2012/08/raspberry-pi-as-an-owncloud-server/

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Raspberry Pi as an OwnCloud Server - Greg Woods - Occasionally Useful

First, see http://gregwoods.co.uk/2012/08/setting-up-the-raspberry-pi-the-basics/ Install Apache sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-gd php5-sqlite libcurl4-openssl-dev php5-curl php5-common php-xml-parser sqlite Test the webserver works. Can browse to http:// Set up the USB disk for OwnCloud Format the disk as NTFS Plug it into the RaspberryPi sudo mkdir /media/disk Check user id with sudo nano /etc/passwd user ‘pi’ probably has an id of 1000 Check disk device name with sudo parted    print all shows disk is /dev/sda and partition number is 1  (in my case) quit sudo nano /etc/fstab Add an entry… /dev/sda1 /media/disk ntfs permissions 0 0 save and quit nano sudo mount /media/disk sudo mkdir /media/disk/web sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /media/disk/web #a chmod doesn’t seem to be needed, it already has 0770 permissions Install OwnCloud sudo apt-get install sqlite check latest release at http://download.owncloud.org/releases sudo wget http://download.owncloud.org/releases/owncloud-4.0.7.tar.bz2 sudo tar -xjf owncloud-4.0.6.tar.bz2 sudo cp -r owncloud /var/www sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/owncloud Upgrading OwnCloud NOTE: I’ve only done this once, so I’ll ikely find a better way of doing it next time. This method doesn’t preserve config - try preserving it next time. Looks like it rescans the folders, possibly recreating the database COnfig is in /var/www/owncloud/config Maybe need to compare old and new config files after an upgrade Probably best to disconnect all clients. Not sure if possible to do this from the server. Stopping apache would likely do it. Delete the extracted owncloud files, and the owncloud installation sudo rm -r ~/owncloud sudo rm -r /var/www/owncloud Then the same instructions as a new install First Use / Setup of OwnCloud http:///owncloud/ You MUST choose the advanced settings Create admin user and password location of data is:  /media/disk/web ToDo sudo apt-get install php-apc to speed things up in php   Now go and download an OwnCloud client, and enjoy your local network DropBox-like functionality  

https://gregwoods.github.io/2012/08/raspberry-pi-as-an-owncloud-server/

[GregWoods]

Originally by martin

why do you use “ntfs” for the external hard drive?

[GregWoods]

I use NTFS because my main PCs are Windows, and want to be able to access the disk easily, if for example, I need to get files onto the disk, or off the disk quickly (The raspi is very slow!)

I aim to do another article or two about setting up Samba for file and print sharing.

[GregWoods]

Originally by Modi

How did you manage the Owncloud sync client to work.
I always get a ssl handshake error, when i try to connect.

[GregWoods]

I don’t remember having that error. I think you can now install OwnCloud using apt-get install owncloud. I’ll be trying that soon on a spare SD card. It should make installation and upgrades easier.

[GregWoods]

Originally by Pawe? Szmajda

Hey Greg,
next time you upgrade OwnCloud don’t delete anything, just copy new files over the old ones, make sure owner and permissions are setup correctly and access your owncloud server via web browser. It’ll automatically run update scripts. That’s all.