Nextcloud Client ️¶

Description¶

This Ansible role installs and configures the Nextcloud desktop client on Arch Linux systems. It also manages symbolic links from commonly used user directories (like Documents, Pictures, etc.) to the respective folders inside a cloud-synced Nextcloud directory. This ensures user data is seamlessly integrated into the synchronized cloud folder.

Overview¶

Targeting user environments on Arch Linux (e.g., Manjaro), this role sets up the official nextcloud-client and dynamically links key directories from the user’s home folder to Nextcloud. This makes it easy to use the Nextcloud client without needing to manually configure folders.

Architecture¶

ARCHITECTURE.md draws Nextcloud Client ️ from its own metadata: the containers it runs under compose, what changes under swarm, how each volume is backed, and every role it depends on or is depended upon by.

Section	Drawn from
Compose	`meta/services.yml`
Swarm	`meta/services.yml` replicas and placement
Volumes	`meta/volumes.yml` against the NFS decision chain
Dependencies	`meta/services.yml` and `meta/main.yml` of every role

Purpose¶

The purpose of this role is to automate the configuration of cloud-integrated user directories by ensuring that common folders like Downloads, Music, and Workspaces are transparently redirected into a centralized cloud structure. This makes it easier to maintain sys-bkp-friendly, cloud-ready setups for homelab and professional workflows.

Features¶

Installs the Nextcloud Desktop Client: Uses pacman via the community.general.pacman module.
Symbolic Linking of User Folders: Maps home folders (e.g., Documents, Videos, Workspaces) into their Nextcloud equivalents.
Dynamic Cloud Directory Resolution: Builds the target cloud directory path from user and cloud variables.
Dump Folder Mapping: Links InstantUpload from the cloud to a ~/Dump folder for quick camera/file access.

Quick Setup¶

Development¶

Clone, set up the workstation, and deploy Nextcloud Client ️ onto the local stack:

git clone https://github.com/infinito-nexus/core.git
cd core
make onboard
make compose-deploy mode=reinstall apps=dsk-nextcloud full_cycle=false

Production¶

Install Nextcloud Client ️ directly onto the target machine: clone the repository, install the OS prerequisites and the repository toolchain, then deploy against localhost over a local connection (no SSH, no container):

git clone https://github.com/infinito-nexus/core.git
cd core
bash scripts/install/package.sh
make install
source scripts/meta/env/load.sh

APP=dsk-nextcloud
DOMAIN="<your-domain>"
TLS_MODE=self_signed
SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="<your-ssh-public-key>"
INVENTORY=inventories/production
infinito administration inventory provision "$INVENTORY" \
  --inventory-file "$INVENTORY/devices.yml" \
  --host localhost \
  --include "$APP" \
  --vars "{\"TLS_MODE\": \"$TLS_MODE\", \"DOMAIN_PRIMARY\": \"$DOMAIN\", \"users\": {\"administrator\": {\"authorized_keys\": [\"$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY\"]}}}"
infinito administration deploy dedicated "$INVENTORY/devices.yml" \
  --password-file "$INVENTORY/.password" \
  --diff -vv

Credits¶

Kevin Veen-Birkenbach

Part of the Infinito.Nexus Project and maintained by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Licensed under the Infinito.Nexus Community License (Non-Commercial).

That licence covers this role. The software it deploys is a separate grant: GPL-2.0-or-later, under which commercial use is allowed. You owe its authors this much: publish the source of changes you distribute. Permission for one of the two is not permission for the other.