Need a custom home page for an app.

[Enigma84]

it's not my first time with Nextcloud but it's first time with nginx ...
I have to redirect nextcloud.domain.com (main login page) to nextcloud.domain.com/s/2342354252 ( a specific share)

I used to edit .htaccess to poit at redir.html page (page who redirect to my specific link) but now i dont know ho to do that.
i tried "index directive" under specific nginx config file, but doesnt' work at all.
i try to open a specific file like nextcloud.domain.com/test.txt but it wont open.
im open to any advice.

[girish]

@enigma84 How about installing a surfer app on a separate domain and then edit the index.html of surfer to redirect your share? See https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3739/how-to-create-an-app-tile-on-the-my-apps-dashboard-with-a-redirect/5 for what you need to put into index.html . Would that work?

[Enigma84]

@girish
In my specific situation i don't want to expose default nextcloud login page.
Wherever i install nextcloud the default page for that domain will be login page.
nextcloud.mydomain.com -> login page
changing index directive for default page to open, i can open a page.
need some advice to find the right way to change this directive (this settings) only for that specific app (nextcloud subdomain).
If possible.

This is what i mean for "index directive"
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_index_module.html

I need also to understand where are stored nextcloud html/php files to add a specific html file into the root

[girish]

@enigma84 There is /app/data/htaccess that you can edit. Is that what you are looking for?

[Enigma84]

@girish
yes! i have
/home/yellowtent/appsdata/c82d.(.................)02a1/data/ a file .htaccess but (if I'm not mistaken) nginx dont use .htaccess at all.

[fbartels]

@enigma84 inside of the app apache is serving the pages, see https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/nextcloud-app/-/blob/master/start.sh#L190

@enigma84 said in Need a custom home page for an app.:

In my specific situation i don't want to expose default nextcloud login page.

What is the use case behind this?

[Enigma84]

@fbartels
I use nextcloud as b2b download area, most of the content are public catalogs, price list, tech documents etc. open to everyone. Costumer/Visitor can reach/type download.mydomain.com and open directly a specific sharing folder.

For Agents, employee, trusted people, registred user i simply give direct link download.mydomain.com/login -

[girish]

@enigma84 Access the htaccess from the File Manager and not directly on the server. It's better/easier that way - https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#file-manager

For nextcloud, you will (confusingly) see two files - htaccess and .htaccess. Do not touch .htaccess since it is for protecting the data directory (/app/data). You can try editing htaccess.