Nextcloud

Before you can begin using Nextcloud with DreamObjects, you must install Nextcloud on your DreamHost server by following this step-by-step guide.

• Nextcloud — Installing

You also must enable DreamObjects on your DreamHost account. View the following articles to set up DreamObjects and create a bucket and key pair.

• Creating a DreamObjects User
• Creating DreamObjects Keys

1. Log into your Nextcloud site. If you followed the installation guide above, this would be located at example.com/nextcloud.
2. Click your user icon on the top right. Select + Apps from the dropdown menu.
3. Scroll down the list to locate External storage support.
4. Click the Enable button to the right.
5. Click your user icon on the top right. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
6. Select External storages in the menu on the left.
7. Select Amazon S3 from the External storage dropdown.

   Ignore the "smbclient" warning. This is used to connect to Windows and is not needed for this configuration.

   • Folder name: Enter the name for your Nextcloud folder. This will be the folder name in which you store your data and can be named anything you'd like.
   • External storage: Already set to Amazon S3.
   • Authentication: Set to Access key.
   • Configuration:
     • Bucket name — The name of your DreamObjects bucket.

       Your bucket name cannot contain an underscore as Nextcloud will fail to connect.

     • Hostname — objects-us-east-1.dream.io
     • Port — Leave blank.
     • Region — us-east-1
     • Enable SSL — Check this box.
     • Enable Path Style — Check this box.
     • Access key — Your DreamObjects Access key.
     • Secret key — Your DreamObjects Secret key.
   • Available for: If you have multiple users of your Nextcloud installation, you can limit who has access to the folder by typing users or groups in the Available for box to the right of the configuration information.

8. Click the check mark to the right. If you've entered everything correctly, a green circle appears to the left of your folder name.