Nextcloud app won’t start on a Rocky NS8 install on a Proxmox VM. The Rocky VM is behind a Nethsec VM. I have a working NS8 install on a Debian 13 VM behind the same Nethsec. No problems with Nextcloud on it. I’m resorting to Rocky because Debian 13 isn’t supported by my NS8 subscription.
I’ve tried it twice now (i.e., 2 instances), both times having the same issue. Rocky shell shows
2026-05-28T10:23:21-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:runagent] wait-startup: waiting for nextcloud-app (3)
2026-05-28T10:23:22-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:agent@nextcloud2] task/module/nextcloud2/cf51e1d4-d909-4084-963a-9b7d046a8a6b: get-status/20read is starting
2026-05-28T10:23:22-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:agent@nextcloud2] task/module/nextcloud2/7964f8be-7bbc-4844-98c5-1f64cb22dd1a: get-configuration/20read is starting
2026-05-28T10:23:22-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:22.553202715 +0000 UTC m=+0.303478324 container exec d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, pod_id=f8e5df322db42d9e4f8231b604ed221d72bf429cd2e18e7c50e94aa4cc5d50db, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service, io.buildah.version=1.33.7)
2026-05-28T10:23:22-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:22.778922078 +0000 UTC m=+0.529197687 container exec_died d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, io.buildah.version=1.33.7, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service)
2026-05-28T10:23:23-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:runagent] wait-startup: waiting for nextcloud-app (4)
2026-05-28T10:23:23-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:23.341026099 +0000 UTC m=+0.247110390 container exec d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, pod_id=f8e5df322db42d9e4f8231b604ed221d72bf429cd2e18e7c50e94aa4cc5d50db, io.buildah.version=1.33.7, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service)
2026-05-28T10:23:23-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:23.519928235 +0000 UTC m=+0.426012525 container exec_died d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service, io.buildah.version=1.33.7)
2026-05-28T10:23:23-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:agent@nextcloud2] task/module/nextcloud2/7964f8be-7bbc-4844-98c5-1f64cb22dd1a: action "get-configuration" status is "completed" (0) at step 20read
2026-05-28T10:23:23-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:agent@nextcloud2] task/module/nextcloud2/cf51e1d4-d909-4084-963a-9b7d046a8a6b: action "get-status" status is "completed" (0) at step validate-output.json
2026-05-28T10:23:24-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:24.278155719 +0000 UTC m=+0.170505803 container exec d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, pod_id=f8e5df322db42d9e4f8231b604ed221d72bf429cd2e18e7c50e94aa4cc5d50db, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service, io.buildah.version=1.33.7)
2026-05-28T10:23:24-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:24.43701199 +0000 UTC m=+0.329362053 container exec_died d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service, io.buildah.version=1.33.7)
2026-05-28T10:23:24-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:runagent] wait-startup: waiting for nextcloud-app (5)
2026-05-28T10:23:25-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:25.992493218 +0000 UTC m=+0.271112725 container exec d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, pod_id=f8e5df322db42d9e4f8231b604ed221d72bf429cd2e18e7c50e94aa4cc5d50db, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service, io.buildah.version=1.33.7)
2026-05-28T10:23:26-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:podman] 2026-05-28 14:23:26.176918135 +0000 UTC m=+0.455537645 container exec_died d598067b4d75b6a848a55b531a890d8ebfea0c3369dcbf8b4bb744f4ab6908a7 (image=ghcr.io/nethserver/nextcloud-app:1.6.1, name=nextcloud-app, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=nextcloud-app.service, io.buildah.version=1.33.7)
2026-05-28T10:23:26-04:00 [1:nextcloud2:runagent] wait-startup: waiting for nextcloud-app (6)
