How to Install OwnCloud on Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 and 20.04

OwnCloud is a open-source file sharing and cloud platform its similar to Google Drive and many more.
you can share files such as documents, images, and videos across multiple devices such as smartphones and Computer's.

You can also intrigate email service on owncloud for such work: reset user passwd, new updates, and etc.

 Note: OwnCloud Client will be install for dataSync

 

Step 1: Update Ubuntu System Packages

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install  ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
$ sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install Apache and PHP 7.2 in Ubuntu

$ sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 openssl php-imagick php7.2-common php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-imap php7.2-intl php7.2-json php7.2-ldap php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-pgsql php-smbclient php-ssh2 php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-xml php7.2-zip

Step 3) Start and Enable Apache service and check PHP current version

$ sudo systemctl start apache2
$ sudo systemctl enable apache2

Step 4) Create an OwnCloud User & Database for storing data

$ mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE owncloud_db;
CREATE USER 'owncloud_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'isvst482fsecxdVDes75jh524fjsfdKJKJ';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON owncloud_db.* TO 'owncloud_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 5: Download OwnCloud in Ubuntu


After creating the database, now download the OwnCloud zipped file using the following wget command.

sudo wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-10.9.1.zip


Once downloaded, unzip the zipped package to the /var/www/ directory.

sudo unzip owncloud-10.9.1.zip -d /var/www/


Then, set permissions.

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/owncloud/
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/owncloud/



Step 6: Configure Apache for OwnCloud

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/conf-available/owncloud.conf

Add the configuration below.

 

Alias /owncloud "/var/www/owncloud/" <Directory /var/www/owncloud/> Options +FollowSymlinks AllowOverride All <IfModule mod_dav.c> Dav off </IfModule> SetEnv HOME /var/www/owncloud SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/owncloud </Directory>

Save and close the file.

Next, you need to enable all the required Apache modules and the newly added configuration by running the commands below:

sudo a2enconf owncloud
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod env
sudo a2enmod dir
sudo a2enmod mime

For the changes to come into effect restart the Apache webserver.

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Check On Browser http://localhost/owncloud

 

Step 8 : Now you have to change owncloud localhost ip from 127.0.0.1 to your server Ip address.

so that owncloud desktop client user could able to access server otherwise they will got below error.

Failed to connect to ownCloud at http://100.100.7.226/owncloud/
Server replied “404/NotFound” to "GET http://100.100.7.226/owncloud/"

$ sudo vim /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php

Step 9: Mount another separate disk for owncloud data directory. (Optional)

Note : Before mounting owncloud data directory to with new disk.

       Take backup of /var/www/owncloud/data directory first.

 

Please also read : How to mount new Disk

 

Step 10 ) Configure SMTP email Server for trigger on below actions. (Optional)

• New User Creation email

• Password reset emails

• Notifying users of new file shares

• Changes in files

• Activity notifications

Note : To configure an SMTP server, you can either update config/config.php or use the Graphical Email Configuration Wizard, which updates config/config.php for you.

Click In Top Right Corner >> Settings 

In Navigation panel >> Email server

following information for setup en email server.

 

/var/www/owncloud/config/config.php

 END !!