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Introduction of own cloud
OwnCloud is an open source file synchronization and sharing software that provides both community and enterprise versions. It can be installed on Linux systems via packages or a one file installer. Initial configuration is required to set up the administrator account, database, and data directory. Files and folders can be managed, shared, and synced across devices. Plugins allow external storage and apps to be added. The software includes APIs for building mobile and desktop clients.
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Overview of OwnCloud as an open-source file sync and share software with community and enterprise versions.
OwnCloud's open-source licensing under AGPL, core components, and various client libraries available.
Details on installing OwnCloud on Linux systems, initial configuration steps, and database setup.
User interface for file management including directory organization, file sharing, and version control.
Options for sharing files and folders with permissions for editing, password protection, and expiry dates.
Tools for managing personal info, user roles, and group settings within OwnCloud.
Integration of external storage options and the ability to install various apps using OwnCloud API.
Instructions on mounting OwnCloud storage to a local server using WedDAV protocol.
Access OwnCloud server through provided APIs for developing custom applications.
Guidelines for building customized Android and iOS applications for OwnCloud.
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- 2. Introduction • ownCloud isan open source file synchronization and share software, providing both community & enterprise version. https://owncloud.org/
- 3. Source Code • OwnCloudis open source under AGPL-licensed OwnCloud Project Core Client andorid ios andorid-library ios-library pyocclient others owncloud Server Core owncloud desktop syncing client owncloud Android App owncloud ios App owncloud Android library owncloud ios library owncloud python library other owncloud plug-in https://github.com/owncloud
- 4. Installation • OwnCloud supportsLinux (like) operating systems • Available via packages, sources, virtual images or a one file php installer and .tar archive Install on Ubuntu 14.04 sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/ community/xUbuntu_14.04/ /’ >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud.list” sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install owncloud The install process will pause and ask you to input the password of root user for MySQL database.
- 5. Initial Configuration • Initialconfiguration necessary on first use • Open http://localhost/owncloud or http://ipaddress/owncloud via web browser - Administrator name & password - Directory to place the data - Backend database system type - Database user name, password, database name, database server host
- 6. File manage interface Directoryand file list Favorite directory and file list Directory and file list shared with you Directory and file list shared with others Directory and file list shared by link
- 7. Folder & filemanagement You can create folder and text file, or upload a file to OwnCloud server You can download, rename, share, remove file and browse all the versions You can rename, share, remove folder and download folder as a .zip file
- 8. Share folder &file You can share folder and file with other owncloud users or group. You can also choose if the shared foloder and file can be edited or shared again. You can also share folder and file by an URL link. You can set password protect and expire date for the share link.
- 9. Personal info interface Maintainsync devices Maintain password, email, profile pic, etc Maintain email notification rules HTML share code and SSL root certificates import
- 10. Manage user andgroup Three roles available: ordinary user, group admin and system admin. You can create/remove group, add/ remove user to/from a group. You can also modify username, password and storage quota.
- 11. Install app onOwnCloud OwnCloud is an open platform and provides its API, so developers can implement different apps based on it. You can browse all the supported apps on OwnCloud and chose to enable.
- 12. Add external storage OfficialExternal Storage App make it possible to add external storage such as AWS S3, Dropbox, OpenStack Swift, etc. You can add AWS S3 by providing access key, access secret key and bucket name.
- 13. Mount to localserver • ownCloud supports the WedDAV protocol, so you can mount the storage of ownCloud to a local server by using davfs2 driver. Mount on Ubuntu 14.04 sudo apt-get install davfs2 sudo echo “/home/felix/Owncloud admin admin123” >> /etc/davfs2/secrets sudo echo “http://localhost:8090/owncloud/remote.php/webdav /home/felix/ Owncloud davfs uid=felix,gid=felix 0 0” >> /etc/fstab sudo mount /home/felix/Owncloud/ df -h | grep owncloud http://localhost:8090/owncloud/remote.php/webdav 5.0G 4.9M 5.0G 1% /home/ felix/Owncloud The above commands will mount the storage of admin user on ownCloud to /home/felix/Owncloud on local server and grant the read & write rights to local system user felix.
- 14. Access OwnCloud byAPI • For now, ownCloud supplies android, ios and python library to access ownCloud server. Access ownCloud by python client sudo pip install pyocclient Code example for connecting owncloud server and uploading a file: import owncloud oc = owncloud.Client(‘http://localhost:8090/owncloud’) oc.login(‘admin’, ‘admin123’) oc.mkdir(‘Test’) oc.put_file(‘Test/test.txt’, ‘localtest.txt’) print oc.get_file_contents(‘Test/test.txt’) oc.logout() python demo.py Hello, owncloud server! Local test file has been uploaded to owncloud server.
- 15. Build Android App • Both android and ios app of OwnCloud are open source, so you can build your app version. Get the source code of android app and library git clone https://github.com/owncloud/android.git cd android/owncloud-android-library git clone https://github.com/owncloud/android-library.git cd android-library mv * ../ Import & build with Android Studio