Accessing site insecurely via HTTP Nextcloud Scale

Apps and Virtualization
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I know I posted some of the error message I have been getting from my Nextcloud installation. I have corrected a few with the help of this forum, but this one I am still not able to correct even tho someone has linked to a help section… is there another help page that might be a bot more simple. See below what I am facing

This is the error message I would like to get rid of. thank you

Accessing site insecurely via HTTP. You are strongly advised to set up your server to require HTTPS instead. Without it some important web functionality like “copy to clipboard” or “service workers” will not work! For more details

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you may have to edit the config.php file and add

'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://yourdomainname.com',
'overwriteprotocol' => 'https',
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Before that, he needs to make it accessible via HTTPS, by putting it behind a reverse proxy–which I explained in the other thread.

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Hello how and were do I locate that PHP file?

And were the https://yourdomain.com what do I put here? I do not own any domain

Thank you

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Then you’ll need to get one, or live with that warning.

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nextcloud really wants to be accessed via domain name…
If you don’t want to expose nextcloud to the web and only want to use it locally, i guess it’s save to ignore that warning.
If you want to expose it to the internet, as dan mentioned you need a domainname and a reverse proxy

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for my nextcloud the path is config/www/nextcloud/config/config.php
but it always depends on how you’ve layed out the config storage. You may have to dig around and find it yourself.

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LOL I hear ya

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Yes I am using Nextcloud for my own personal use no one will have access to it

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But does that mean only from your local network? What’s the point of using Nextcloud in that case?

Or do you want to accessit when you are away from home? In which case it is indeed incredibly useful.

But then you must get a domain name.

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Well I just started using NextCloud still trying to figure if it’s something were I can store documents and maybe a few files. I don’t really store anything in online storage’s. That’s one of the reasons I installed TrueNas

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I mean, you can store all your files with just vanilla TrueNAS without the need for NextCloud.

NextCloud is really more for if you need convenient access externally through HTTP(S) protocol. If you don’t need that external access, I wouldn’t even use NextCloud. In my experience, it’s slow and buggy and sometimes can corrupt files. It’s not very reliable form of storage. Additionally, you also need to know how to run it securely if you plan to ever expose this to the public internet.

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Not to derail this thread, but what do you suggest for multiple users besides Nextcloud?

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Really depends on what you need. You know that old wisdom saying, “Use the right tool for the right job”?

If you need a file syncing service that you need to be able to access through a mobile app or a browser and you also need all the extensions NextCloud offers like NextCloud Files, Office, etc? Then NextCloud is probably your best bet.

If you need just something to access locally on your home LAN using a file browser like Explorer or Finder? Then just TrueNAS with SMB more than suffices.

If you need a fast file syncing service to sync across all your devices and performance and reliability is a big concern and you also need HTTP access and you don’t need all the bells and whistles apps that NextCloud offers? My personal choice is Seafile. I’ve been using that the last 3 years and in my opinion, it’s not only faster, but way more reliable and never corrupts or drops files.

TL;DR: Figure out your actual requirements and then pick the right tool that best fulfills those requirements.

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Since you’ve mentioned this twice now, I assume you’re speaking from actual experience with Nextcloud. FWIW, I’ve been using it for several years with a handful of users, and never experienced either of these things. I agree its performance isn’t the greatest (which is why I’m interested in Opencloud), but I’ve never had any issues with data integrity.

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Can you also edit files using Vanilla Truenas? just wondering

And is this something I would have install all over?

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With “vanilla TrueNAS,” you have shared files on your network. You can edit them with any appropriate application on any computer with access to them. That’s kind of the point of shared files.

If you’re looking for a web-based way to browse and edit the files, then no, “vanilla TrueNAS” doesn’t do that. Is that your requirement?

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Yes I think TrueNas is more then enough for what I need. I was just wondering about NextCloud and figured I would install it to see what was so special about it.

I am trying to learn all I can as far as shared networks so far so good. I managed to setup Truemas and access it from multiple machines here in my home

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Nextcloud, when properly set up, can pretty well replace services like Dropbox or Google Drive. It will (again when properly set up) let your access your files from anywhere on the Internet, share them with others (with or without user accounts on your Nextcloud installation), provide shared calendar and contacts, allow for web-based document editing, and much more. It can do a lot, but as is often the case with such things, takes a good bit of setup to get it to that point.

If everything you’re looking to do is on your local network, Nextcloud probably isn’t needed.

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Thank you Dan much appreciated for all the help and your time :slight_smile: I just trying to figure how things work…