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.

HINT: If you are behind a NAT, you have to add your domain to your /etc/hosts file due to a problem with curl:

vim /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1  localhost owncloud.yourserver.tld

Then configure your apache2 hosts file:

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 account settings
2. Optional: enter database settings

Then you can enter new users!

Owncloud, LDAP and Zentyal

Activate the LDAP Backend:

[...]

To connect to an LDAP server the configuration needs to be set up properly. Once the LDAP backend is activated (Apps Sidebar→Apps, choose LDAP user and group backend, click on Enable) the configuration can be found on Settings→Admin. Read on for a detailed description of the configuration fields. [2]

[...]

See:

• [1] http://forum.zentyal.org/index.php/topic,12509.msg75526.html#msg75526
• [2] http://doc.owncloud.org/server/6.0/admin_manual/configuration/auth_ldap.html

apt-get install php5-ldap
a2enmod ldap
service apache2 restart

From: [2]

Owncloud 6, Zentyal 3.3 , I added 2 Groups (AdminHomeUser, HomeUser) and 5 Users. Following worked:

Server:

ServerIP: Server IP of Zentyal Server (for example: ldap://127.0.0.1)
Port: 390
DN of Client User: Root DN of Zentyal
Password: Password of ldap
Base DN: Zentyal Base DN

User Filter:

only those object classes: inetOrgPerson
only from those groups: AdminHomeUser, HomeUser

Login Filter:

LDAP Username: checked

Group Filter:

only those object classes: posixGroup
only from those groups: AdminHomeUser, HomeUser

Advanced - Directory Settings:

User Display Name Field: uid

Start multiple instances of owncloud client

Since the owncloud is not able to access multiple servers (as time of writign 08/2014), there is a workaround described in issue #43:

• https://github.com/owncloud/mirall/issues/43

#!/bin/bash
#
# https://github.com/owncloud/mirall/issues/43
# Thanks to lazyfrosch (commented on 5 Dec 2013) and ogasser (commented on 1 Jul 2014) 

##############################
# Give this instance a unique name
INSTANCE=business
 
##############################
# DO NOT ALTER FROM HERE
CONFDIR="${HOME}/.local/share/data/ownCloud_${INSTANCE}"
TMPDIR="/tmp/${INSTANCE}"

# ensure path exists
test -e "${CONFDIR}" || mkdir "${CONFDIR}"
test -e "${TMPDIR}" || mkdir "${TMPDIR}"

# change the temporary directory where the lockfile is located
export TMPDIR

# copy the binary
# yes we need to do this, or owncloud will think it's the same instance
# NOTE: symlink won't help unfortunatly
cp /usr/bin/owncloud "${HOME}/bin/owncloud_${INSTANCE}.bin"

# start owncloud with custom confdir
exec "${HOME}/bin/owncloud_${INSTANCE}.bin" --confdir "${CONFDIR}" "$@"