Your own cloud, in one click

You already pay someone every month to hold your files. They sync nicely, they work on your phone, and they read your data, change their prices, and close accounts on a whim. The alternative has always existed — run your own — but setting it up meant an afternoon of databases, PHP settings and file permissions.

Now it's a tile.

What you get

Press Nextcloud in the Apps room, give it your domain, and a few minutes later you have your own private cloud:

• Files that sync to your laptop, phone and tablet — the desktop and mobile apps work exactly like the ones you're used to.
• Calendar and contacts that sync to your phone's built-in apps.
• Sharing by link, with passwords and expiry dates, for the big files email refuses.
• Your own domain, your own padlock, no monthly bill per person.

The details we did so you don't have to

Anyone who has installed this by hand knows the traps. The default upload limit that makes it useless for real files. The background jobs that quietly never run. The "untrusted domain" screen that greets you after all that work. The strict permissions. MAESTRO sets all of it correctly on the way past — because that's what a recipe is for.

Your admin password is generated strong, shown once, and sealed in the Vault. Not written into a file, not emailed anywhere.

And if you change your mind

Remove it in one click too — and your files get archived first, not deleted. That symmetry matters: a thing you can't undo isn't really one click, it's a commitment.

Ask, if you prefer

"Install Nextcloud on cloud.mydomain.com." The assistant checks the domain points here, asks for anything missing, confirms once, and runs it while you watch.

A private cloud used to be a weekend project. Now it's the length of a coffee.

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