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Nextcloud: operations, SSO & troubleshooting
Nextcloud is my daily field of work. Here I collect articles on single sign-on (SAML/OIDC), occ, permissions, large uploads, background jobs and object storage – with commands you can verify straight away.
The Inbox Beast: an n8n workflow sorts the inbox and feeds a beast
n8n reads demo mails from Nextcloud, sorts them into do, delegate and ignore, and creates Deck cards, a Talk message and a report. Try it live.
Microsoft 365 was down for over twelve hours: what the outage says about our dependency
On 12 November 2026 Exchange Online broke, then Teams, SharePoint and Copilot. Why a mailbox has become an identity and what Nextcloud really replaces.
While you were gone: n8n writes the holiday handover and draws a comic about it
Calendar, Deck, inbox and Talk of a demo Nextcloud in; a handover note, a Deck card, a chat message and a five-panel comic out. An n8n workflow.
Checking your Nextcloud from the outside: version, support end, exposed paths
A tool that scores your own Nextcloud from the real network: version, end of life, exposed paths (config, data, .htaccess) and security headers. No login.
The office morning: n8n reads Nextcloud, an AI plans the day, and the workflow creates a card, a file and focus time
One click: n8n reads the calendar, Deck, files and Talk of a demo office in Nextcloud, an AI writes the briefing, n8n really creates it all.
Incident note: Nextcloud "file is locked" (423 Locked): fix
Nextcloud says “file is locked” or 423 Locked? Usually a stale lock after an aborted upload. How to check Redis locking and cron and clear old locks.
Nextcloud doesn't show copied files: file system, database and occ files:scan
Copied files into the Nextcloud data directory via SCP or rsync, but the web UI stays empty? Fix it with occ files:scan --all. Commands and the cause.
Nextcloud: Collabora's built-in CODE server is being exploited. Check it today
CVE-2026-110447 lets attackers run commands on Nextcloud servers with the built-in CODE app. How to check, update or remove it and look for web shells.
Nextcloud with SAML and OIDC: 8 errors that keep showing up in support
Redirect loop, clock skew, wrong UID, duplicate accounts, missing groups: 8 SAML/OIDC errors from Nextcloud support — each with the cause and the fix.
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