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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions admin_manual/installation/source_installation.rst
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Expand Up @@ -191,8 +191,18 @@ if your setup is available on ``https://example.org/nextcloud`` or::
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://example.org/',
'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',

if it isn't installed in a subfolder. Finally run this occ-command to update
your .htaccess file::
if it isn't installed in a subfolder.

.. note::

``htaccess.RewriteBase`` must match the path relative to Apache's DocumentRoot
where Nextcloud is served on the backend, not the public URL prefix. In a direct
Apache setup these are identical. Behind a reverse proxy that strips the URL
prefix — for example ``https://domain.com/nextcloud/`` forwarded to
``http://localhost:8080/`` — the correct value is ``/`` even though the public
URL contains ``/nextcloud``.

Finally run this occ-command to update your ``.htaccess`` file::

sudo -E -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:update:htaccess

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