Using Oracle 12c as database
Nextcloud can be configured to use an Oracle database instance or a cluster of instances.
A special Nextcloud subscription is required in order for Nextcloud engineers to support an architecture using Oracle databases.
Requirements
- Nextcloud server version 12.0.1 (or higher)
- Apache-Webserver
- PHP version 7.0+
OCI8
PHP module- Oracle Database 12c
- Oracle Instant client
Installation
Configuring Oracle Database 12c with Nextcloud requires some additional setup steps.
Installation of OCI8 module for PHP
For installing the OCI8-module for PHP 7.0 (or higher) you need to run:
$ sudo pecl install oci8
Add the OCI8-module entry to your PHP configuration
§ cat /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d/oci.8. ini extension=oci8.so
Install the Oracle Instant Client
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