Manual Installation

18iy282587lxnpng If you ask us, we think you should host ownCloud on a Linux machine. We tried Windows Server before, but gave up in a pretty early stage. (Windows Server is not longer supported after version 8.0) So to make it easier for you guys that are in the same situation that we were – we have prepared a guide for those who want to do it themselves. We also made a pre-installed version of ownCloud that you can find here.

ownCloud 9 Installation

Our recommendation is to run your ownCloud install as a VM. Then you can use Windows as usual on your regular computer and install the server as a guest operation system. Of course you can also install ownCloud on a Linux dist directly.

To do that you have to download VMware Workstation or some other program that you can host your VM on. Here are two free programs that you can use: VMware Player and VirtualBox, if your are on Mac.

Please note that this guide isn’t tested with Ubuntu 16.04. We would appreciate if you let us know if you manage to make it work with Ubuntu 16.04.

Create your Virtual machine
Set your PREFERENCES in your vm

We prefer to use “Bridged Mode” in our setup on the network for example. Then your IP won’t be the same as the host computer.
Install Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS

Select OpenSSL + LAMP in the setup. Choose between the different options by pressing the space button.
Finish your installation of ubuntu

Set automatic upgrades

:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

Check your internal ip
```
 :~$ ifconfig
```
Use the IP that DHCP has given you to keep it simple. Look for the inet address.
Go to the network configuration file
```
:~$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
```

Then put this in the interfaces file

 # The primary network interface
 auto eth0
 iface eth0 inet static

 address 192.168.1.XXX
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 broadcast 192.168.1.255
 network 192.168.1.0
 gateway 192.168.1.1

Instead of 192.168.1.XXX you put the IP that DHCP has given you in step 3.

Set the nameservers (using Comodo Secure DNS)

:~$ sudo nano /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base

THEN PUT THIS IN THE resolv.conf base file FILE
```
nameserver 8.26.56.26
nameserver 8.20.247.20
```

MySQL housekeeping, press [Enter] to select default

:~$ sudo mysql_install_db

:~$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Set hostname

This doesn’t have to be “owncloud”, it could be whatever you like. But you have to be consistent. In other words, use the same ServerName as Hostname.
```
:~$ sudo hostnamectl set-hostname owncloud
```
Change hostname in /etc/hosts
```
:~$ sudo nano /etc/hosts
```
Change from:

To this:

If you are setting up your server to be on a domain, it should be your domain name (example.com) in front of the hostname like this:
```
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 example.com owncloud
127.0.1.1 subdomain.example.com owncloud

# and so on....
```

Set Servername directive in apache

:~$ sudo sh -c "echo 'ServerName owncloud' >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf"

restart network
```
:~$ sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0
```
Check if the network is working (otherwise some setting is wrong)
```
:~$ nslookup google.com
```

IF working the output should be something like this

Server: 8.26.56.26
Adress: 8.20.247.20

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.71.102
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.71.138

If not working, nothing happens. Check your settings! You could also CONTACT US.

Install owncloud 9

There are different repositories for different OSes.
In this guide we use Ubuntu 14.04.

:~$ sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.owncloud.org/download/repositories/stable/xUbuntu_14.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list"

:~$ sudo wget -nv https://download.owncloud.org/download/repositories/stable/xUbuntu_14.04/Release.key -O Release.key

:~$ sudo apt-key add - < Release.key && sudo rm Release.key

:~$ sudo apt-get update && apt-get install owncloud

:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

Install LibreOffice to be able to read .doc and .docx files:

:~$ sudo apt-get update

:~$ sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libreoffice-writer

:~$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-4

Make sure that your /tmp is in ramdisk which improves session handling performance.
```
:~$ sudo echo 'none /tmp tmpfs, size=6g defaults' >> /etc/fstab
```
If you want to check that the setting went in, look inside the file
```
:~$ cat /etc/fstab
```

Set memcache

Memcache speed things up. This is how to set up APCu, but it’s recommended to use Redis Cache instead to handle the file locking mechanism better.

PHP 5.5:

:~$ wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/enoch85/2367c396a2e119a12894/raw/16e7fc4db35d7bc74d27095c428f06102cbe14e0/install_apcu_4-0-6.sh

:~$ sudo bash install_apcu_4-0-6.sh

PHP >5.6:

:~$ wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/enoch85/c504c4516e68bdcae7a2/raw/07c9817582c8b902b25a28c2349f4cdddba66571/install_apcu_4-0-7.sh

:~$ sudo bash install_apcu_4-0-7.sh

Go to ownClouds config.php

:~$ sudo nano /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php

Add this

'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\APCu',

Reboot
```
:~$ sudo reboot
```

Create an account at http://192.168.1.XXX/owncloud

 MySQL user: [root]
 Password: [Your MySQL password]
 Database Name: [owncloud]
 Database Host: [localhost]

Change .XXX to your IP adress.

Secure your owncloud

Download this script to set proper permissions to your ownCloud folder.

Change “ocpath” and “htuser” user so that it fits your system, in Ubuntu 14.04 the htuser is ‘www-data’ and the path is
```
/var/www/html/ownloud
```
Though our recommendation is to always install the ownCloud core in
```
/var/www/owncloud
```
You can check which path owncloud is installed in by typing
```
:~$ ll /var/www
```
or
```
:~$ ll /var/www/html
```
RUN THE SCRIPT
```
:~$ sudo -i
```
```
:~$ nano /path-to-script/setup_secure_permissions_owncloud.sh
```
Here you set “htuser” and “ocpath” and check if the script is set up properly.

Save and exit the file with [CTRL+X] answer [y] and then [ENTER]
```
:~$ sudo bash /path-to-script/setup_secure_permissions_owncloud.sh
```

Open your owncloud config file

:~$ sudo nano /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php

Add this in config.php

'preview_libreoffice_path' => '/usr/bin/libreoffice'

Go to ownCloud apps and activate Douments
Go to owncloud Admin settings enable Word support

Enable SSL (RECOMMENDED)

:-$ sudo -i

:-$ a2enmod ssl && a2enmod headers && sudo a2ensite default-ssl

:~$ service apache2 restart

Set headers in your apache config
```
:~$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your-VHOST.conf
```
Add this value
```
<VirtualHost *:443>

Header add Strict-Transport-Security: "max-age=15768000;includeSubdomains" 

SSLEngine on
```
A strong recommendation is to buy a real SSL certificate instead. You can get one on a TRIAL period of 3 months, and then extend for 4.95€ / year here.

You can also use this guide to setup you Virtual Host in Apache.
PUBLISH YOUR SERVER ONLINE

If you want others to access your ownCloud from outside your own network you have to make it public.

Update your system

:~$ sudo apt-get update

:~$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade

:~$ sudo reboot

Manual Installation

ownCloud 9 Installation

Create your Virtual machine

Set your PREFERENCES in your vm

Install Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS

Finish your installation of ubuntu

Set automatic upgrades

Check your internal ip

Go to the network configuration file

Then put this in the interfaces file

Set the nameservers (using Comodo Secure DNS)

THEN PUT THIS IN THE resolv.conf base file FILE

MySQL housekeeping, press [Enter] to select default

Set hostname

Change hostname in /etc/hosts

Set Servername directive in apache

restart network

Check if the network is working (otherwise some setting is wrong)

IF working the output should be something like this

If not working, nothing happens. Check your settings! You could also CONTACT US.

Install owncloud 9

Install LibreOffice to be able to read .doc and .docx files:

Make sure that your /tmp is in ramdisk which improves session handling performance.

Set memcache

Go to ownClouds config.php

Reboot

Create an account at http://192.168.1.XXX/owncloud

Secure your owncloud

RUN THE SCRIPT

Open your owncloud config file

Add this in config.php

Go to ownCloud apps and activate Douments

Go to owncloud Admin settings enable Word support

Enable SSL (RECOMMENDED)

Set headers in your apache config

PUBLISH YOUR SERVER ONLINE

Update your system

If you like what we do, please send us a donation to help us with the costs to run this site.

Pro tip

1. Install Webmin as well to manage your files and system.

2. Install the ownCloud VM and host your own private cloud. Download the pre-configured ownCloud VM and give it a try.

3. Use NetDrive if you have limited storage on your client computer.

4. Download this script and update your ownCloud instance with bash instead.

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