#WSLC-NextCloud

A sample that uses the WSL Container API to run a Nextcloud server from a native Windows executable, written in modern C# with the Microsoft.WSL.Containers C#/WinRT projection. Running nextcloud.exe starts a lightweight WSL container, pulls the official nextcloud image, and serves it on http://localhost:8080 (host port 8080 → container port 80).

#Build

Requires the .NET 8 SDK. From this folder:

dotnet build -c Debug

#Run

dotnet run -c Debug

Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser, then press Enter in the terminal to stop the server and clean up. The first run pulls a ~1.5 GB image and may take several minutes.

#Storage

Two folders are created next to the executable (no absolute paths): WslcNextcloudStorage\ holds the ephemeral session VHD, and WslcNextcloudData\ is bind-mounted at /var/www/html/data so user data persists between runs.