Open Source For You — December 2017

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[1] https://owncloud.org/install/

Reference

Figure 1: ownCloud downloading the Web installer file

Figure 2: FTP connection to the Web space

Figure 3: ownCloud installation page

Figure 4: Error while installing ownCloud

Figure 5: ownCloud installed

Figure 7: ownCloud home page

Figure 6: Creating an account

Figure 8: Files uploaded in ownCloud

FTP credentials. If you are not able to find them, then Google

what specific steps you need to take for your hosting provider,

for which you will get lots of documentation. Figure 2 shows

my FTP connection to my Web space.

Transfer your setup-owncloud.php file to your Web space

by dragging it. Now you can load the URL Yourdomainname.

com/setup-owncloud.php into your browser. In my case, the

domain name is coolstuffstobuy.com and hence my URL is

coolstuffstobuy.com/setup-owncloud.php.

Figure 3 demonstrates this step. As you can see,

ownCloud installation has started.

While clicking on the next button, if we get the error

mentioned in Figure 4, it means we don’t have proper access.

This happens because of the root directory. In shared hosting,

we don’t have RW access to the root folder; so I have created

one folder and put setup-owncloud.php into it. Hence, the

current path is coolstuffstobuy.com/cloud/setup-owncloud.php.

While creating an account, you can click on Database

selection and provide your user name and password for

data. Click Next and then you will come to the home page of

ownCloud. Figure 7 demonstrates that.

There are different options—you can download your

own cloud storage as an Android or iPhone app. You can also

connect to your Calendar or Contacts. Now everything else is

self-explanatory, just as in Google Drive or Dropbox.

You can now upload any file and share it with friends

and colleagues, like you would with any other cloud

storage service.

By: Maulik Parekh

The author works at Cisco as a consulting engineer and has an

M. Tech degree in cloud computing from VIT University, Chennai.

He constantly strives to learn, grow and innovate. He can be

reached at [email protected]. Website: https://www.

linkedin.com/in/maulikparekh2.