How to Migrate a Nextcloud Instance
Channel: Nicholas Henkey
Date: 2022-04-16

I set up a fresh instance of NextCloud and migrate my old data. The blog entry below has a written manual so you can follow along with the commands:

https://nicholas-henkey.com/blog/migrate-nextcloud-to-new-server

*TIMESTAMPS*
0:00 - Introduction
1:45 - Why I'm moving to a VM version of NextCloud
2:55 - Covered in the Video
3:55 - PREP - Prerequisites (Includes VirtualBox info not in blog)
6:50 - PREP - System Setup (Get Ubuntu Ready)
10:15 - PREP - System Log-In Security (important but you're going to skip anyway)
13:10 - PREP - Install Required Packages
15:55 - WEB SERVER SETUP - Setting up the web server & PHP config
20:30 - DEPLOY NEXTCLOUD - Fresh Install
23:05 - MIGRATE IMPORTANT FILES - Config File
25:15 - MIGRATE IMPORTANT FILES - Migrate "data" folder pt. 1
26:55 - MIGRATE IMPORTANT FILES - Import Old Database
30:50 - MIGRATE IMPORTANT FILES - Migrate "data" folder pt. 2
31:55 - FINALIZATION - Upgrade NextCloud
35:30 - We're done!