Filesystems: OwnCloud

Owncloud allows you to set up a file store similar to drop box. There are two parts to it, the client and the server.

The server can be configured throught he command line and Web Interface. It is recommended that the system has a GUI installed in order to configure the client.

Server Installation

Pre Requisites

Apaches Webserver Database - eg postgress Php - including Database modules

Restart httpd after installing packages.

Repositories

This didn't work when I tried it, but it may be have been fixed since. See the Owncloud website for full documentation.

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/CentOS_CentOS-6/isv:ownCloud:community.repo
yum install owncloud

Manual Install

wget http://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-5.0.10.tar.bz2
tar xzvf owncloud-5.0.10.tar.bz2
cp owncloud /var/http/html
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/

Point you web browser at the system and follow the on screen instructions.

Client Install

Repositories

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:devel/CentOS_CentOS-6/isv:ownCloud:devel.repo
yum install owncloud-client

Manual Install

wget http://download.owncloud.com/download/ocsync-0.80.0.tar.bz2

Server Configuration

Point your browser at http://localhost/owncloud. It will open a screen like this:

Enter an admin username and password. This login will allow you to control the cloud - You will not be able to sync from this account.

Once you login you will see the default folder. THe next step is create a user to sync files. Click on root users in the top right hand corner. Enter the username and password in the top boxes and select a group.