OCC (Nextcloud Command Line) 🔧

Reference for frequently used OCC commands, including user and app management.

General Use

To use OCC, run:

docker-compose exec -it -u www-data application /var/www/html/occ

User Administration

List Users

docker compose exec -it -u www-data application php occ user:list

Get User Info

docker compose exec -u www-data application php occ user:info {{username}}

Sync Users

docker compose exec -it -u www-data application php occ user:sync

Create user via CLI

docker compose exec -it -u www-data application php occ user:add {{username}}

Make user admin via cli

docker compose exec -it -u www-data application php occ group:adduser admin {{username}}

Delete user via CLI

docker compose exec -it -u www-data application php occ user:delete {{username}}

Delete all User (if no ldap is used)

for user in $(docker compose exec -u www-data application php occ user:list --output=json | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
    docker compose exec -u www-data application php occ user:delete "$user"
done

Identify users which exist still in nextcloud but not in LDAP anymore

occ ldap:show-remnants

App Administration

docker compose exec -u www-data application php occ config:list {{app_name}}

Initialize Duplicates

docker-compose exec -it -u www-data application /var/www/html/occ duplicates:find-all --output

Unlock Files

docker-compose exec -it -u www-data application /var/www/html/occ maintenance:mode --on
docker-compose exec -it nextcloud_database_1 mysql -u nextcloud -pPASSWORD1234132 -D nextcloud -e "delete from oc_file_locks where 1"
docker-compose exec -it -u www-data application /var/www/html/occ maintenance:mode --off