1.) Installing Nextcloudpi

- get the NCP Image here:

- for Windows: flash the image to ssd with balenaEtcher

- in settings: activate "Unsafe mode", so it also detects your hard drives

- when flashing the image to drive is successful disconect the SSD from computer and reconnect it again

- get the needed files for ssd boot from here:

- extract the files somewhere on your computer

- go into the boot folder inside the folder you just extracted

- copy over all the files that end in .elf or .dat to the boot volume of your USB drive (replacing the same-named files that already exist there)

- now connect the SSD to your Raspberry

- don't forget to connect the pi to your network (for this method i postulate a cable connetion)

- let the pi boot up; this may take some minutes

- find out your pi ip ( i think via your router would be the easiest way)

- go to a computer open a webbrowser an go to the Nextcloudpi web panel (https://ip-to-your-pi)

- When up and running, your device should become accessible at https://nextcloudpi or https://nextcloudpi.local.

First time access will be redirected automatically to the activation page

- activate ssh

- also set everything else up for your needs, like datafolder, backup etc.

- here it is no longer necessary to activate the ssl certifacte. We will get this later thru Nginx.