Integrating ONLYOFFICE with Nextcloud
You have a Nextcloud account and want to edit your documents using ONLYOFFICE? Follow this step-by-step guide to find out how to edit documents stored in your Nextcloud from the Documents portal module.
Connect your Nextcloud account to ONLYOFFICE
- In the left sidebar of the Documents, just below the text Connect, click on the
Nextcloud icon. - Specify the connection URL, your user name and password and click Save to connect your NextCloud account.
For example, the URL that allows to access your Nextcloud files via WebDAV looks like this: https://yourdomain.com/remote.php/webdav/. This URL address can be found in the following way: sign in to your Nextcloud account, click the Settings icon in the lower left corner and copy the entire URL from the WebDAV field. Then switch to the ONLYOFFICE Documents module and paste the entire copied URL address, including the protocol, into the Connection URL field.Your NextCloud documents will be shown in ONLYOFFICE documents as a folder.
- Change the folder‘s name if necessary.
- If you want the NextCloud documents to be visible for anyone, click on the Make shared checkbox and put into the Common Documents folder. If not checked, your NextCloud account will only be visible to you.
This step is not available while working in ONLYOFFICE Personal.
- Click Save.
Edit your Nextcloud documents
- Locate the Nextcloud folder and open it.
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Browse to the file you want to edit and click it.
If necessary, a dialog will tell you that the document will be converted to the OpenOffice XML format for faster viewing and editing.
You can choose to keep the original file as well, by checking the Save the file copy in the original format as well box. - Click Convert.
- Click Open when the message appears that your document is successfully converted.
Now you can edit your document (if editable). After editing, you can simply close the document and the changes will be saved.
Helpful Hints
Can I place the files from another resource to any section within Documents?
If you don't have administrator rights for the Documents module, all the documents from another resource will be put into the 'My documents' section.
Being an administrator (with full access or within the Documents section only), you can place the files to the 'Common' section checking the Make shared and put into the 'Common' folder box. In case this box remains unchecked, the files will be placed to the 'My documents' section.
Can I remove the added resource from the online office without deleting the data itself?
You can do it by clicking the 
icon and selecting the 'Disconnect third party' option in the menu. The documents will be still available at your Nextcloud account.
What should I bear in mind deleting a document from the resource folder?
If you decide to delete a document from the resource folder, it will be also deleted from your Nextcloud account. Besides this file won’t be placed to the 'Trash' section of the 'Documents' module, i.e. the removal will be irreversible.