MILE: All current services confirmed working on a fresh arch vps

roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml

@@ -52,21 +52,12 @@
   notify: restart nextcloud
   tags: [config]
 
-- name: Deploy custom Redis caching configuration
-  template:
-    src: redis.config.php.j2
-    dest: "{{ nextcloud_config_dir }}/redis.config.php"
-    mode: '0640'
-  notify: restart nextcloud
-  tags: [config, redis]
+# NOTE: Custom Redis config is deployed AFTER installation completes (see below)
+# to avoid interfering with the container's first-time initialization process
 
-- name: Deploy Redis session lock override configuration
-  template:
-    src: redis-session-override.ini.j2
-    dest: "{{ nextcloud_home }}/redis-session-override.ini"
-    mode: '0644'
-  notify: restart nextcloud
-  tags: [config, redis]
+# NOTE: redis-session-override.ini is NOT deployed because we use file-based sessions
+# (not Redis sessions). If you enable REDIS_HOST in the future, you'll need to add
+# proper session lock configuration.
 
 - name: Create Quadlet systemd directory (system scope)
   file:
@@ -130,21 +121,43 @@
   delay: 10
   tags: [verification]
 
+- name: Wait for Nextcloud installation to complete
+  shell: podman exec nextcloud php occ status --output=json 2>/dev/null || echo '{"installed":false}'
+  register: nc_status
+  until: (nc_status.stdout | from_json).installed | default(false) == true
+  retries: 60
+  delay: 5
+  changed_when: false
+  tags: [verification]
+
+- name: Deploy custom Redis caching configuration (post-installation)
+  template:
+    src: redis.config.php.j2
+    dest: "{{ nextcloud_config_dir }}/redis.config.php"
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify: restart nextcloud
+  tags: [config, redis]
+
 - name: Display Nextcloud deployment status
   debug:
     msg: |
       ✅ Nextcloud Cloud Storage deployed successfully!
       
       🌐 Domain: {{ nextcloud_domain }}
-      🗄️ Database: {{ nextcloud_db_name }} (Unix socket)
-      🗄️ Cache: Valkey DB {{ nextcloud_valkey_db }} (Unix socket)
+      🗄️ Database: {{ nextcloud_db_name }} (PostgreSQL via Unix socket)
+      🗄️ Cache: Valkey DB {{ nextcloud_valkey_db }} (Redis-compatible via Unix socket)
       🐳 Container: FPM via Podman Quadlet
       🔒 Admin: {{ nextcloud_admin_user }}
       
+      ⚙️  Configuration:
+      - Redis caching enabled (application-level cache & file locking)
+      - PHP sessions use file-based storage (not Redis)
+      - Custom redis.config.php deployed post-installation
+      
       🚀 Ready for file storage and collaboration!
       
       📋 Next Steps:
-      - Access https://{{ nextcloud_domain }} to complete setup
+      - Access https://{{ nextcloud_domain }} to log in
       - Install desired Nextcloud apps
-      - Configure user accounts
+      - Configure user accounts and storage quotas
   tags: [verification]