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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.