OwnCloud in Ubuntu

This document provides steps to install and configure OwnCloud on a server. It involves installing prerequisites like Apache, PHP and MariaDB database. A database is created and a user with privileges is configured. OwnCloud is downloaded, extracted and configured to use the MariaDB database. Finally optional configurations like patching for compatibility and securing MySQL are described.

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OwnCloud in Ubuntu

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Step 1: Installing Prerequisites

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# sudo apt install apache2
# sudo a2enmod rewrite
# sudo a2enmod headers
# sudo a2enmod env
# sudo a2enmod dir
# sudo a2enmod mime
# sudo systemctl restart apache2
# sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

Step 2: Configuring Database

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# sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter Password: **Enter**

> CREATE DATABASE imuowncloud;

> CREATE USER 'imuclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Imu12345';
> GRANT ALL ON imuowncloud.* TO 'imuclouduser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;

Step 3: Installing PHP

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# sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
# sudo apt update
# sudo apt install php7.4
# sudo apt-get install php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-mbstring php7.4-gd php7.4-
intl php7.4-xml php7.4-mysql php7.4-zip php7.4-curl php7.4-xmlrpc

# sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

**Edit the following line
memory_limit = 256M
**Add the following line below of the memory_limit
upload_max_file_size = 100M
** save and exit (Crtl+O enter Ctrl+X)

# sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Installing OwnCloud

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# mkdir tmp
# cd tmp
# wget https://download.owncloud.com/server/stable/owncloud-complete-latest.zip
# sudo apt install unzip
# unzip owncloud-complete-latest.zip
# sudo mv owncloud /var/www/html/owncloud/
# sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/owncloud/
# sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/owncloud

Step 5: Configuring OwnCloud

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*** Allow HTTP protocol in Azure vFirewall ***
Open Broswer
Type==> http://localhost/owncloud <OR> http://VM PublicIP/owncloud
=> Creat admin account (e.g. admin, 1234)
=> Create database user, password, db name (e.g. imuclouduser, Imu12345,
imuowncloud, localhost)
=> Finish Setup

Login by using admin account

UserName: admin
Password: 1234
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Optional Configuration
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Owncloud Register Error Fix

#cd /var/www/html/owncloud
#sudo wget https://gist.github.com/VicDeo/bb0689104baeb5ad2371d3fdb1a013ac/raw/
04bb98e08719a04322ea883bcce7c3e778e3afe1/DoctrineMariaDB102.patch
#sudo patch -p0 < DoctrineMariaDB102.patch
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Delete Database and User
mysql -u root -p
SHOW DATABASES;
DROP DATABASE database_name;

SELECT User,Host FROM mysql.user;

DROP USER 'user'@'localhost';
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Secure mysql
# sudo mysql_secure_installation

Enter current password for root

Set root password **Y**
Type New Password:
Re-enter new Password:

Remove anonymous users? Y

Disallow root login remotely? **Y**
Remove test database and access to it? **Y**
Reload privilege tables now? **Y**
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