Orangepi-raspberry pi nextcloud server (photovoltaics powered)

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https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Serveur_orangepi-raspberry_nextcloud_en_photovolta%C3%AFque_autonome/en

Dernière modification le 28/11/2025

Difficulty

Medium Medium

Duration

3 hour(s) hour(s)

Cost

165 EUR (€)

Description

Tutorial to setup a nextcloud server (equivalent to google drive but free and adapted to collective organisations) on a single board computer (photovoltaics powered)

This tutorial is not really "lowtech" at first look because we talk about computers and photovoltaics

However it is as didactic as possible and follows a lowtech philosophy to share knowledge, avoid unreachable tech by information rentention, complexification by design, or proprietary dependance by design.

We also give sizign tools for photovoltaics with a few explanation. It's up to to you to size your computer working hours on a sun schedule, ie respecting human temporalities.

Nextcloud (framasoft offers a service here: https://www.frama.space/abc/fr ) is a cool service to organise collectively and allows to share files, have a directory, a chat, work cooperatively on libreoffice files, and even do visios. We can also imagine mobile infokisosks on this principle.

The tutorial puts into question the vpn market, the phtovoltaics with brand new and expensive batteries (in reality photovoltaics has become too competitive compared to petrleum and even more compared to nuclear power!), and the gafam market and their surveillance design is damaging trust and social links. The commands are those for a debian system

Finally, the tutorial is made iwth 4G modem (and a wired connection to orange pi which has no wifi card by default), and is updated on this 10th of april for a raspberry pi connected to a "shared wifi" of your telephone (see stage 6 for a wifi in wpa3 and stage 16 for a wifi in wpa2)

Summary

debian, photovoltaique, nextcloud, ordinateur monocarte, orange pi

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Materials

Tools

Serveur_orangepi-raspberry_nextcloud_en_photovolta_que_autonome_autonomie_.ods

Step 1 - Tools

Step 2 - Nextcloud installation 1/4

Step 3 - Install nextcloud 2/4

Step 4 - Install nextcloud 3/4

Step 5 - Install nextcloud 4/4

Step 6 - Configure local ethernet or wifi network

Step 7 - configuring a wireguard vpn to make your server more accessible from a 4g box or a 4g modem

Step 8 - vpn openvpn configuration to make your server accessible from a 4g box or a 4g modem

Step 9 - Redirect all requests of the vpn server to the orangepi-raspberrypi

Step 10 - domain name and fixed adress

Step 11 - Https Configuration on the vpn proxy gandi server

Step 12 - configuration https on dietpi if you are on a box

Step 13 - Make your nomad server offgrid with photovoltaics

Step 14 - Assembly and test

Step 15 - Securing the server

Step 16 - Activate wifi when installing (for example with a raspberry)

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