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== Prerequisites ==
Before installing OwnCloud onto a server, OwnCloud requires the entire LAMP stack be installed beforehand. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Refer to this page [[Installing_The_LAMP_Stack_On_A_Server#Apache|here]] to complete those prerequisites.

== Installation ==

=== Create The MariaDB (MySQL) Database ===

Log in to the MariaDB console:
 <nowiki>sudo mysql -u USER -p PASSWORD</nowiki>

Create the database:
 <nowiki>CREATE DATABASE DATABASE_NAME;</nowiki>

Create a new database user with the needed privileges and a strong password. 
 <nowiki>GRANT ALL ON DATABASE_NAME.* TO 'USER_NAME'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';</nowiki>

Flush the privileges of your database:
 <nowiki>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</nowiki>

Exit the MariaDB console:
 <nowiki>exit</nowiki>

The database has now been created.

=== Download The Latest OwnCloud Version ===
Confirm the most recent version of OwnCloud on the OwnCloud website before continuing, the OwnCloud installation files will be referred to as OwnCloud-Latest from this point forward, replace that with the correct package/version name. 


Install the 'wget' utility if it is not already:
===== Ubuntu/Debian =====
 <nowiki>sudo apt update && apt install wget</nowiki>

===== CentOS/RHEL/Fedora =====
 <nowiki>sudo dnf install wget</nowiki>


Pull down the latest OwnCloud version that was located above:
 <nowiki>wget https://download.owncloud.com/server/stable/OwnCloud-Latest.tar.bz2</nowiki>

Extract the file:
 <nowiki>tar -xjf OwnCloud-Latest.tar.bz2</nowiki>

Move the extracted directory to the Apache document root, typically at /var/www/html/:
 <nowiki>sudo mv owncloud /var/www/html/</nowiki>

Modify the permissions and change the ownership of the extracted/relocated directory:
 <nowiki>sudo chown -R apache: /var/www/html/owncloud</nowiki>


== Configuration ==

=== Create An Apache Config File ===

Because Apache requires a virtual host config file to host an OwnCloud instance, create one for the OwnCloud instance:
 <nowiki>sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/owncloud.conf</nowiki>

Enter the following into the config file as a good starting point:
 <nowiki>
Alias /owncloud "/var/www/html/owncloud/"
<Directory /var/www/html/owncloud/>
  Options +FollowSymlinks
  AllowOverride All

<IfModule mod_dav.c>
  Dav off
</IfModule>

SetEnv HOME /var/www/html/owncloud
SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/html/owncloud

</Directory></nowiki>

Restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect:
 <nowiki>sudo systemctl restart httpd</nowiki>

Configure SELinux to allow for Apache to write to the OwnCloud directory:
 <nowiki>sudo setsebool -P httpd_unified 1</nowiki>

=== OwnCloud Configuration Via The WebGUI ===
Now the server, and OwnCloud instance, should be accessible via a browser. Navigate to the server address or domain name of the server in a browser to verify this:
 <nowiki>http://example.com/owncloud or http://A.B.C.D/owncloud</nowiki>

After accessing the WebGUI installer for OwnCloud, follow the prompts to create a username and password for the admin user. 

Click the 'Storage &  Database' drop-down arrow and select 'MySQL/MariaDB' as the database.

Now that the database section is available, fill in the available information using the credentials from the database configured earlier:

 <nowiki>Database user: USER

Database password: PASSWORD

Database: DATABASE_NAME

Localhost: Leave the Default.</nowiki>


Select 'Finish Setup'.

After completing the initial install, OwnCloud should prompt for a login, enter the admin credentials from above.

A basic installation of OwnCloud is now complete. OwnCloud-Client and Mobile apps can now be configured to access and sync with this hosted instance.