Talk:OwnCloud

= ownCloud = ownCloud provides universal access to your files via the web, your computer or your mobile devices — wherever you are.

It also provides a platform to easily view & sync your contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all your devices and enables basic editing right on the web.

While ownCloud will work with shared hosting, it functions better with more memory. A Web VPS with at least 512MB of memory is recommended.

= Step by Step Instructions to Install ownCloud = The following instructions use the Web Installer method to install ownCloud. It is the easiest installation method since it checks dependencies, sets permissions, and downloads the latest version. You then complete the installation from your browser.


 * 1) Right-click here and save the file to your computer
 * 2) Upload setup-owncloud.php to your server in the proper domain directory.
 * 3) Point your web browser to your-domain/setup-owncloud.php
 * 4) Follow the instructions and configure ownCloud
 * 5) Login to your newly created ownCloud instance!

Basic Settings

 * PHP 5.4
 * Enable SSL/secure site configuration as required/desired (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
 * Self-signed certificates are free and can be obtained via Dreamhost Panel

Advanced Settings
You'll likely notice a few things when you visit the Admin settings for the first time - there's an error about a missing "fileinfo" extension (this is a php module that tries to guess the content type and encoding of a file) and the file upload limit is pretty small. Let's fix that!

We'll create a phprc file to override some of the default php.ini settings.

mkdir -p ~/.php/5.4

Create ~/.php/5.4/phprc with the following

On Shared

upload_max_filesize = "64M" post_max_size = "64M" max_execution_time = "500" max_input_time = "500" ;;; Extensions extension = fileinfo.so

On a Web VPS

memory_limit = "256M" upload_max_filesize = "128M" post_max_size = "128M" max_execution_time = "500" max_input_time = "500" ;;; Extensions extension = fileinfo.so

You may need to force PHP to reload its configuration file for changes to take effect using the following shell code, or by waiting several minutes.

killall php54.cgi

Connect to DreamObjects
Store all your files on DreamObjects and never run out of space (and never run afoul of DreamHost terms and conditions on personal storage)! Connect ownCloud to DreamObjects.

--Justinlund (talk) 17:09, 30 January 2014 (PST)

Ok, stupid user question. I would like to set up OwnCloud to work with DreamObjects. Here's what I don't quite understand: In step 2, "Upload setup-owncloud.php to your server in the proper domain directory" what is the proper domain directory? Is there a particular directory required for DreamObjects? --Gjovaag (talk) 15:36, 14 April 2014 (PDT)

We started discussing this in the DreamObjects forum but for those reading this, FTP the file to your domain directory. --Justinlund (talk) 12:38, 21 April 2014 (PDT)

I've noticed that ownCloud webdav works (after the .htaccess fix) sometimes and not others. One case I can duplicate most of the time is when I have a long versus a short password. For instance, username 'test' and password 'test' or 'test1' or 'test12' works when I access webdav via Nautilus. However, username 'test' and password 'test123' or 'test1234' or 'test12345' do not work.

My guess is that there's some PHP setting that's restricting the length of the password for webdav.php. Yet, at the same time, I use a much longer password and it works fine when accessing via webdav on my Android device. Also, I'm able to connect to demo.owncloud.org via webdav in Nautilus with no problems. Any ideas?

I've posted more about this issue here: http://owncloud.shapado.com/questions/webdav-fail-to-conect/answers/4ee962d497cfef28fb0019a2

I'm using ownCloud 3.0 alpha 1 at the moment.

Jden 20:46, 15 January 2012 (PST)