Nextcloud
Nextcloud is a self-hosted (or hosted) platform for storing and sharing files. Once you connect it to Ordalie, your Nextcloud files appear alongside your other documents in your workspace, where you can browse them, search them, and bring them into a conversation. If you grant write access, you can also save back to them. Ordalie talks to your instance over WebDAV, the standard protocol Nextcloud exposes for file access.
Connecting Nextcloud
Nextcloud is a personal connection: it uses your own Nextcloud account, and the files stay tied to you rather than to your organization. You can start it from two places. In your workspace, open the Documents section of the left sidebar and choose Connect a source. Or open Settings, go to the Integrations tab, and find Nextcloud among your personal integrations. Both doors lead to the same flow.
To begin, Ordalie asks for your Server URL — the address of your instance, such as https://cloud.example.com. The address must use HTTPS; a plain https:// address is rejected. You don't need to be exact about the path, since Ordalie tidies the URL for you and trims trailing segments like /apps/... or /index.php along with any trailing slash. You also pick an access level, either Read Only or Read & Write. Read-only is the default; write access is what later lets Ordalie upload files and create folders.
Choosing Connect opens a Nextcloud sign-in window. You sign in to your instance and grant access to Ordalie, and Nextcloud issues an app token reserved for it. Ordalie stores only that token, never your password, and uses it to authenticate each request. Because the token is separate from your account password, changing your password later does not break the connection, and you can revoke the token at any time without affecting anything else.
Working with your files
Once connected, Nextcloud shows up as a source in the Documents section of your sidebar, and you can browse its folders directly from your workspace. You can search across your files, and you can pull a file into a conversation with an @ mention. If you connected with Read & Write, you can also upload new files and create folders from Ordalie; with read-only access your files are left untouched.
Behind the scenes, Ordalie uses WebDAV to do this work. Browsing a folder lists its contents, searching asks the server to match by filename and falls back to listing and filtering when an instance doesn't support server-side search, and reading downloads the file as it is. With write access, uploading sends the file and creating a folder adds the directory. Before it connects, Ordalie also checks the server address to make sure it isn't pointing at an internal or private network location.
Frequently asked questions
Which Nextcloud versions are supported? Any version that supports WebDAV and Login Flow v2, the mechanism used to issue the app token. In practice that means Nextcloud 16 and later.
Can I connect to a Nextcloud behind a VPN? Ordalie connects from its own servers, so your instance has to be reachable from the internet. If it sits behind a VPN, you would need to expose it or put a reverse proxy in front of it.
What happens if I change my Nextcloud password? App tokens are independent of your main password, so changing it does not invalidate the token Ordalie uses.
How do I revoke access? Disconnect Nextcloud from the Integrations tab in Ordalie's Settings. You can also revoke the app token from Nextcloud itself, under Settings then Security, in the list of devices and sessions.