Installation of OwnCloud 7 on Raspberry Pi

[Athena]

Hello,

I finally got Owncloud installed and working on my Raspberry Pi server. I got a lot of help from you all. Here is my thank you; the detailed notes of my installation which uses OwnCloud 7, php5, MySql, and Apache2.

After starting Raspberry, change login to root so that you do not need to type sudo for every command.

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$ sudo -i

1. Update system

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# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# reboot

2. Get ownCloud relesase key (http://software.opensuse.org/download/p ... e=owncloud)

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# wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/Debian_7.0/Release.key

3. Add owncloud repository to apt-get

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# apt-key add - < Release.key
# echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/Debian_7.0/Release.key' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list

4. Install owncloud

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# apt-get update
# apt-get install owncloud

5. When prompted to provide a password for the MySql server enter password twice:
Root password: mysqlpsswd

6. Modify php.ini for upload file size

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# cd /etc/php5/apache2/
# nano php.ini

and change the following in the file for up to 2GB uploads

upload_max_filesize = 2G (2M)
post_max_size = 2G (8M)
output_buffering = 0 (4096)

7. Prepare an External USB Drive for data storage

a) Install ntfs

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# apt-get install ntfs-3g 

b) Create a directory for files

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# mkdir /media/OwnCloud

c) Mount the drive

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# mount –t ntfs-3g –o umask=007,auto,user,users,uid=33,gid=33 /dev/sda1 /media/

e) Check if the drive is mounted

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# blkid –c /dev/null

• /dev/mmcblk0p1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="boot" UUID="787C-2FD4" TYPE="vfat"
  /dev/mmcblk0p2: UUID="3d81d9e2-7d1b-4015-8c2c-29ec0875f762" TYPE="ext4"
  /dev/sda1: LABEL="OwnCloud" UUID="EAE0455CE0452FDD" TYPE="ntfs"
  /dev/sda2: LABEL="SERVICEV001" UUID="B641-A4FF" TYPE="vfat"

f) Find about drives

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# fdisk -l

• Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 31.9 GB, 31914983424 bytes
  4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 973968 cylinders, total 62333952 sectors
  Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x00090806
  
  Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
  /dev/mmcblk0p1 8192 122879 57344 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
  /dev/mmcblk0p2 122880 62333951 31105536 83 Linux
  
  Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
  240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20673 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
  Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0xed1f86f7
  
  Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
  /dev/sda1 * 2048 300296191 150147072 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
  /dev/sda2 300296192 312578047 6140928 12 Compaq diagnostics

g) Create a fstab file so that this drive is mounted each time the system is rebooted.

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# cd /etc/fstab
# nano stab 

and enter the line in bold

• proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
  /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat defaults 0 2
  /dev/mmcblk0p2 /ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
  UUID=EAE0455CE0452FDD /media/OwnCloud/ ntfs-3g rw,umask=007,auto,user,users,uid=33,gid=33,utf8 0 0
  
  # a swapfile is not a swap partition, so no using swapon|off from here on, use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that

h) Restart RPi

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# reboot

8. Secure connections

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# chown -R root:root /media/OwnCloud/
# chmod -R 755 /media/OwnCloud/
# chown www-data:www-data /media/OwnCloud/config/config.php
# chmod 750 /media/OwnCloud/config/config.php
# chown -R www-data:www-data /media/OwnCloud/data/
# chmod -R 750 /media/OwnCloud/data/
# chown root:root /media/OwnCloud/data/.htaccess
# chmod 755 /media/OwnCloud/data/.htaccess
# chown www-data:www-data /media/OwnCloud/apps/
# chmod 750 /media/OwnCloud/apps/

9. Check if the right permission are given

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# ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/

• total 0
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 24 22:02 3d81d9e2-7d1b-4015-8c2c-29ec0875f762 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 24 22:02 787C-2FD4 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 24 22:02 B641-A4FF -> ../../sda2
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 25 02:13 EAE0455CE0452FDD -> ../../sda1
  
  All root, user and other permissions are write, read and execute.

10. Create SSL certificates

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# mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
# openssl req -x509 –nodes –days 365 –newkey rsa:2048 –keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key –out /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt

Country code: US
State name: State Name
Locality name: Town
Organization Name:
Unit name:
Common Name: www.myserver.com
Email: user@email.com

11. Modify Apache

a) First check Apache version number

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# apachectl –v or # apache2 -v

Example output:

• Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Debian)
  Server built: Jul 24 2014 21:45:57

b) Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl to setup server name and enter location of ssl files given below in bold:

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# nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl

• <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
  <VirtualHost _default_:443>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  ServerName www.myserver.com:443
  
  DocumentRoot /var/www
  <Directory />
  Options FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride None
  </Directory>
  <Directory /var/www/>
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  AllowOverride None
  Order allow,deny
  allow from all
  </Directory>
  
  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
  <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
  AllowOverride None
  Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
  </Directory>
  
  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  LogLevel warn
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_access.log combined
  
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key
  
  <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
  SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
  </FilesMatch>
  <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
  SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
  </Directory>
  
  BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \
  nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
  downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
  # MSIE 7 and newer should be able to use keepalive
  BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown
  
  </VirtualHost>
  </IfModule>

12. Enable SSL

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# a2enmod ssl
# a2ensite default-ssl
# service apache2 restart

13. Using your browser login to owncloud

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https://www.myserver.com/owncloud

Username: yourowncloudusername
Password: yourowncloudpassword
Data folder: /media/OwnCloud/data
Database : MySql

14. Check if configuration file is created properly:

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# cd /var/www/owncloud/config
# nano config.php

• <?php
  $CONFIG = array (
  'instanceid' => 'oc080d29a834',
  'passwordsalt' => '29abed8440c4f6e34c374f35d1533ef3b',
  'secret' => 'cda3d4edeaf0eb612369d63e4f06b30cd7e3420ae6702baaa1c120897015f3c10e2d271c5fa569249b16f1239d07cb8d27618de2',
  'trusted_domains' =>
  array (
  0 => 'www.myserver.com',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/media/OwnCloud/data',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://www.myserver.com/owncloud',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '7.0.4.2',
  'dbname' => 'owncloud',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'dbuser' => 'oc_user',
  'dbpassword' => 'cab23680f3ac23eb623654521736bc1da7685c', mysqlpasswd
  'installed' => true,
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
  'mail_from_address' => 'owncloud',
  'mail_domain' => 'email.com',
  'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
  'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
  'mail_smtphost' => 'smtp.mail.com',
  'mail_smtpport' => '587',
  'mail_smtpname' => 'yourusername,
  'mail_smtppassword' => 'yourpassword',
  'forcessl' => true,
  ‘debug’ => true;
  ‘loglevel’ => 0,
  );

15. Speed up PHP

a) Install apc

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# apt-get install php-apc

b) Edit /etc/php5/conf.d/20-apc.ini and add the following lines:

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# nano /etc/php5/conf.d/20-apc.ini

extension=apc.so
apc.enabled=[b]1[/b]
apc.shm_size=[b]12M[/b]*

* where this is the size of your desired cache

c) Start Apache

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# apachectl restart

d) Check if its working by creating a php.php info file in the web root /var/www/php.php and copy/paste:

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<?php
phpinfo();
?>

e) With your browser go to the web site, and scroll to APC section

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https://www.yourserver.com/php.php

f) Set up a password in apc.php and check stats

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# cd /usr/share/doc/php-apc 
# nano apc.php

enter
defaults('Adefaults('ADMIN_PASSWORD','yourpassword')

g) Rename apc.php and php.php in /var/ww to apc.phd and php.phd for security

16. To get rid of error

‘apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName’ edit fqdn and enter the line below

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# nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/fqdn
ServerName localhost

When you run Apache you will not get this error anymore

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# apachectl restart

17. Setup Owncloud
Using your browser login to OwnCloud

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https://www.myserver.com/owncloud

a) Enter your email address
From top right choose "Personal" and enter an email user@email.com
b) Setup email
Go to "Admin" and under the "Email Server" fill in the email setup boxes
c) Create users
Enter user ID, user password, and the role (e.g. admin) for the user.
d) Enable encryption
Check encryption box
e) External Storage Support
Enter folder name OwnCloud and configuration media for the admin group:
f) In security check "Enforce HTTPS"

18. Install phpMyAdmin to manage OwnCloud database
(ref: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... n-debian-7 )

a. Install the program

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# apt-get install phpmyadmin

• Select Apache2 for the server
• Choose YES when asked about whether to Configure the database for phpmyadmin with dbconfig-common
• Enter MySQL password: mysqlpasswd
• Enter phpmyadmin password: phpmyadminpasswd

b. Add phpmyadmin to the apache configuration

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# nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

c. Start apache2

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# service apache2 restart

d. Set Up the .htaccess File to work with phpmyadmin

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# nano /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

and add the line “AllowOverride All” under “Directory Index”, making the section look like this:

• <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>
  Options FollowSymLinks
  DirectoryIndex index.php
  AllowOverride All
  [...]

e. Make a password directory

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# mkdir /media/OwnCloud/passwords

f. Create .htaccess for a particular user and enter the following

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# nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/.htaccess

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Files"
AuthUserFile /media/OwnCloud/passwords/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

g. Create the htpasswd file

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# htpasswd -c /media/OwnCloud/passwords/.htpasswd root

h. Enter and confirm password
yourowncloudpasswd

i. Restart apache

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# service apache2 restart

j. You can access phpMyAdmin through your browser

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https://www.myserver.com/phpmyadmin

user: root
password: yourphpmyadminpasswd

By choosing owncloud database, you can see all the owncloud tables:

19. Location of Log files (so that you can debug certain problems):

a) ownCloud

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/media/OwnCloud/data/owncloud.log

To have more debug information edit config.php and add

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# nano /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php

‘debug’ => true;
‘loglevel’ = > 0;

b) Apache

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/var/log/apache2/error.log
/var/log/apache2/access.log

c) php

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/var/log/php-errors.log

The plain PHP installations show error instead of logging them. To enable the error log of php you have to edit your php.ini and set these options:

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# nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini  
display_errors = off
log_errors = on
error_log = /var/log/php-errors.log

Then create this logfile with the proper permissions:

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# touch /var/log/php-errors.log
# chown www-data:www-data /var/log/php-errors.log
# service apache2 restart

d) Mysql

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/var/log/mysql.log

[ame]

Wow, so simple! I can see this taking the online storage world by storm!

I tried apt-get install owncloud from the current Raspbian repository but I quickly got bogged down in a bunch of configuration and poor documentation. I'd still like to try it, but I think I'll download a pre-configured SD card image.

[Athena]

Hello ame,

No, it is not simple at all. It took many failures and reinstalls and its performance is not par with similar NAS alternatives. But it is a good exercise to learn a lot about Debian.

Where do you get the OwnCloud SD image for RPI?

[ame]

I was being ironic. Never mind.

I haven't actually downloaded the image yet, I just read about it:
http://www.owncloudbook.com/owncloud-on-raspberry-pi/

[Errol]

Greetings,

I am going to start setting up OwnCloud now...
(wish me luck)

Thank you for all the trouble you went to !!!

What version of OwnCloud did you install?
It looks like 7.0.3 is the latest version...?

Thanks again

Errol

[Errol]

Greetings,

I am stuck on step 4...
Here is what I get:
...any ideas?
Regards
Errol

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2015-02-05 20:41:32 (10.7 MB/s) - `Release.key' saved [1003/1003]

root@raspberrypi:~# apt-key add - < Release.key
OK
root@raspberrypi:~# echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositori ... elease.key' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list
root@raspberrypi:~# apt-get update
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list (dist)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
root@raspberrypi:~# apt-get install owncloud
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list (dist)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
=====================================================

[Uytko]

"I am stuck on step 4"

According to: https://software.opensuse.org/download/ ... e=owncloud
I guess you should use:

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echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/community/Debian_7.0/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list 

There is also a typo in step 6: output_buffefing -> output_buffering
I've not completed this usefull tutorial yet (I need an external HDD).

Hope it helps

[cpc464]

Wow, so simple! I can see this taking the online storage world by storm!

I tried apt-get install owncloud from the current Raspbian repository but I quickly got bogged down in a bunch of configuration and poor documentation. I'd still like to try it, but I think I'll download a pre-configured SD card image.

It can be installed in a couple of steps. I installed Owncloud 7 on the Pi 2 by just downloading the tar.gz file and unzipping it into place, then installing Apache. Also I had to install php5-sd and I think php5-sqlite. Surf to owncloud and pick a user name and password. Job done.

If you access owncloud via a domain name, it might say "unauthorized domain". Edid the file config.php in the Owncloud root directory and add your domain name:

'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => 'mydomain.org',
1 => '192.168.1.98',

That's about it. The OP's procedure is very comprehensive and rigorous, but you don't need all that just to try it out.

[cpc464]

Just to put my money where my mouth is, I have written up the simple Owncloud 8 installation mentioned above:

http://unixetc.co.uk/2015/02/21/simple- ... erry-pi-2/

[promeneur]

hello

thanks for your tuto

my case :

the owncloud server :
- is behind a router with nat feature
- has a local address 192.168.0.x
- has no fqdn

my isp supplied a fix <ip address>
my isp does not supplies any fqdn corresponding to the <ip address>

<ip address> is in fact the external address of the router
the internal address of the router is 192.168.0.254 . this is the gate away for the lan.

i force the https access in owncloud server

in the router i add a tcp redirection for port 443 to <192.168.0.x>:443

my question :

i want to access to owncloud from internet not only locally.
what are the settings for

key generation
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Unit name:
Common Name: http://www.myserver.com
Email: user@email.com
************************************************

default-ssl file
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<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName http://www.myserver.com:443

************************************************

config.php
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array (
0 => 'www.myserver.com',
),
'datadirectory' => '/media/OwnCloud/data',
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://www.myserver.com/owncloud',
'dbtype' => 'mysql',
***********************************************
thanks