OwnCloud installeren

OwnCloud aims be the solution if you want to keep control over your data while being flexible. It is written in PHP and can optionally use a MySQL database. If you are using a recent version of Ubuntu you can install it from the universe repository. But I am not going to use the package, because it depends on the Apache2 webserver and I am using the nginx webserver.

My Installation

Download, extract and copy the PHP code

• Create dir and change to it

  mkdir -p /var/www/owncloud/
  cd /var/www/owncloud/

• Download and extract it

  wget http://owncloud.org/releases/owncloud-3.0.0.tar.bz2
  tar -xjvf owncloud-3.0.0.tar.bz2

• Rename and hide directory and make a symbolic link named www

  mv owncloud .owncloud-3.0.0
  ln -s .owncloud-3.0.0/ www

Configure nginx

• Create a configuration file

  sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/owncloud

  • With this content

    server {
        server_name *.owncloud;
        rewrite ^ $scheme://owncloud$request_uri permanent;
    }
    server {
        server_name owncloud;
        access_log      /var/log/nginx/owncloud.access.log;
        root        /var/www/owncloud/www;
    
        location / {
            allow   all;
            dav_methods PUT DELETE MKCOL COPY MOVE;
            dav_access  user:rw group:rw;
            try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php;
        }
    
        location ~ \.(tpl|inc)$ {
            deny    all;
        }
        location ~ /\.?(include|tpls|tpls_c)/ {
            deny    all;
        }
        location ~ /\. {
            deny    all;
        }
        location ~ \.(php|html)$ {
            include     /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
            fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;
            fastcgi_index   index.html;
            fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
            fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
            fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
        }
    }
    

• Create symbolic link and enable the site

  cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
  sudo ln -s ../sites-available/owncloud
  sudo service nginx restart
  

Configure owncloud

• owncloud is running at http://owncloud/ but complains about the rights on the data directory

  cd /var/www/owncloud/www/
  chmod 770 data/
  chgrp www-data data/
  

• Now we have only to fill the credentials to finish the installation.
• but I want create a MySQL database too. You can fill the MySQL credentials by clicking on Advanced.
  • Create a MySQL database

    sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf
    CREATE DATABASE owncloud;
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON owncloud.* TO 'owncloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'choose_password';
    QUIT
    

  • Fill out the webform with database user, database password, database name and localhost
• After hitting Complete Setup it complains about the rights of the config directory

  cd /var/www/owncloud/www/
  chmod 770 config/
  chgrp www-data config/
  

• Hitting the F5 key to refresh the web page and post the form data again, shows a working owncloud installation!