On the left side under Administration select External Storage. Indeed your statement (hence this HowTo) and Nextcloud docs do not match here. The entire /mnt/MyData now have permissions (set with sudo chmod -R 777 /mnt Im not sure how secure this is but it works. My standard permissions for folders are 750 and for files 640. If you delete something on your Mac inside of one of these folders, it also gets deleted on your Nextcloud server and vice versa. You want it outside of /var/www/. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 ocm-provider Change data directory to use another disk partition, If you just installed the snap, and haven't created an admin user yet, If you have already created an admin user, Connecting the Nextcloud Box to the Internet, Creating a Snappy development environment, Enable Nextcloud Box to send emails so it is able to send password reset emails on request, How to connect to the Nextcloud Box with SSH, How to migrate from Raspberry Pi 2 to Raspberry Pi 3, Migrating from nextcloud snap to Nextcloud server. Will try CLI the next time I need it hopefully never, as I am still scared. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Nextcloud (Mint/Apache) SSL on port 8888/443 not working, What are the things I should be extra careful with if I do this (ie: dont change .htaccess etc.). (Recently, my MicroSD on my phone died, taking thousands of pictures with it - I have them backed up on Google Drive, but at lower quality). FreeNAS is now TrueNAS. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 ocs-provider Everything should work if I create a folder on that partition, /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud as an example, then I move everything from that partition into that folder, and then I run ln -s /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud /var/nextcloud, right? The theme folder. But I am failing on both methods to change it: Any ideas would be very helpful. So by just moving the data directory to another location and change the 'datadirectory' directive inside config.php, the oc_filecache will be full of wrong entries from the old location, where the files entries for the new location are missing, thus no files will be shown inside Nextcloud. Thanks for the guidance. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:53 updater Could I not create a new folder (separate to my Nextcloud folder) in my Nextcloud account on the server and sync it with another folder on my computer? Again, read the HowTo, putting Nextcloud in maintenance mode assures that no data R/W is done, hence is absolutely sufficient to have a safe data transfer. I just installed next cloud and it is up and running. But with this setting no file access r/w for user1 was possible. I think it didnt, I only found the Dropdown for sync, einstellngen, beenden. Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory mv /usr/local/www/nextcloud/data /usr/local/www/nextcloud/nextclouddata 5. Then, youll have to map this volume to your Nextcloud docker when you create it. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 542 Mar 15 15:46 .htaccess Hence for me, phpMyAdmin was a boon. Just to mention (because i was thinking of that) there is no need to name your new path data at the very end. But it is of course also possible to use the Nextcloud as a storage backend for backups. nextcloud.import: Import data exported from another Nextcloud snap instance (via nextcloud.export). You can mount the drive manually first (mount command), copy data over, then modify fstab to have the mount persistent for next reboot, or modify fstab first, reboot to have the drive mounted automatically, then copy data, as you like. drwxr-x 49 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:47 apps webroot: /var/www/html/ Leave But the one thing: now I have the one security warning in Administration - Overview: The Referrer-Policy HTTP header is not set to no-referrer, no-referrer-when-downgrade, strict-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin or same-origin. Thank you very much for your explanation. So I tried the original setup (putting data in /var/www/html/nextcloud/data), and got through the installation. My first plan was to install it directly with a data directory (/mnt/MyData/nextcloud/data). Admin manual says :On other HTTP servers it is recommended to install Nextcloud outside of the document root., Assumptions: I rechecked the ownership from the new data folder, chown -R www-data:www-data /var/ncNewData/, and this solved it. users data directories, so they may change and delete the files without Try 30days Free Nextcloud Trial and add your own domain to:=====https://bit.ly/3CGiKwQ=====#Nextcloud #Nextclouders #tabdigitalGet service grade: A+ Ne. In the Configuration field enter the full filepath of the directory you want to mount.. Move /data to the new location So yes, your idea works fine, as of Solution 1. Also NextCloudPi might provide own solutions: https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi I have mount disk on UCS 4.3. I installed nextcloud in a docker container, I can access to the interface. Now I am trying to figure out how to back up an additional existing folder on my Mac without having to move everything into the Nextcloud folder. Click on Choose file or folder to transfer >> A file picker opens, showing all files and folders in the user's account. Well the question is which storage to update. If Nextcloud finds no matching database entry, it creates an additional one, which then works fine according to quick tests and user reports above. I am running Docker on Windows Server 2016. Then go to settings. Connect the removable-media plug as mentioned in the README in order to grant the snap permission to access external drives. Developer . It could be that nextcloud.conf is also there, then run a2disconf nextcloud.conf. At the moment the data folder is located under /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/data (I need to move this to /mnt/drivex/data) and I don't have any conf folder under /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud Nextcloud doesn't really care too much where the data directory is located, as long as the path is right in the config.php file, the directory has a ".ocdata" file in it (note the leading dot. Leave empty to not copy any skeleton files. Any ideas? So, possibly it is somehow related to it. Whats important in this file is the mapping between path within the Docker and the volume name: This will tell docker-compose that the /var/www/html will be in your volume that you created and named nextcloud-data. Thats my config: /var/ncData/user1 drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:47 appdata_octf179zqtl4 Click on Change to change the choice if necessary. Moving Nextcloud database to external drive. This means that even if I run chmod -R 0770 ./html on my data directory, any new file will still have the incorrect permissions.. Hello! @nickvergessen testing and simple single-user Nextcloud servers, but it does not scale for The default path for user templates is at /Templates (translated in the users language). The methods here are still valid. Check your folder /etc/apache2/sites-enables/there should be something like 000-default.conf this is your site configuration. You could use this command: The updater will tell you which ones these are. If you have any guide or video link to help, Ill appreciate it. volumes: - nextcloud:/var/www/html Using the above as an example, /var/www/html sits inside the container and nextcloud is a Docker volume on your Docker host, the location of which you don't (easily) have control of. Although phpMyAdmin provides a nice GUI, it is not required to alter the database. What exactley does not work? $ ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled I would go to the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available and create there file e.g. drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 KimAdmin See nextcloud.export -h for more information. The following steps are necessary to move the data directory. The respective partition is mounted at /var/nextcloud, and thats where Nextcloud looks for its data folder. Basically of config.php does not contain a matching entry, Nextcloud could remove all obsolete ones before adding the correct new one. On the host the files will be owned by some . Now you have restore point, you can play only with 100-nextcloud.conf and if something goes really wrong - disable it and enable your 000* defaults. After searching forever (3 days), I stumbled upon phpMyadmin, installed it and used the user and password from config file lo behold, I was able to edit the DB. However you will want to relocate your data folder completely outside the web folder. Also in my .htaccess file there is a following section existing: But for some reason the warning message is present. You may distribute a set of default files and folders to all users by placing The only thing that I had to do slightly different was to grant access to the www user and group to the mounted dataset. But note that synchronisation is not a backup. You can do it with docker-compose like in this docker-compose.yml to adapt at your needs. Logging an issue? To create a persistent volume named "nextcloud-data": docker volume create -d local-persist -o mountpoint=/data/nextcloud-data --name=nextcloud-data Then, you'll have to map this volume to your Nextcloud docker when you create it. My data folder is on an external hard drive, at the root of a partition on it. first login. server. @b-pfl The files in the skeleton directory are copied into the Is there any difference? If you want to have diffrent synchronisation targets on your computer for diffrent folders on your Nextcloud, you should remove the already existing synchronisation of the root folder and then add every folder you want to sync one by one. You could also use the Nextcloud database user, where /path/to/nextcloud/config/config.php provides its name and password. Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory, 5. Press J to jump to the feed. You can see that in the below screenshot. sudo mount --bind /mnt/kids /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/data, All you need to do is append the path of your new data directory in the file, php_admin_value open_basedir "/srv/http/:/dev/urandom:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/:/usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/:/etc/webapps/nextcloud:/srv/clouddata", [Solved] Nextcloud, change Data folder location. I had not this warning message until moved to virtual host from my old config. First, list out all of your installed apps with the command: sudo -u www-data php occ app:list. There should be an option to delete or remove the account. But I get your point. The new root nextcloud user data location for this single nextcloud user ist now /var/ncNewData. Hello everyone. You are absolutely right - I am not looking to have a backup in case my files are deleted; rather I am looking to have a backup in case my own PC/Mac/Mobile device drive fails, so there is a perfect copy of specific folders on Nextcloud. Here is the output of sudo ls -la in my /var/www/html/nextcloud directory and my /mnt/MyData/nextcloud directory: /var/www/html/nextcloud: You set the correct rights for your nextcloud user for /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud (use a linux formatted file system like ext4 or btfs). You therefore need to replace the nextcloud volume with a bind mount instead, I.E. Then I tried to follow the instructions from @MichaIng to change the data directory (specifically Solution 1). drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 resources What I am thinking of is sharing out this Samba share to the Nextcloud VM, mount it within the Nextcloud VM using /etc/fstab to some directory, then pointing the data folder during the installation to the locally mounted Samba share. Has anyone fixed been about to get it working. But the issue with yours is that ALL old oc_filescache entries will stay, hence the database will grow enormously. there is only one data dir for all users (of course subdirs each user) and there should be a protection against symlinks from inside the data dir to outside. After creating and enabling it I checked and got A+ at last. I didnt find any tutorial for this precise use case but I can give you some answer. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2647 Mar 15 15:46 .htaccess Haven't tried to move data location but other users did and pointed to some guides: Trying to change nextcloud data location Support If you use the Nextcloud Docker container, the GitHub page might give some hints as well: https://github.com/nextcloud/docker In-depth tutorial on how to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu Server 18.04, how to combine multiple disks into one large virtual directory using mhddfs, how to pro. Hi. My understanding of how to sync a folder in Nextcloud that is not the "Nextcloud" folder is: Add folder sync connection Pick a local folder on your computer to sync (for example my Windows Documents folder) Select a destination folder on Nextcloud server (or create new, also called Documents) However, at that stage I am getting a warning: This protection is important, otherwise users could access the whole system by uploading symlinks, in theory. As there still appear qu. I dont like 777 permissions, so perhaps somebody can give us an advice if this is a security issue or not. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 5048 Mar 11 10:52 cron.php Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. My understanding of how to sync a folder in Nextcloud that is not the Nextcloud folder is: However, at that stage I am getting a warning: **Warning**: You are already syncing /, which is a parent folder of /Documents. See Configuring External Storage (GUI) for additional mount options and . Dude, thank you so much for this. To access the settings for configuring external storage mounts, click on your Profile icon in the top right and select settings from the dropdown. Edit 1: Solved, I was able to move it to a new directory, Mount the dataset you want to the nextcloud jail and called it what you want , mine would be "nextclouddata", 3. i have set the datadirectory to 'datadirectory' => '/media/usbhd/data' my installation medium is: ubuntu20.04-preinstalled-server-arm64 my device is a: raspberry pi 3b in the folder usbhd i have the files: appdata_oc4rufk42j51 data files_encryption nextcloud.log. If so then add your new data-folder! If anyone finds this when searching the answer is on the nextcloud-snap github page. If you updated your Nextcloud instance, there might be remnants of old tables Overwriting the files in core/skeleton is not recommended, #nextcloud #hyperv #snap #ubuntu #windows #directory #change Nextcloud snap new setup and data changing directory to windows shared. After doing so you can use occ to scan the new location and update the database accordingly as needed. This may take longer, because all the files have to be downloaded from the server again, but on the plus side it works without potential sync conflicts, which in the worst case could lead to data loss, I tried to move the already synchronized directory from one hard drive to another new hard drive without downloading all the data from the server from the beginning, so I followed step by step as described here and still there were a few directories that must be downloaded from the server from the start, and it took a long time. For example. Bash shell commands like "cd" can't be "sudo'ed", so do this: $ sudo -i. now you can cd into the directory and do what you like. GitHub curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CWSpear/local-persist/master/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash, To create a persistent volume named nextcloud-data: Then Install as normal lets me add a user then try to move the data file over to the raid 0 in the config.php file and when attempt to log in through local host. It is not evident to me and there is no such option in the client settings interface. > Everything under *-enabled is something are using now. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO). PS: of course since youre running that on a Windows Server 2018, youll have to adapt the path. > Everything under *-available is something that you could use, but it is not. 100-nextcloud.conf and pack there your old config by: Now you can play with 100-nextcloud.conf only. Once, to store nextcloud data, I created a raid and mounted it in a separate directory. Im trying to move to two 500gb raid 0 drives. These files will be copied only to new users after their initial login, and Thanks for advice, MichaIng. drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:41 You can always delete the account from the app and remove or better rename the local folder and start from scratch. Missing permissions. based on https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Change-data-directory-to-use-another-disk-partition there are two possibilities to change the data directory in context of installation: before and after creating the admin user. Hi Rotational, does it mention to separate Data in the instructions? I don't know trueNAS, but if you copy the data to the new location, you could either create a symlink to the new folder or edit the filepath in your nextcloud config.php. What Information do you need? Im also not sure how secure this is but its works for me too. Change default data folder. Nextcloud directory can be found at /usr/share/nextcloud. one, do a suggestion to have it added. To successfully proceed with the conversion, you must type yes when prompted Sure I guess hacking could take place to achieve that, but Id like to rather not do this. If omitted the tool will ask you (optional) --clear-schema clear schema (optional) Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, rename/move the folder to another location as you preffer, register on client software and search the new location of the MAIN FOLDER, Pick a local folder on your computer to sync (for example my Windows, Select a destination folder on Nextcloud server (or create new, also called. Unfortunately, I cant make a specific recommendation, since I dont use a Mac myself. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 3056 Mar 11 10:52 public.php I found this stupid issue. I just installed next cloud and it is up and running. Interested in helping us evaluate a pull request? Next Official Post . Enable maintenance mode (install sudo if you don't have it already in the jail), 4. Note that the below does not apply to Nextcloud containers/appliances. Contains 2 Virtual hosts (IP 192.168.0.100 is internal local IP of the server), on port 80 I will do only redirect to the HTTPS and thats all: Only difference that you have to comment to get it A+: I have only the following files in there: Thats a bit strange for me because also my standard data folder (/var/ncData/) has 750 and thats work fine. This was exactly what I was looking for and it was harder to find than it needed to be. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2976 Mar 11 10:52 index.php thank you, Last edited by chittu (2016-11-05 05:31:29), In /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/config/config.php, 'datadirectory' => '
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