Scope/Description

• This article describes the process to connect a samba share to Nextcloud.

Prerequisites

• Samba Share configured
• Nextcloud configured
• Internet Access

Steps

Installing smbclient package

Ubuntu

apt install smbclient

CentOS

yum install smbclient

Connecting SMB share to Nextcloud

• Go to https://SERVER-IP/nextcloud. Go to “Apps”, find “External Storage”, Click “Enable”.

• Go to “Settings>>Admininstration>>External Storage”

• Fill in required information, i.e. Name, SMB, IP, Path and samba login information. Click the check mark to connect.
  • • Name: What you want the share / folder name to appear within NextCloud
    • External storage: SMB /CIFS
    • Authentication: Username and password
    • Configuration
      •  Host: IP or hostname of server
      •  Share: Name of share (NOT PATH TO SHARE, JUST THE NAME)
      •  Remote subfolder:
      •  Domain:
      • Username & Password: SMB credentials to access the Share

Verification

• To verify the permissions are working correctly create a file on the nextcloud side. Access the server terminal check the permissions using ls -al. Make sure you are able to delete/edit in Nextcloud.

Troubleshooting

• Note that whichever user is used to map the SMB share into Nextcloud will also be the owner user/group of the files if the SMB share is accessed locally.