Features:
The following are the list of features available on ownCloud.
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File storage in conventional directory structures
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Cryptography
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Synchronization of data with th desktop, web client or mobile app.
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Calendar (also as CalDAV)
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Task scheduler
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Address book (also as CardDAV)
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Music streaming (through Ampache)
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User and group administration (via OpenID or LDAP)
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Sharing of content across groups or public URLs
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Online text editor with syntax highlighting and code folding
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Bookmarking
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URL shortening Suite
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Photo gallery
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PDF viewer (using pdf.js)
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Viewer for ODF Files (.odt, .odp, .ods)
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Supports uploading of avatar picture.
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Shows thumbnail of documents
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Supports web conflict dialogue box when the file already exits.
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With activity feed, you can see whats going on
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New design
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User can restore the deleted files.
New Features in ownCloud 7:
- Improved sharing between two owncloud installation.
- Faster and more efficient design, suitable for mobile devices
- Store, Access and Control
More
Here is the small guide to setup
ownCloud 7 on
CentOS 7.
Prerequisites:
As mentioned earlier, it is based on
PHP and database combination, database can be any of the above four. So install PHP, Apache web server and MySQL server on
CentOS 7. For demo purpose i installed both SQLite and MySQL on CentOS, we will talk about reason behind later.
yum install httpd php php-mysql mariadb-server mariadb sqlite php-dom php-mbstring php-gd php-pdo wget
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Set SELinux to allow OwnCloud to write the data.
setsebool -P httpd_unified 1
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Allow apache in firewall.
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
firewall-cmd --reload
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Start Apache and MariaDB.
systemctl start httpd.service
systemctl start mariadb.service
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Auto start the service at system start-up.
systemctl enable httpd.service
systemctl enable mariadb.service
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Download and Setup:
Download ownCloud from official website or enter the fallowing command on terminal.
wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-7.0.0.tar.bz2
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Extract the archive.
tar -jxvf owncloud-7.0.0.tar.bz2 -C /var/www/html/
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Allow the web server to read and write the files on cloud directory.
chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/owncloud/
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Create Database:
If you are setting up a MariaDB for the first time, here is the tutorial on
Securing MariaDB. MariaDB server must be started before creating the database, login to MySQL server.
Create database called “clouddb”
Allow “clouddbuser” to access the “clouddb” database on localhost with predefined password.
grant all on clouddb.* to 'clouddbuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
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Configure Apache server:
While configuring Apache web server, it is recommended that you to enable
.htaccess
to get a enhanced security features, by default .htaccess is disabled
in Apache server. To enable it, open your virtual host file and make
AllowOverride is set to
All.For example, here i used external config file instead of modifying main file.
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/owncloud.conf
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Add the following.
<IfModule mod_alias.c>
Alias /owncloud /var/www/html/owncloud
</IfModule>
<Directory “/var/www/html/owncloud”>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
Remember to restart all services related to Apache server.
systemctl restart httpd.service
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Configure ownCloud:
Open up web browser, point a URL to
http://your-ip-address/owncloud (
http://Your-custom-domain).
Browser will automatically take you to ownCloud setup page where it
must be configured before going to live. Enter admin user name,
password, data folder location and database details. You can choose any
one of the database from SQLite or MySQL. If you choose SQLite database,
you do not require to enter database details. where as MySQL database
requires database user, password and data base name.
CentOS 7 – OwnCloud 7 DB Details
Alternately you can download ownCloud client to upload the files.
CentOS 7 – OwnCloud 7 Sync Options
Home page will look like this, you can start uploading the contents using upload button.
CentOS 7 – OwnCloud 7 Home Page
That’s All!.
