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How to install Owncloud on OpenSUSE 42.3

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To install Owncloud on OpenSUSE 42.3

Owncloud is a powerful web application, used to synchronize data, and to share and store files. It is designed in such a way that it works with a variety of database management systems, and is normally written in JavaScript or PHP languages. It contains easy to use web-based frontend. This allows the user to access files in a simple, safe and secure manner on any device. It also offers easy management and migration of files to, or from any other owncloud server. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Owncloud on OpenSUSE 42.3.

Pre-Requisite

LAMP Stack

- Apache

- MariaDB

- PHP7

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, go to its official website and get the latest stable version by executing the wget command followed by the download link. 

linuxhelp:~ # wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-10.0.3.zip
--2017-10-11 10:21:13--  https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-10.0.3.zip
Resolving download.owncloud.org (download.owncloud.org)... 136.243.124.46, 85.10.210.219, 138.201.139.178, ...
Connecting to download.owncloud.org (download.owncloud.org)|136.243.124.46|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 46697498 (45M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ owncloud-10.0.3.zip’ 
100%[======================================> ] 46,697,498   144KB/s   in 2m 8s  

2017-10-11 10:23:24 (355 KB/s) - ‘ owncloud-10.0.3.zip’  saved [46697498/46697498]

Extract the downloaded package in Apache root directory by following the tar command. 

linuxhelp:~ # unzip owncloud-10.0.3.zip -d /srv/www/htdocs/
Archive:  owncloud-10.0.3.zip
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/l10n/
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/l10n/l10n.pl  
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/l10n/.tx/
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/l10n/.tx/config  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/AUTHORS  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/occ  
   creating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/config/
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/config/config.sample.php  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/cron.php  
.
.
.
inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/resources/codesigning/root.crt  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/resources/codesigning/core.crt  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/COPYING  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/index.php  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/CHANGELOG.md  
  inflating: /srv/www/htdocs/owncloud/status.php

Move the contents of the extracted directory to the Apache document root. 

linuxhelp:~ # cd /srv/www/htdocs/
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # ll
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Oct  9 23:15 gif
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2356 Mar 18  2017 info2html.css
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Sep 15 10:46 owncloud

Provide the owner permission and file execution permission by running the following command. 

linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs # chmod -R 777 /srv/www/htdocs/

Next set the firewall settings by executing the following command and enter the following changes in the file. Restart the firewall services. 

linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs/owncloud # vim /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2
FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT=" apache" 
linuxhelp:/srv/www/htdocs/owncloud # systemctl restart SuSEfirewall2

Switch over to the browser and enter the URL as http://YourIP/owncloud. The login page of Owncloud appears on the screen.

login page

Enter the required admin credentials to login.
created admin account
admin login

The dashboard of owncloud appears on the screen.
dashboard

The installation of Owncloud on OpenSUSE 42.3 is done without any glitches.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Does ownCloud do file de-duplication?

A

No, we think that that is the job of the file system. We do maintain versions of files as they are replaced and you may revert to older versions at any time.

Q

Where is the ownCloud community hosted?

A

The ownCloud code can be found at github.com/ownCloud and our website is on owncloud.org

Q

Whether Own cloud is secured?

A

Yes, but the Encryption app is designed to protect your data on external storage, rather than on the server ownCloud runs on.

Q

Why does ownCloud not send out email reminders?

A

ownCloud's integrated CalDAV server does currently not support sending out emails for reminders. This feature is currently scheduled for ownCloud.

Q

What is Owncloud?

A

Owncloud is a powerful web application, used to synchronize data and to share and store files. It is designed in such a way that it works with a variety of database management systems, and is normally written in JavaScript or PHP languages.

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