I managed to install and set up nextcloud snap on my ubuntu server a couple months ago. I haven’t used it since and now I tried to log in to it but I forgot the username and password. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the snap to reset the data but i couldn’t access the web page. I couldn’t find anything online. Any suggestions?

  • @[email protected]
    English
    7•6 months ago

    Did you try

    sudo snap remove --purge nextcloud

    This will remove the data directory of Nextcloud. Alternatively you can check where snapd is creating this directory and remove it manually.

    If you also have entered your email in Nextcloud you can try to reset your password over the mail. https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_user/reset_admin_password.html#:~:text=Click the password reset link,to reset it for you.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•6 months ago

    Did you remove the snap with purge?

    Like, sudo snap remove --purge nextcloud? Because the purge will (should) erase stopped passwords and stuff.

    I have a snap Nextcloud that I’ve managed to keep alive for seven years now… I’ve had a few issues, but it’s been pretty good overall.

    One day I’ll put up a Docker and move everything over… One day.

  • [email protected]AEnglish
    4•6 months ago

    Are you trying to recover data here?
    Seems like you didn’t use it and (maybe?) don’t have data to lose here?

    • SidOPEnglish
      1•6 months ago

      No. I didn’t have any data stored

  • Possibly linuxEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    I don’t know much about the snap but you can use docker compose to stand up a deployment pretty quickly. If you aren’t super confident you could use Nextcloud AIO

  • @[email protected]English
    -5•6 months ago

    This is a major reason to use simpler technology.

    I can’t help you, but i had a similar experience with similar technology. I spent lots of time recovering content. I succeeded, but i have software development experience. I didn’t want a repeat of that.

    In the end I picked windows file sharing for home networking and filebrowser for occasional access to data files from outside of home networking.

    Web dav is a very good alternative. Apache web server will be easier, but nginx can be made to work.

    Joplin is another good alternative, which is based on web dav.

    You can pay around $2-$3 a month to shared services provider for hosted web dav.