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How to install Owncloud (cloud storage)

OwnCloud is a client-server software for creating and using file storage services. OwnCloud functions similarly Dropbox and widely-used. The main difference is that OwnCloud is a free open source and therefore allows anyone to install and operate it for free on a private server with no limits on storage space (except for disk space or account quotas) or the number of connected customers

I.Preparation

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II.Proceeding

Visit the page https://owncloud.org/ and follow instructions to get the download link

Here you right-click on the position number 1 and click on the position number 2

Here you can copy the link. Now you use the command wget and paste the copied link on it to download OwnCloud files

We recommend you should creat a download folder to store the downloaded files

# mkdir /download

# cd /download

# wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-9.0.2.tar.bz2

After downloading you will get a zipped file which is owncloud-9.0.2.tar.bz2. You use the tar command to unzip it

# tar -xvf owncloud-9.0.2.tar.bz2

Note: If you've not created VirtualHost then use the method A . Otherwise you use the method B

# Method A : VPS not installed with VirtualHost

After unzipping you'll have the file /download/owncloud which contains files of OwnCloud , you'll move all files in /download/owncloud to the default folder containing apache web code /var/www/html/

The command is as follows

# mv /download/owncloud/* /var/www/html/

The sign * after the word owncloud/ represents all subfolders and files of owncloud parent folder

# Method B : VPS installed with VirtualHost

As the previous post you've created and configure VirtualHost so that the folder /home/webdata/maxserver.net/public_html contains web codes

You move all files in /download/owncloud to the folder /home/webdata/maxserver.net/public_html instead of default folder containing apache web code /var/www/html/

# mv /download/owncloud/* /home/webdata/maxserver.net/public_html

Set up Mysql

# mysql -u root -p

Creat a database called owncloud

mysql> CREATE DATABASE owncloud;

Grant the owncloud data's user to 'owncloud' and password 'Passdata'

mysql> GRANT ALL ON owncloud.* to 'owncloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Passdata';

mysql> exit

Test

Visit http://ip-vps if the result comes out like this, you've succeeded

Note: The first login does not have user and password, you enter info about mysql which you've just set up