Nextcloud on Oracle free tier.

Prerequisite

You'll need an account at https://cloud.oracle.com/ and a domain name.

Server Setup

Get started > Launch ressources > create a VM instance

Name the instance
Change image to Cannonical Ubuntu 20.04
Change shape to Ampere, increase CPU and RAMCreate SSH key with Putty or Mobaxterm.
Copy the SSH key and save private and public key to a folder on computer.
Paste key in filed in Oracle.
Specify a custom boot volume. Oracle free tier offers 200Go space.
Hit create, and create again.

Copy public ip address
Go to your domain DNS manager
Add A Record, host: @, IP: oracle public ip address
Add A Record, host: hcp, IP: oracle public ip address
Add A Record, host: cloud (or whatever), IP: oracle public ip address

Go to putty
ubuntu@ipaddress
SSH > Auth > Private key path
Save and open

Control Panel Install

Change to sudo

sudo su -

Get the install script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/release/install/hst-install.sh

Important - CHANGE THE NEXT LINE TO USE YOUR OWN DETAILS, recommend using a subdomain like 'hcp' for your panel as I've done here

bash hst-install.sh --interactive no --email admin@example.com --password exampledemopassword --hostname hcp.example.com -f

It takes 10 to 15 minutes top complete. So take the exstra time to setup ports. You'll reboot after the install.

Ports setup

Go to Oracle dashboard > Virtual Cloud Network > Subnet > Default Security List > Add Ingress Rules

Source CIDR is : 0.0.0.0/0
Designated port range : 8083,80,443,143,993,110,995,25,465,587
Description : Hestia
> Add ingress rules

Nextcloud Install

Once Hestia is installed, scroll up and copy creditentials

reboot

Then go to hcp.yourdomain.tld:8083
Use creditentials admin exampledemopassword

Create new user
Login as new user

Add Web domain
cloud.yourdomain.tld
Edit
Enable SSL, Use let's encrypt, enable HTTPS, Enable HSTS
Save

Click on domain name > Quick install app > Nextcloud > fill creditentials > install

PHP Settings

Log back to admin in Hestia > Settings (top right corner) > Configure > Web server > Click pencil > Configure PHP

max_execution_time

300

max_input_time

600

memory_limit

512M

post_max_size

100M

upload_max_filesize

2000M

Then, save

Go to cloud.yourdomain.tld and you're setup 😊