# TODO: The password of the Nextcloud database user
dbPassword='mYpAsSw0rd'
+# TODO: Uncomment this and set to true if the database from the backup DOES NOT use UTF8 with multibyte support (e.g. for emoijs in filenames)
+#dbNoMultibyte=true
+
# File names for backup files
# If you prefer other file names, you'll also have to change the NextcloudBackup.sh script.
fileNameBackupFileDir='nextcloud-filedir.tar'
# Local external storage
if [ ! -z "${nextcloudLocalExternalDataDir+x}" ] ; then
- echo "$(date +"%H:%M:%S"): Restoring Nextcloud data directory..."
+ echo "$(date +"%H:%M:%S"): Restoring Nextcloud local external storage directory..."
if [ "$useCompression" = true ] ; then
tar -I pigz -xmpf "${currentRestoreDir}/${fileNameBackupExternalDataDir}" -C "${nextcloudLocalExternalDataDir}"
echo "$(date +"%H:%M:%S"): Creating new DB for Nextcloud..."
if [ "${databaseSystem,,}" = "mysql" ] || [ "${databaseSystem,,}" = "mariadb" ]; then
- # Use this if the databse from the backup uses UTF8 with multibyte support (e.g. for emoijs in filenames):
- mysql -h localhost -u "${dbUser}" -p"${dbPassword}" -e "CREATE DATABASE ${nextcloudDatabase} CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci"
- # TODO: Use this if the database from the backup DOES NOT use UTF8 with multibyte support (e.g. for emoijs in filenames):
- #mysql -h localhost -u "${dbUser}" -p"${dbPassword}" -e "CREATE DATABASE ${nextcloudDatabase}"
+ if [ ! -z "${dbNoMultibyte+x}" ] && [ "${dbNoMultibyte}" = true ] ; then
+ # Database from the backup DOES NOT use UTF8 with multibyte support (e.g. for emoijs in filenames)
+ mysql -h localhost -u "${dbUser}" -p"${dbPassword}" -e "CREATE DATABASE ${nextcloudDatabase}"
+ else
+ # Database from the backup uses UTF8 with multibyte support (e.g. for emoijs in filenames)
+ mysql -h localhost -u "${dbUser}" -p"${dbPassword}" -e "CREATE DATABASE ${nextcloudDatabase} CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci"
+ fi
elif [ "${databaseSystem,,}" = "postgresql" ] || [ "${databaseSystem,,}" = "pgsql" ]; then
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE ${nextcloudDatabase} WITH OWNER ${dbUser} TEMPLATE template0 ENCODING \"UNICODE\";"
fi