Nextcloud

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Nextcloud Host Port
Nextcloud /config Path
Nextcloud /data Path

Nextcloud self-hosted cloud on FreeBSD.


Port	8082
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/nextcloud`
Source	https://github.com/nextcloud/server
Website	https://nextcloud.com/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest` / `pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  nextcloud:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/nextcloud:latest
    container_name: nextcloud
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/nextcloud:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/nextcloud/data:/data"
    ports:
      - 8082:8082
    restart: unless-stopped

podman run -d --name nextcloud \
  -p 8082:8082 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/nextcloud:/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/nextcloud/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/nextcloud:latest

- name: Deploy nextcloud
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: nextcloud
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/nextcloud:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "8082:8082"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/nextcloud:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/nextcloud/data:/data"

Access at: http://localhost:8082

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration and application files
`/data`	User data storage

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8082`	TCP

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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