How to Setup Nextcloud file sharing Server in CentOS 7
To Setup Nextcloud file sharing Server in CentOS 7
Nextcloud is an open source tool that grant permission to share and sync the files and folders in any cloud storage device. Here the Nextcloud server will be the centralized storage for all the clients. Installation of file sharing server in CentOS is explained in this article.
Use the following command to compose a LAMP Server.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install httpd php php-mysql sqlite php-dom php-mbstring php-gd php-pdo php-json php-xml php-zip php-gd curl php-curl php-mcrypt php-pear mariadb-server mariadb -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.webwerks.com
* epel: epel.mirror.net.in
* extras: centos.webwerks.com
* updates: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package curl.x86_64 0:7.29.0-19.el7 will be updated
---> Package curl.x86_64 0:7.29.0-25.el7.centos will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: libcurl = 7.29.0-25.el7.centos for package: curl-7.29.0-25.el7.centos.x86_64
---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4 will be installed
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Dependency Installed:
apr.x86_64 0:1.4.8-3.el7 apr-util.x86_64 0:1.5.2-6.el7 httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4 libmcrypt.x86_64 0:2.5.8-13.el7
libzip.x86_64 0:0.10.1-8.el7 mailcap.noarch 0:2.1.41-2.el7 perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2.x86_64 0:2.061-3.el7 perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib.x86_64 1:2.061-4.el7
perl-DBD-MySQL.x86_64 0:4.023-5.el7 perl-DBI.x86_64 0:1.627-4.el7 perl-Data-Dumper.x86_64 0:2.145-3.el7 perl-IO-Compress.noarch 0:2.061-2.el7
perl-Net-Daemon.noarch 0:0.48-5.el7 perl-PlRPC.noarch 0:0.2020-14.el7 php-cli.x86_64 0:5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1 php-process.x86_64 0:5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1
t1lib.x86_64 0:5.1.2-14.el7
Updated:
curl.x86_64 0:7.29.0-25.el7.centos sqlite.x86_64 0:3.7.17-8.el7
Dependency Updated:
libcurl.x86_64 0:7.29.0-25.el7.centos mariadb-libs.x86_64 1:5.5.47-1.el7_2
Complete!
Start and enable the services, after the LAMP installation.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start httpd [root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable httpd ln -s ' /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service' ' /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service' [root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start mariadb [root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable mariadb ln -s ' /usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service' ' /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mariadb.service'
Fix the root password for the database by using the following command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql_secure_installation /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation: line 379: find_mysql_client: command not found NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY! In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we' ll need the current password for the root user. If you' ve just installed MariaDB, and you haven' t set the root password yet, the password will be blank, so you should just press enter here. Enter current password for root (enter for none): OK, successfully used password, moving on... Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB root user without the proper authorisation. Set root password? [Y/n] y New password: Re-enter new password: Password updated successfully! Reloading privilege tables.. ... Success! . . . Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far will take effect immediately. Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y ... Success! Cleaning up... All done! If you' ve completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB installation should now be secure. Thanks for using MariaDB!
Then construct the database and user for nextcloud setup.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with or g. Your MariaDB connection id is 10 Server version: 5.5.47-MariaDB MariaDB Server Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others. Type ' help ' or ' h' for help. Type ' c' to clear the current input statement. MariaDB [(none)]> create database nextcloudb Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> grant all on nextclouddb.* to ' nxtuser' @' localhost' identified by ' centos7' Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> exit Bye
Download Nextcloud package by using the wget command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-9.0.53.tar.bz2
--2016-07-28 18:29:16-- https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-9.0.53.tar.bz2
Resolving download.nextcloud.com (download.nextcloud.com)... 88.198.160.133
Connecting to download.nextcloud.com (download.nextcloud.com)|88.198.160.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 28549436 (27M) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: ‘ nextcloud-9.0.53.tar.bz2’
100%[==============================================================================================================================================> ] 28,549,436 419KB/s in 74s
2016-07-28 18:30:33 (375 KB/s) - ‘ nextcloud-9.0.53.tar.bz2’ saved [28549436/28549436]
Unwind the downloaded tar package.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# tar -xjvf nextcloud-9.0.53.tar.bz2
nextcloud/
nextcloud/ocs/
nextcloud/ocs/routes.php
nextcloud/ocs/v2.php
nextcloud/ocs/v1.php
nextcloud/ocs/providers.php
nextcloud/console.php
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nextcloud/resources/config/
nextcloud/resources/config/mimetypemapping.dist.json
nextcloud/resources/config/ca-bundle.crt
nextcloud/resources/config/mimetypealiases.dist.json
nextcloud/resources/codesigning/
nextcloud/resources/codesigning/root.crt
nextcloud/resources/codesigning/core.crt
nextcloud/resources/codesigning/owncloud.crt
Transfer the unwinded package to the default root directory.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# ls anaconda-ks.cfg Desktop Documents Downloads initial-setup-ks.cfg Music nextcloud nextcloud-9.0.53.tar.bz2 Pictures Public Templates Videos [root@linuxhelp ~]# mv nextcloud /var/www/html/
Switch the ownership for the nextcloud directory as ' apache' .
[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/nextcloud/
Empower the ports in the firewall as shown below to allow the clients to access the nextcloud.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --reload success
To disable the selinux either run the following command,
[root@linuxhelp ~]# setenforce 0
Or Open the selinux config file and add the following entry.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/sysconfig/selinux
SELINUX=permissive
Open the browser and call the URL http://IP_address/nextcloud">http://< IP_Address> /nextcloud
Create Admin account and click Finish setup.
To create new folder, click " +" (add) icon.
Open the created folder and add a sample text file.
To add a new user, Go to Admin &rarr Users
Click create button.
To share the folder with specified user, select the folder.
Click Share icon and choose the user.snap 15
Click share link to share a link of the folder.
Now lets check it by accessing the nextcloud server with user name.
Q
How do I set up Let's Encrypt with blocked ports?
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If you only have port 443 available, you can use the following workaround: copy that code and after that try again from the web interface or nextcloudpi-config
Q
How do I connect with SSH to NextCloudPi?
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There are three ways.
From ncp-web, activate SSH from the SSH option.
(Rpi only) You can place an empty file named ssh in the boot partition of the sd card (so /boot/ssh)
From ncp-web, activate SSH from the SSH option.
(Rpi only) You can place an empty file named ssh in the boot partition of the sd card (so /boot/ssh)
Q
What are pre-set users/passwords on NextCloudPi?
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There are no pre-set passwords, the following are randomly generated upon first access during activation.
For terminal pi/raspberry (root/1234 on Armbian)
For SSH: generated on demand on ncp-web SSH section.
For terminal pi/raspberry (root/1234 on Armbian)
For SSH: generated on demand on ncp-web SSH section.
Q
How do I login as another user in mysql?
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Replace the username "root" with the username you have
Set the ports your Nextcloud runs on.