Nextcloud
Connect Nextcloud to Safeguard: what it provides, how to set it up, and the frameworks it provides evidence for.
Connect Nextcloud to collect cloud storage provider evidence with automated compliance tests, switched on per workspace.
| Category | Cloud Storage Provider |
| Connect with | API token |
| What a connection produces | Automated compliance tests |
| Nextcloud's guide | docs.nextcloud.com |
Connect with an API token
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In Nextcloud:
- Sign in to Nextcloud.
- Open your personal settings and go to the Security tab.
- At the bottom of the list of connected browsers and devices, create a new device-specific password.
- Copy the password immediately: you only have access to it when creating it, because Nextcloud does not save the plain password.
Nextcloud shows the secret only once, so copy it before you leave the page.
Nextcloud's public documentation does not cover every step.
Nextcloud's manual describes the device-specific (app) password in prose and does not quote the name field or create button labels, so they are not given. An app password has the same rights as the account it belongs to. Verification removed the administrator requirement and the Username and Base URL field notes, which the fetched page does not cover.
Source: docs.nextcloud.com, checked 2026-10-07.
The permissions Safeguard needs. Nextcloud shows the full user list only to administrators, so this credential must belong to one. Safeguard only reads with it.
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On Compliance › Connectors, open Nextcloud, click Connect, choose API token and fill in:
Field What to enter Base URL Required. Your own server: an https address reachable from the internet. Username Required. App password Required. Stored encrypted and never shown again. -
Click Connect with token.
Frameworks
Safeguard's automated tests read Nextcloud and map to the controls below. When a test passes, the result is evidence toward each control it maps to, in every framework listed. It is evidence toward a control, not proof that the control is met on its own.
| Framework | Evidence | Controls | Tests |
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| SOC2 | Automated tests | CC6.1, CC6.2, CC6.3, CC6.7 | 5 |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Automated tests | A.5.14, A.5.16, A.5.18, A.6.5, A.8.2, A.8.3, A.8.5 | 5 |
| HIPAA Security Rule | Automated tests | 164.308(a)(3), 164.308(a)(4), 164.312(a)(1), 164.312(d) | 5 |
| PCI DSS | Automated tests | 7.2.2, 7.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.4.2 | 4 |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | Automated tests | PR.AA-01, PR.AA-03, PR.AA-05, PR.DS-01 | 5 |
These tests are switched on per workspace by the Safeguard team.
Related
- Cloud Storage Provider connectors
- Compliance connectors: how connecting works, card statuses and multiple accounts
- Connector setup reference: every connector in one table
- Frameworks and connectors: how connectors provide evidence for frameworks