Owncloud

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Sources.list and Installation

For the official installation manual see:

• http://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud:community&package=owncloud

Accourding to the manual

• Add the appropriate key for your distribution (here for Ubuntu 12.04):

 wget -qO - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/xUbuntu_12.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -

• Add a sources list file and

apt-get update

• Install the server package

apt-get install owncloud

WebDav support

apt-get install davfs2

Configure unpriviledged (non-root) user access:

dpkg-reconfigure davfs2

Prepare apache2 for owncloud

This is necessary to get access to the webinterface of owncloud:

vim /etc/apache2/sites-avaible/owncloud.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@YOURSERVER.TLD

        ServerName owncloud.yourserver.tld
        DocumentRoot /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld

        <Directory /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory> 

</VirtualHost>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@YOURSERVER.TLD

        ServerName owncloud.yourserver.tld
        DocumentRoot /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld

        <Directory /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory> 

        # SSL
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile    /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

Create a database

If you like to use a database like mysql you have to create a database, user and password in advance!

Settings

Now open your new Owncloud webpage and

1. Add admin accoutn settings
2. Optional: enter database settings

Then you can enter new users!