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Full Text Search NextCloud App(s)

Overview​

This document provides information about the NextCloud Full Text Search App(s) and a step-by-step plan how to set this up on your local machine with the use of ElasticSearch as search platform.

Local Setup Steps​

  1. Open a command-line interface (CLI), such as:

    • Windows: Command Prompt (cmd), PowerShell, or Windows Terminal.
    • Linux/macOS: Terminal.

  2. Navigate to your local Nextcloud repository (where a docker-compose.yml file is present):

    cd {route to your local NC repo}

  3. Start the necessary Docker containers:

    docker-compose up nextcloud proxy elasticsearch

  4. In the Nextcloud front-end, go to NC Apps > Search and install the following three apps:

    • Full text search Files
    • Full text search Elastic
    • Full text search

  5. Under Administrator settings, go to Full text search in the sidebar.

  6. Under General, configure the following:

    • Search Platform: Set to "Elasticsearch".
    • Navigation Icon: Check this option.

  7. Under Elastic Search, set the following:

    • Address of the Servlet: 
      http://elastic:elastic@elasticsearch:9200
    • Index: 
      my_index
    • [Advanced] Analyzer tokenizer: 
      standard

  8. Under Files, configure the following

    • Check all checkboxes:
      • Local Files
      • Group Folders
      • Extract PDF
      • Extract Office & Open Files
    • Maximum file size: Set your prefered maximum file size (at least 64 is recommended).

  9. Add some files to Nextcloud in the Files tab of NextCloud.

  10. Run the indexing command in the master-nextcloud-1 container in Docker Desktop:

    sudo -u www-data php ./occ fulltextsearch:index

  11. Open the search app and search for files based on the text inside them.

More Information​

If you need more details or troubleshooting help, you can refer to the following resources:

These resources provide in-depth explanations, configurations, and troubleshooting tips.