How To Install OwnCloud on Ubuntu
Step 1: Prerequisites
To install the OwnCloud on Ubuntu, firstly you have to install and configure following prerequisites.
Step 2: Create Database
Create a new MySQL database for OwnCloud using the following commands.
# mysql -u root -p Enter password: mysql> CREATE USER 'ownclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOURPASSWORD'; mysql> CREATE DATABASE ownclouddb; mysql> GRANT ALL ON ownclouddb.* TO 'ownclouduser'@'localhost'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql> exit
Step 3: Installation
First we will need to download the latest stable release of OwnCloud on your server.
# wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-8.0.0.tar.bz2 # tar -xvf owncloud-8.0.0.tar.bz2 -C /var/www/html/ # chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/owncloud/
Step 4: Configuration
# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/owncloud.conf Alias /owncloud /var/www/html/owncloud Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all
Step 5: Restart Apache Service
# service apache2 restart
Step 6: Open OwnCloud on Browser
Open your favorite browser and hit the URL http://YOUR-IP-ADDRESS/owncloud
Click on storage & database
Enter the username and password along with database name, then press Finish Setup button
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