owncloud no "local" storage?

General Discussion
#1

hi at all,

I wanted to share my local drive in owncloud, but there is no such option. I can only share as google drive, owncloud, sftp and webdav.

does anybody have an idea how to solve this on my VM install of dietpi?

best wishes!

#2

Hi,

due to security reason, this has been disabled by OwnCloud developer. You would need to get this activated according OwnCloud documentation

https://doc.owncloud.org/server/10.0/admin_manual/configuration/files/external_storage/local.html

nano /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php

add ‘files_external_allow_create_new_local’ => ‘true’,

#3

I only need a big folder to put data on. by default data/ is shared. but how big is it and how do I manage its size? that is the reason I wanted to mount another local drive.

#4

by default, data directory is located at /mnt/dietpi_userdata/owncloud_data. It is used by all user until the file system is full or a quote (you can define on owncloud) is reached.

to add external disk space, you have a couple of option

  1. define data location before install owncloud
  2. adjust /boot/dietpi.txt
SOFTWARE_OWNCLOUD_DATADIR=/mnt/dietpi_userdata/owncloud_data
  1. after insstalation
  2. copy content of /mnt/dietpi_userdata/owncloud_data to the new disk
  3. adjust /var/www/owncloud/config/config.php
'datadirectory' => '/mnt/dietpi_userdata/owncloud_data',
  1. add the external drive as local storage location within owncloud
  2. move whole /mnt/dietpi_userdata/ to the external drive using dietpi-drive_manager
  3. move whole RootFS to the external drive using dietpi-drive_manager