Sync Nextcloud to Wasabi — Cloud Backup with RcloneView
A self-hosted Nextcloud instance needs an off-site backup — RcloneView makes syncing your Nextcloud folders to Wasabi S3 storage straightforward and fully automatable.
A self-hosted Nextcloud server puts you in control of your files, but that control comes with responsibility: if the server fails, is hit by ransomware, or its disk degrades, your data goes with it. Syncing to Wasabi gives you a durable off-site copy without transfer-cost surprises. RcloneView connects to Nextcloud over WebDAV and to Wasabi over the S3 protocol, then lets you build reliable sync jobs between them — no CLI required.
Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place
RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.
- One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
- Schedulers & history for reliable automation
- Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
Free core features. Plus automations available.
Connect Your Nextcloud Instance as a Remote
Open RcloneView and go to Remote tab > New Remote. Select WebDAV as the remote type and choose Nextcloud as the vendor. Enter your Nextcloud server URL in the format https://cloud.yourdomain.com/remote.php/dav/files/username/, along with your Nextcloud username and either your account password or an app-specific password generated from Nextcloud's Security Settings. Save the remote and it will appear as a browseable source in the file explorer.
Unlike mount-only tools, RcloneView syncs WebDAV sources like Nextcloud directly to S3-compatible destinations like Wasabi — entirely on the FREE license.
Once connected, browse your Nextcloud directories to confirm the link is working. You can inspect file names, sizes, and modification dates — useful for deciding which folders to include in a backup job and which internal Nextcloud directories (like trashbin) to exclude.
Add Wasabi as an S3-Compatible Remote
From Remote tab > New Remote again, select Amazon S3 and choose Wasabi as the provider. Enter your Wasabi Access Key ID and Secret Access Key, select the matching region endpoint (for example, s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com), and specify the target bucket. After saving, RcloneView can open your Wasabi bucket in a second explorer panel alongside Nextcloud — you can drag individual files between them to verify the connection before running a full sync.
Wasabi's S3-compatible API means RcloneView treats it identically to Amazon S3, so all sync, copy, move, and filter operations work without extra configuration.
Configure the Sync Job
Click Sync from the Home tab to open the 4-step job wizard. In Step 1, set your Nextcloud folder as the source and your Wasabi bucket (or a subfolder like nextcloud-backup/) as the destination. Name the job something descriptive, such as nextcloud-to-wasabi-daily.
In Step 2, increase the number of parallel transfers if your connection allows it — this speeds up syncing the large numbers of small files typical in Nextcloud. Enable checksum verification to compare file hashes rather than just sizes, which catches any corruption that occurred during a previous partial upload. In Step 3, add filter rules to exclude Nextcloud's trashbin folder and any chunked upload temporaries so the backup stays clean.
With a PLUS license, Step 4 lets you add a crontab-style schedule — nightly at 2 AM, for example — so the backup runs without any manual trigger. The scheduler supports specific weekdays, monthly intervals, and step-based ranges.
Review Transfer History
After each run, the Job History tab records every execution: start time, duration, status (Completed / Errored / Canceled), total bytes moved, and transfer speed. This log is the first place to look if a backup seems to have stalled or missed files, making it straightforward to audit whether Nextcloud data is arriving in Wasabi as expected.
For operations running multiple Nextcloud instances or backing up to Wasabi buckets in different regions for geo-redundancy, RcloneView's 1:N sync lets you set one source against several destinations and run them together in a single job.
Getting Started
- Download RcloneView from rcloneview.com.
- Add your Nextcloud server as a WebDAV remote (Remote tab > New Remote > WebDAV > Nextcloud vendor).
- Add Wasabi as an S3-compatible remote with your Access Key, Secret Key, region endpoint, and bucket name.
- Create a sync job with Nextcloud as source and your Wasabi bucket as destination — enable checksum verification in Step 2 for integrity-assured backups.
Your self-hosted Nextcloud data will have a reliable off-site copy in Wasabi, running automatically without any command-line scripts.
Related Guides:
- Manage Nextcloud Cloud Sync and Backup with RcloneView
- Manage Wasabi Cloud Sync and Backup with RcloneView
- Sync Nextcloud to Backblaze B2 with RcloneView
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