Deploy NextCloud With Docker and Traefik

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I still remember how excited I was when I first learnt I could deploy services so easily with Docker and Traefik. At the time I was experimenting a lot of different dockerized images like crazy and I settles with 3 major services. I had already written article about WordPress and Bitwarden today it is time to introduce the last one - NextCloud.

As you are reading this article right now, I assume you should at least know what NextCloud is. Basically it is a Dropbox (for storage) + Office (for editing documents) on your own server.

Anyway, let me put down my docker-compose.yml file first.

Please note, my docker-compose.yml is meant to be used with my Traefik configurations. It might not work with your set ups. You can find my Traefik configuration at this link

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version: '3.7'

services:
  db:
    image: mariadb:latest
    container_name: nextcloud-db
    volumes:
      - nextcloud-db-data:/var/lib/mysql
    networks:
      - default
    restart: always
    environment:
      TZ: UTC
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecretpassword
      MYSQL_DATABASE: db
      MYSQL_USER: dbuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: dbpassword

  redis:
    image: redis:latest
    restart: always
    networks:
      - default
    volumes:
      - redis:/var/lib/redis

  nextcloud:
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - db
    image: nextcloud:stable 
    container_name: nextcloud
    volumes:
      - ./files:/var/www/html
    networks:
      - proxy
      - default
    restart: always
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.docker.network=proxy"
      - "traefik.http.routers.nextcloud-secure.entrypoints=websecure"
      - "traefik.http.routers.nextcloud-secure.rule=Host(`cloud.yourdomain`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.nextcloud-secure.service=nextcloud-service"
      - "traefik.http.services.nextcloud-service.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
    environment:
      REDIS_HOST: redis
      MYSQL_HOST: db:3306
      MYSQL_DATABASE: db
      MYSQL_USER: dbuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: dbpassword

networks:
  proxy:
    external: true
    
volumes:
  nextcloud-db-data:
    name: nextcloud-db-data
  redis:
    name: nextcloud-redis

As you can see, there are not too many differences between this configure than my WordPress config. I only added a Redis service to speed up the website and change the image tag from latest to stable. In my opinion, stability is the most important aspect of online storage. If you want to know more about what each part does, please check my WordPress post.

Thank you for reading, see you next time.