Install owncloud on own server.
First add an apache virtualhost.

Edit

/etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Create the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName cloud.relsoft.in
ServerAlias cloud.relsoft.in
DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/relsoft.in/cloud/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

Create a “A” record in the DNS panel for relsoft.in:

A cloud.relsoft.in [myipaddress]

Create the virtual directory:

mkdir -p /var/www/virtual/relsoft.in/cloud/htdocs
chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/virtual/relsoft.in

Download and uncompress the latest owncloud installation package [Available at

https://owncloud.org/install/#instructions-server ]
wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-8.0.3.tar.bz2
tar xf owncloud-8.0.3.tar.bz2
mv owncloud/* ./
rm owncloud-8.0.3.tar.bz2
rm -rf owncloud/

Install php gd module, php5-curl and php5-mysql:

sudo apt-get install php5-gd php5-curl php5-mysql

Set always_populate_raw_post_data to -1 in your php.ini
Now to set the appropriate value in php.ini, first I have to locate the correct php.ini to edit.

find /etc -iname 'php.ini'

Now locate the location of the setting:

grep -in 'always_populate_raw_post_data' /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

704:;always_populate_raw_post_data = -1

Edit the correct line with emacs:

emacs /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Alt-G G 704

takes me to the correct line to edit. Remove the two leading semicolons.

Restart apache2 server:

service apache2 restart

Now reload cloud.relsoft.in in your browser.

Now I got a security warning:
Your data directory and files are probably accessible from the internet because the .htaccess file does not work.
For information how to properly configure your server, please see the documentation.

This means that htaccess is not enabled for the server. So to setup .htaccess for apache:

Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Add the “AllowOverride All” directive.
So the block now looks like:

ServerName cloud.relsoft.in
ServerAlias cloud.relsoft.in
DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/relsoft.in/cloud/htdocs

AllowOverride All

If while editing apache directive files, you face issues, run: systemctl status apache2.service Or journalctl -xn for details

Create database with mysql:
mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE ‘owncloudie’;
mysql> USE owncloudie;
mysql> CREATE USER ‘cloudsrvrusr’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘mypassword’;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON owncloudie.* TO ‘cloudsrvrusr’@’localhost’ WITH GRANT OPTION;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Restart apache2, and reload the install page.

Now, add an admin username and password, and add the database details that we created with mysql.
When you click on ‘Finish setup’, mysql installation will be over, and you can login as administrator.
Create users.

Download the Desktop client at https://owncloud.org/install/#install-clients, and the Android client from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.owncloud.android

To create ssl:

mkdir -p /etc/apache2/ssl
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key -out /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt

emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    <VirtualHost _default_:443>
        ServerAdmin [email protected]
        ServerName cloud.relsoft.in
        ServerAlias www.loud.relsoft.in
        DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/relsoft.in/cloud/htdocs
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key
        <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
                        SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
        </FilesMatch>
        <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
                        SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
        </Directory>
        BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \
                        nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
                        downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
        BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown
    </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

a2ensite default-ssl.conf
service apache2 reload

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