncs to the wrong directory
2. Add a new connection which syncs to the desired directory

To do so, in the client UI, which you can see above, click the “Account” drop-down menu and then click “Remove”. This will display a “Confirm Account Removal” dialog window.

3. If you’re sure, click “Remove connection”.

4. Then, click the Account drop-down menu again, and this time click “Add new”.

This opens the Nextcloud Connection Wizard, which you can see above, but with an extra option. This option provides the ability to either: keep the existing data (synced by the previous connection) or to start a clean sync (erasing the existing data).

Nextcloud user:

 ncadmin

Nextcloud password

  nextcloud

Please note that both the user and password is changed during the first setup, as you will be asked to enter your own user and password..

How to become root in CLI:

Ubuntu has no root user, but you can become root by typing:

 :~$ sudo -i

If you forgot your password for the Nextcloud Web login, the this procedure will help you reset your password:

Log in to your terminal
$~: sudo -i
$~: nextcloud_occ user:resetpassword yourusername

Nextcloud AIO provides a local backup solution based on BorgBackup. These backups act as a local restore point in case the installation gets corrupted. By using this tool, backups are incremental, differential, compressed and encrypted – so only the first backup will take a while. Further backups should be fast as only changes are taken into account.

It is recommended to create a backup before any container update. By doing this, you will be safe regarding any possible complication during updates because you will be able to restore the whole instance with basically one click.

The restore process should be pretty fast as rsync is used to restore the chosen backup which only transfers changed files and deletes additional ones.