How to Install ownCloud 10 on CentOS/RHEL 7/6
Abstract: //download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-10.4.0.tar.bz2Step 5 – Install ownCloud with Web Installer Now access the ownCloud directory on the web bro
ownCloud provides data access using web interface. It also provides options to sync and share across devices—all under your control. Using ownCloud we can easily implement restrictions on file (ACLs) per user. ownCloud provides its desktop clients (Windows, MAC, Linux) as well as mobile apps (Android and iPhone) to keep our data sync on your device.
This tutorial will help you to Install ownCloud 10 on CentOS and RedHat systems.
Features of ownCloud:- ownCloud provides data accessibility through Android, iOS and desktop clients.
- ownCloud provides data to store on external storage like Dropbox, S3, Google Docs etc.
- ownCloud maintains files previous versions so that we can recover from any accidental delete.
First, you need to enable REMI & EPEL yum repositories in your system. Use one of the below commands as per your operating system version.
### CentOS/RHEL 7 ### rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-11.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm ### CentOS/RHEL 6 ### rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpmStep 2 – Install LAMP
Before installation, we first need to set up a running LAMP server. If you have already running LAMP stack skip this step else use followings commands to setup lamp stack.
Install Apacheyum --enablerepo=remi,epel install httpdInstall MySQL
yum --enablerepo=remi,epel install mysql-server service mysqld start /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installationInstall PHP
yum --enablerepo=remi,epel install php php-mysql php-mcrypt php-curl php-gd php-xml php-dom php-mbstring service httpd restartStep 3 – Download ownCloud Archive
After successfully configuring lamp server on your system, Let’s download latest ownCloud from its official website.
cd /var/www/html wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-10.4.0.tar.bz2
Now extract downloaded archive under website document root and setup appropriate permissions on files and directories.
tar xjf owncloud-10.4.0.tar.bz2 chown -R apache.apache owncloud chmod -R 755 owncloud
Now, remove the archive file.
rm -f owncloud-10.4.0.tar.bz2Step 4 – Create MySQL Database and User
After extracting code, let’s create a MySQL database and user account for configuring ownCloud. Use the following set of commands to log in to the MySQL server and create a database and user.
mysql -u root -p Enter password: mysql> CREATE DATABASE owncloud; mysql> GRANT ALL ON owncloud.* to 'owncloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '_password_'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql> quitStep 5 – Install ownCloud with Web Installer
Now access the ownCloud directory on the web browser as below. Change localhost to your server IP address or domain name.
http://localhost/owncloud/
Enter new admin credentials to create an admin account and provide the location of the data folder.
Now slide your page down and input the database credentials and click on Finish Setup.
After completing setup you will get the admin dashboard. Where you can create users, groups and assign them permissions, etc.