# Will it Nixcloud? URL: /show/linux-unplugged/549/ > Deploying Nextcloud the Nix way promises a paradise of reproducibility and simplicity. But is it just a painful trek through configuration hell? We built the dream Nextcloud using Nix and faced reality. - Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/) - Episode: 549 - Date: 2024-02-11 - Hosts: chris, wes, brent - Guests: alex - Duration: 01:34:10 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/6585a113-8033-4fd2-9d6f-eea0f0df283b.mp3 Sponsors: - [Tailscale](/sponsors/tailscale.com-lup/index.md): Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! - [Warp Terminal](/sponsors/warp.dev-lup/index.md): Warp - the re-imagined terminal now available for Linux with multiple distributions available including Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and Arch Linux. - [Kolide](/sponsors/kolide.com-lup/index.md): Kolide is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn’t trusted and secure, it can’t log into your cloud apps. ### Episode Links * [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike") * [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM") * [Introducing Fedora Atomic Desktops](https://fedoramagazine.org/introducing-fedora-atomic-desktops/ "Introducing Fedora Atomic Desktops") * [45Drives/autotier](https://github.com/45Drives/autotier "45Drives/autotier") — A passthrough FUSE filesystem that intelligently moves files between storage tiers based on frequency of use, file age, and tier fullness. * [Ok, what is the “actual” way to install Nextcloud completely, fully, as in all the features, and best performance?](https://www.reddit.com/r/NextCloud/comments/zhj11x/ok_what_is_the_actual_way_to_install_nextcloud/ "Ok, what is the “actual” way to install Nextcloud completely, fully, as in all the features, and best performance?") * [Help a newbie to make a choice - 🚧 Installation - Nextcloud community](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/help-a-newbie-to-make-a-choice/97856 "Help a newbie to make a choice - 🚧 Installation - Nextcloud community") * [Nextcloud All-in-One](https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one "Nextcloud All-in-One") * [NextcloudPi](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi "NextcloudPi") — NextcloudPi is a ready to use image for Virtual Machines, Raspberry Pi, Odroid HC1, Rock64 and other boards. * [NextcloudPi | Nextcloud Conference 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3k8Mmdr6M "NextcloudPi | Nextcloud Conference 2022") * [Nextcloud - Official Docker Image](https://hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud "Nextcloud - Official Docker Image") * [nextcloud/ansible-collection-nextcloud-admin: The ansible galaxy for your nextcloud administrative needs.](https://github.com/nextcloud/ansible-collection-nextcloud-admin "nextcloud/ansible-collection-nextcloud-admin: The ansible galaxy for your nextcloud administrative needs.") * [ReinerNippes/nextcloud: Ansible playbook to install nextcloud, php, nginx or apache, mariadb or postgres, redis-server, onlyoffice or collabora office](https://github.com/ReinerNippes/nextcloud "ReinerNippes/nextcloud: Ansible playbook to install nextcloud, php, nginx or apache, mariadb or postgres, redis-server, onlyoffice or collabora office") * [LINUX Unplugged 307](https://linuxunplugged.com/307 "LINUX Unplugged 307") — What’s your NextCloud? * [Top 10 Self-Hosted Apps - Perfect Media Server](https://perfectmediaserver.com/04-day-two/top10apps/#2-nextcloud "Top 10 Self-Hosted Apps - Perfect Media Server") * [Self-Hosted - Episodes Tagged with “nextcloud”](https://selfhosted.show/tags/nextcloud "Self-Hosted - Episodes Tagged with “nextcloud”") * [The Holy Grail Nextcloud setup made easy by NixOS](https://carjorvaz.com/posts/the-holy-grail-nextcloud-setup-made-easy-by-nixos/ "The Holy Grail Nextcloud setup made easy by NixOS") * [NixOS Nextcloud Module Docs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-23.11/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.md "NixOS Nextcloud Module Docs") * [NixOS Nextcloud Service Source](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-23.11/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix "NixOS Nextcloud Service Source") * [Nextcloud Apps Packaged in NixOS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/nextcloud-apps.json "Nextcloud Apps Packaged in NixOS") * [LUP’s nextcloud.nix](https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs/blob/main/nextcloud.nix "LUP’s nextcloud.nix") * [NixOS Nextcloud Module Options](https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=nextcloud "NixOS Nextcloud Module Options") * [Soltros’ Nextcloud-on-NixOS](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/soltros/configbuilder/main/server-modules/nextcloud-server.nix "Soltros’ Nextcloud-on-NixOS") * [TODO: ExecStartPost to copy off backups](https://notes.abhinavsarkar.net/2023/mastodon-backup "TODO: ExecStartPost to copy off backups") * [First NixCon North America!](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/announcing-first-nixcon-north-america/35874 "First NixCon North America!") * [Southern California Linux Expo 21](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x "Southern California Linux Expo 21") * [🍔 Lunch at SCaLE 🍇, Sat, Mar 16, 2024, 1:30 PM](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/298780542 "🍔 Lunch at SCaLE 🍇, Sat, Mar 16, 2024, 1:30 PM") * [Yard House Menu](https://www.yardhouse.com/menu/starters/apps?setRestaurant=8307&cmpid=br:yh_ag:ie_ch:dry_ca:YHGMB_sn:gmb_gt:pasadena-ca-8307_pl:menu_rd:1006 "Yard House Menu") * [Eric's Nextcloud on NixOS](https://github.com/EricTheMagician/infrastructure/blob/main/systems/thepodfather/nextcloud.nix "Eric's Nextcloud on NixOS") * [Eric's Collabora](https://github.com/EricTheMagician/nixpkgs/tree/collabora "Eric's Collabora") * [Nextcloud NixOS Setup Overview](https://noah.masu.rs/posts/nextcloud-nixos-setup-overview/ "Nextcloud NixOS Setup Overview") * [Nix from First Principles: Flake Edition](https://tonyfinn.com/blog/nix-from-first-principles-flake-edition/ "Nix from First Principles: Flake Edition") * [hercules-ci/arion](https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion?tab=readme-ov-file "hercules-ci/arion") — Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS * [Arion documentation](https://docs.hercules-ci.com/arion/ "Arion documentation") * [GabMus / Envision · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/gabmus/envision "GabMus / Envision · GitLab") — A VR stack for Linux, recently running directly on the NVK driver and Wayland.