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Project Proposal: HomeLab Expansion

Date: October 30, 2025

Objective: To migrate all public cloud dependencies to self-hosted infrastructure.

1. Infrastructure

We will utilize 3 nodes running ZimaOS for storage redundancy.

"Should we mention the backup strategy here?" - Admin

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Why choose Nextcloud?

You are not the product. You are the administrator.

cloud_off Public Clouds

  • ✕ Your files are scanned for ads.
  • ✕ Subscriptions that keep rising.
  • ✕ Risk of account lockout (AI bans).
  • ✕ Servers located in foreign countries.

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  • ✓ Encryption and full control.
  • ✓ Free forever (Open Source).
  • ✓ Unlimited storage (your own disk).
  • ✓ Your data stays at home.

Get started in 5 minutes

The easiest installation via Docker Compose.

docker-compose.yml 
version: '3'

services:
  db:
    image: mariadb:10.6
    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=strongpassword
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=strongpassword
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
      - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud

  app:
    image: nextcloud
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8080:80
    links:
      - db
    volumes:
      - nextcloud:/var/www/html
    environment:
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=strongpassword
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
      - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
      - MYSQL_HOST=db

volumes:
  nextcloud:
  db:

Run: docker compose up -d and open your browser at http://localhost:8080

docker-compose.yml 
services:
  nextcloud-db:
    image: mariadb:latest
    container_name: nextcloud-db
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'change-root-pw'
      MYSQL_DATABASE: nextcloud
      MYSQL_USER: nextcloud
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: 'change-db-pw'
    volumes:
      - ./db:/var/lib/mysql
    restart: unless-stopped

  nextcloud:
    image: nextcloud:latest
    container_name: nextcloud
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    environment:
      MYSQL_HOST: nextcloud-db
      MYSQL_DATABASE: nextcloud
      MYSQL_USER: nextcloud
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: 'change-db-pw'
    volumes:
      - ./html:/var/www/html
    depends_on:
      - nextcloud-db
    restart: unless-stopped

Then run:

docker compose up -d
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This pairs Nextcloud with a MariaDB database. Change all passwords before deploying.