Install and try an open-source personal cloud server owncloud

The source code URL for this project is: https://gitorious.org/owncloud

First download, and then install Apache, PHP, the specific steps in the URL: http://owncloud.org/support/install/

 

Brief Introduction to owncoud:

 

(Owncloud is an open-source Cloud project based on the Linux system. It allows users to create their own personal ECs instances. Its current functions include file sharing, music storage, calendar, contact person and bookmarks sharing.

"Compared with Dropbox and box.net, the services we provide are more cost-effective, safer, easier to manage, and more flexible, which is very suitable for commercial purposes," said owncloud business personnel. Owncloud users can also implement file synchronization and sharing services on their own hardware and storage devices ."

With a web browser or WebDAV, owncloud users can access their stored files anytime and anywhere. Owncloud also provides a platform for you to conveniently view and synchronize contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on all devices, allowing you to directly perform basic editing on the web. In addition, programmers can add functions through open APIs.

It is reported that a new business company is improving the user-friendliness of owncloud terminals. By then, owncloud's personal cloud service settings and operations will become simpler and easier to use. The company's CEO and CTO is headed by Markus Rex, former senior vice president of SuSE/Novell. At the same time, Frank karlitschek, founder of the owncloud project, will continue to provide services for it.

In this cloud-oriented world, owncloud is the only tool based on a broad open-source platform. Because of this difference, owncloud not only facilitates enterprises to manage data and control data storage costs, but also facilitates employees to easily access data anytime and anywhere .)

 

 

The installation steps are as follows:

Install To run owncloud, your webserver must have the following installed: PhP5 (> = 5.3), php5-json PHP-xml php-mbstring php5-zip php5-gdAnd as optional dependencies: php5-sqlite (> = 3 ), curl, libcurl3. libcurl3-dev, php5-curl, PHP-PDO

apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-json php-xml php-mbstring php5-zip php5-gdapt-get install php5-sqlite curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl php-pdo

You Don'tNeed any WebDAV support of your webserver (I. e. Apache's mod_webdav) to access your owncloud data via WebDAV, owncloud has a WebDAV server built in.1. download Latest stable release (4.0.5)

Downloadmd5latest development release

Downloadsync clients

Sync clients page2. install

2.1. Extract owncloud and copy to your webserver

tar -xjf path/to/downloaded/owncloud-x.x.x.tar.bz2

cp -r owncloud /path/to/your/webserver

2.2. Set the Directory Permissions

The owner of your webserver must own the apps/, data/and config/Directories In Your owncloud install. You can do this by running the following command for the apps, data and config directories:

 

chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/your/owncloud/install/data

(The key is the above step. If the server uses Apache, change www-data: www-data to Apache: Apache, such as chown-r Apache: apache/var/www/html/owncloud /*
And then you can access it normally.) 

Replace 'www-data: www-data' with the user and group of the owner of your webserver.

Note that the data/directory will only be created after setup has run (see below) and is not present by default in the tarbils.

2.3. Enable. htaccess and mod_rewrite if running Apache

If you are running the Apache webserver, it is recommended that you enable. htaccess files as owncloud uses them to enhance security and allows you to use webfinger. to enable. htaccess files you need to ensure that 'allowoverride' is set to 'all' In The 'directory
/Var/www/'section of your virtual host file. this is usually in/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default. you shoshould also run 'a2enmod rewrite' and 'a2enmod headers '. then restart Apache:service apache2 restart(For Ubuntu systems). In order
The maximum upload size to be writable, The. htaccess file in the owncloud folder needs to be made writable by the server.

2.4. Follow the install wizard

Open your web browser and navigate to your owncloud instance. If you are installing owncloud on the same machine as you will access the install wizard from, the URL will be:http://localhost/(Orhttp://localhost/owncloudFor basic instils
We recommend SQLite as it is easy to setup (owncloud will do it for you ). for larger installyou shoshould use MySQL or PostgreSQL. click on the advanced options to show the configuration options. you may enter Admin credentials and let owncloud create its own
Database user, or enter a preconfigured user.

If you are not using Apache as the webserver, please set the data directory to a location OutsideOf the document root. See the advanced install settings.3. finished!

Login and start using owncloud! For more details on logging ing your owncloud, please visit thesupport centre.

If you plan on using the webfinger app and your owncloud installation is not in the webroot then you'll have to manually link/var/www /. well-known to/path/to/Your/owncloud /. well-known.Upgrading

To upgrade your owncloud instance, just replace the files with the new set from the download. leave the config/folder and data/folder intact to preserve your data. the upgrade will happen automatically when you first login.