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Please note that anything inside `/var/www/html` will be removed by the installation script, except for `config`, `data`, `custom_apps`, `themes` and `version.php`. So make sure you do not leave other important files inside.

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Can you just refer to upgrade.exclude?

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Yeah, I agree. That would probably be better.

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Please note that anything inside `/var/www/html` will be removed by the installation script, except for `config`, `data`, `custom_apps`, `themes` and `version.php`. So make sure you do not leave other important files inside.
Please note that anything inside `/var/www/html` will be removed by the installation script, except for those listed in [upgrade.exclude](https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/blob/master/upgrade.exclude). So make sure you do not leave other important files inside.


## Using the Nextcloud command-line interface
To use the [Nextcloud command-line interface](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html) (aka. `occ` command):
```console
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```php
'datadirectory' => '/var/www/html/data',
```
5. Make sure your Nextcloud lives at the web root. Look for lines like
```php
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://localhost/nextcloud',
```
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4. Copy your data (nextcloud_app_1 is the name of your Nextcloud container):
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