Installing ownCloud on Linux (Debian 10)
26#ownCloud #Debian #Self-Hosted
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0167.html
01. Log into the Debian device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
# update repositories and install any available software updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
# install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client
# install PHP components
sudo apt-get install php7.3 libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-curl php7.3-intl php7.3-json php7.3-gd php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-xml php7.3-zip
# configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
11. Run the following commands to create the Owncloud database and database user
MariaDB [(none)]≫ CREATE DATABASE ownclouddb;
MariaDB [(none)]≫ GRANT ALL ON ownclouddb.* to 'ownclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ownCl0ud!!';
MariaDB [(none)]≫ FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]≫ EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract Owncloud in the Apache webroot
# download latest owncloud version
sudo wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-latest.tar.bz2
# extract owncloud-latest.tar.bz2
sudo mkdir /var/www/owncloud
sudo tar -xvf owncloud-latest.tar.bz2 --directory /var/www
# set the owner of the new owncloud directory to www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/owncloud
# create a new owncloud.conf file to configure the site
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/owncloud.conf
13. Paste the following configuration into owncloud.conf
Alias /owncloud "/var/www/owncloud/"
≪Directory /var/www/owncloud/≫
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
≪IfModule mod_dav.c≫
Dav off
≪/IfModule≫
SetEnv HOME /var/www/owncloud
SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/owncloud
≪/Directory≫
14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to owncloud.conf
15. Continue with the following commands to enable the site and restart Apache:
# enable the Ownload site and required PHP modules
sudo a2ensite owncloud
sudo a2enmod rewrite headers env mime unique_id dav
# restart apache2 service for the changes to take effect
sudo systemctl restart apache2
16. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/owncloud
17. The Owncloud setup screen should be displayed
18. Enter a username and password
19. Click the storage & database link to expand the section
20. Select MySQL and fill out the database connetion information as follows
username: ownclouduser
password: ownCl0ud!!
database name: ownclouddb
database host: localhost
21. Click Finish Setup
22. After a few moments of setup Owncloud will be up and running
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