Object Storage on nextcloud - can't save config

I set up the nextcloud docker container with object storage as the primary storage and it worked ok. That's a bit different to how you're setting it up.

To check for blocked traffic by ufw you can look at the output of sudo dmesg

Also have a look at the logs from nextcloud/php/apache.

Hello there,

I went through the exact same guide the other day so I thought I'd jump in and share some of my thoughts and experiences

To start, is your Nextcloud Linode a new deployment or one that you've already been using? If it's a new deployment, or one that isn't mission critical, it might be easier to delete it and start fresh. We recently launched a Nextcloud OCA so redeployment should be relatively quick.

Getting back to the issue at hand I can confirm that port 443 is the only one needed for the External Storage App to work. I'm not exactly sure what to make of the endless duplicate entires but have you tried rebooting the Linode and going back into Nextcloud? If not I would suggest giving that a shot. Rebooting might stop whatever is causing those entires to replicate themselves.

You might have done this already but I recommend double checking that your OBJ Keys were entered correctly. When I was going through this I left out a few characters and Nextcloud was unable to access my bucket as a result. I ended up creating another set of OBJ Keys specifically for this project. Not required, but it does give you the flexibility to revoke the keys if needed, without disturbing any other devices.

To mirror what crashbunny said I also suggest having a look at those various logs. If this issue is causing Apache to lock up/crash the Apache error log might shed some light on what is causing this. Feel free to include any log output in your next post.

Many thanks for the replies, the apache2 log shows no errors at all and there is nothing in the php logs either. I don't know where to look for nextcloud specific logs (nothing in var/log)

I have tired rebooting a number of times with no change and I have double checked the obj keys, they are correct. The instance of nextcloud was 'hand built' so I may try this with the OCA and see if that works.

I took a look at my own Linode and did not see any Nextcloud specific logs so there might not be any. Since Nextcloud uses Apache and MySQL it's likely storing log output in one of those directories, depending on the issue at hand.

/var/log/apache2/
/var/log/mysql/

Our Nextcloud OCA makes setup a breeze but it does take away so the fun that comes with doing it by hand. If you'd like to give it another go, the video I've linked below does a pretty detailed walkthrough of installing Nextcloud to a Linode.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbD1hFzJtls

We also just uploaded a guide for using a Linode OBJ Bucket as the primary storage for Nextcloud. I've included the link below for anyone that is interested.

https://www.linode.com/community/questions/20323/using-object-storage-as-the-primary-storage-for-nextcloud

Thanks for all the support.

I have just given it one more go on my setup, this time I selected a different region (I am in UK so I have been selecting eu-central-1). This time I tried with us-east-1 and it instantly worked !!

I have done this like 3 or 4 times so I am sure I entered the information correctly on previous attempts

Anyhow, I now have it configured and working, albeit with my data in the US :)

EDIT: After running a whole series of tests today, I can confirm that I can configure this to work with us-east-1 region but NOT eu-central-1 or ap-south-1. us-east-1 works every time, the other regions fail to create an object store and send the nextcloud external storage app into a bit of a tailspin

I can confirm that I can configure this to work with us-east-1 region but NOT eu-central-1 or ap-south-1

Hello,
Is this a known bug and is there a workaround?