<![CDATA[[💡 Guide] Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider]]>You have an external Nextcloud e.g. a Hetzner Nextcloud Share and want to use Cloudron Users with OpenID.

First we create an OpenID Client in Cloudron:
Go to https://my.DOMAIN.tld/#/usersettings and create an OpenID Client.
As Name for example we take CloudronNCOID and the secret is a generated password.
The Login callback Url (comma separated if more than one) for Nextcloud Social Login is something like this:
https://nc.DOMAIN.tld/apps/sociallogin/custom_oidc/my.DOMAIN.tld

So the main domain is the Nextcloud Domain and the part after the custom_oidc is the Internal Name that we set in the Social Login within Nextcloud, which we will configure later.

Signing Algorithm can stay RS256.

NOTE: All Cloudron OpenID URLs can be found here: https://my.DOMAIN.tld/.well-known/openid-configuration

On the Nextcloud install and enable the Social Login app.

Go Into the Admin Settings to Social-Login and add a custom OpenID-Connect.

There you need to fill out the needed information:

  • Internal Name
    • my.DOMAIN.tld (See the first step of Cloudron which you took there)
  • Title
    • choose for yourself
  • Authorize url
  • Token url
  • Display name claim (optional)
    • empty
  • User info URL (optional)
  • Logout URL (optional)
    • empty
  • Client Id
    • This you need to set yourself in cloudron, for example we use CloudronNCOID
  • Client Secret
    • defined in Cloudron
  • Scope
    • openid
  • Groups claim (optional)
    • empty
  • Button style
    • empty
  • Default group
    • choose yourself

Save and it should work.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/9964/guide-use-external-nextcloud-with-cloudron-openid-connect-providerRSS for NodeWed, 14 Oct 2026 09:55:14 GMTMon, 04 Sep 2023 09:56:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [💡 Guide] Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:47:10 GMT]]>Those settings migrated to 'User directory', for anyone wondering how to setup OpenID on Cloudron for external use.

And yeah - I've been searching in the docs first.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/105679https://forum.cloudron.io/post/105679Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:47:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [💡 Guide] Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider on Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:57:13 GMT]]>IMO, it's better to make these how to's SEO friendly with proper description and content. From what we have seen, the docs are not read as a manual like in the good old days.

People search -> hit forum post is the most common flow. The forum is waaaaaaaay more popular in SEO than the docs.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73085https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73085Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:57:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [💡 Guide] Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider on Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:55:20 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie said in (howto) Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider:

But where would you expect this doc?

Perhaps in a section about OIDC?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73084https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73084Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:55:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [💡 Guide] Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider on Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:58:39 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates

Yea link at least.
But where would you expect this doc? For the Nextcloud app? This does not fit 100% since it's not about the Cloudron Nextcloud app.

Maybe to https://docs.cloudron.io/user-management/#openid-connect ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73066https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73066Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:58:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [💡 Guide] Use external Nextcloud with Cloudron OpenID Connect Provider on Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:50:02 GMT]]>Thanks! 🙏

Presumably you'll add or link to this in the docs too @BrutalBirdie ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73065https://forum.cloudron.io/post/73065Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:50:02 GMT