I would go to the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available and create there file e.g. Missing permissions. empty to not copy any skeleton files. Try 30days Free Nextcloud Trial and add your own domain to:=====https://bit.ly/3CGiKwQ=====#Nextcloud #Nextclouders #tabdigitalGet service grade: A+ Ne. The only problem that I faced was to understand how oc_storages DB table can be edited. Thank you very much for your explanation. GitHub - nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/change-data-directory-to-use . Disable maintenance mode sudo -u www php /usr/www/nextcloud/occ maintence:mode --off 7. I replaced my screenshot in order to make it more obvious where to click. In Nextcloud root folder call, --port="3306" the database port (optional), --password="mysql_user_password" password for the new database. Thanks, was able to review the document and move the data directory to a new one. Thats a bit strange for me because also my standard data folder (/var/ncData/) has 750 and thats work fine. @b-pfl total 52 The server compare files and update only the new files. Im installing Nextcloud 18.0.2 manually onto a Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspian 10 - Buster), using MariaDB. Nextcloud's occ command (origins from "ownCloud Console") is Nextcloud's command-line interface. Although phpMyAdmin provides a nice GUI, it is not required to alter the database. After doing so you can use occ to scan the new location and update the database accordingly as needed. In the Folder name field enter the folder name that you want to appear on your Nextcloud Files page.. Not sure then Btw. multiple-user production servers. I dont have the second menu with status setzen, abmelden and Konto Lschen there. May be a bug (?) Im trying to to do an install Im having issues when I try and switch the data directory file over to mounted two drives in raid 0. Ive successfully got the external drive feature to work in nextcloud, but I want the data directory to be using the dataset I choose. This screenshot shows a set of photos in the skeleton directory. Double-check the directory permissions on the new directory. I have tried running chmod -R o+s ./html, but it doesn't seem to do anything, and I have also tried setfacl -d -m o::--- ./html, but it errors with . Navigate to Settings > Personal > Sharing > Files. 100-nextcloud.conf and pack there your old config by: Now you can play with 100-nextcloud.conf only. Hi nextcloud forum, So, I have 3 computers syncing files with a nextcloud 12 server. drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 themes If anyone finds this when searching the answer is on the nextcloud-snap github page. The mysql command line tool can be used from any shell/terminal/emulator/SSH, according to the HowTo: Usually is root, with MariaDB on modern Debian at least the -p option must or can be omitted when you logged in as root UNIX user. Indeed your statement (hence this HowTo) and Nextcloud docs do not match here. in the sync client, click the three dots on the right, select remove folder synchronisation, Logging an issue? The following permission are working now for user1: /var/ncData/user1 >> Symlink 777 (standard) I have Rpi 4 with 2gb and 2 5TB HDD on RAID 1. Restart apache. so all the data in and under /var/www/html (as the container sees it) actually resides on your . To not mess things, within this thread, lets stay with the provided two solutions or, if you find yours the better (3.) Admin manual says :On other HTTP servers it is recommended to install Nextcloud outside of the document root., Assumptions: move your data, drwxr-xr-x 23 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:57 core I selected my /data folder on Nextcloud parameters box (on Libreelec), but shouldn't I change something in fstab? What do I do if an update breaks Nextcloud. The admin isnt quite clear about this so I have a couple of questions: To create a persistent volume named "nextcloud-data": docker volume create -d local-persist -o mountpoint=/data/nextcloud-data --name=nextcloud-data Then, you'll have to map this volume to your Nextcloud docker when you create it. I moved all /mnt/dietpi_userdata/nextcloud_data files to /mnt/myexternaldrive/nextcloud, then done chown -R www-data:www-data /mnt/myexternaldrive/nextcloud and changed settings in config.php and in oc_storage in the database. Use Rsync to sync the files from the current to the new directory. Hello. Check your folder /etc/apache2/sites-enables/there should be something like 000-default.conf this is your site configuration. Even if the data directory above is writable by root, if any part of the path above it (e.g. fstab modification has not much to do with it. Please see the discussion, where it is mentioned that editing the database entry is indeed not required (as far as it was tested). Snap/Docker Well the question is which storage to update. But with this setting no file access r/w for user1 was possible. The database . Start a shell in the Nextcloud container ( docker exec -it name-of-nc-container bash) and run chown -R www-data: /var/www/html. Then go to settings. If omitted the tool will ask you (optional) --clear-schema clear schema (optional) How do you remove user from client sync? This is not required. Please read: Forum Rules and Wiki pages. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The respective partition is mounted at /var/nextcloud, and thats where Nextcloud looks for its data folder. Dude, thank you so much for this. Edit 1: Solved, I was able to move it to a new directory, Mount the dataset you want to the nextcloud jail and called it what you want , mine would be "nextclouddata", 3. Press J to jump to the feed. total 164 Ok I ran touch .ocdata and when signing to web ui through lan ip I was greeted with this `Access through untrusted domain. My challenge was that I couldnt get NCPi to target to RAID as I was doing a fresh install and RAID was built after NCPi was installed. Here is the output of sudo ls -la in my /var/www/html/nextcloud directory and my /mnt/MyData/nextcloud directory: /var/www/html/nextcloud: users data directories, so they may change and delete the files without Also running: /etc/apache2/conf-available/nextcloud.conf. You could use this command: one, do a suggestion to have it added. This allows you to overwrite the files that are shipped by default with Nextcloud in core/skeleton. My Site config example was listed here: This is my LIVE config for NC ( 100-nextcloud.conf ). Now you can edit your 100-nextcloud.conf and bring it to something like this (my with letsencrypt and nextcloud under /var/www/nextcloud, I also copied your nextcloud.conf here) check what is already there especially regarding IPs and SSL configuration: Hello. So, possibly it is somehow related to it. (Recently, my MicroSD on my phone died, taking thousands of pictures with it - I have them backed up on Google Drive, but at lower quality). You could also use the Nextcloud database user, where /path/to/nextcloud/config/config.php provides its name and password. SQLite is good for Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, rename/move the folder to another location as you preffer, register on client software and search the new location of the MAIN FOLDER, Pick a local folder on your computer to sync (for example my Windows, Select a destination folder on Nextcloud server (or create new, also called. /var/ncNewData >> 777 On the left side under Administration select External Storage. Decide where you want the new data to live. Is there any difference? Backup folders Simply copy your config, data and theme folders (or even your whole Nextcloud install and data folder) to a place outside of your Nextcloud environment. I mean a dummy nextcloud user. The methods here are still valid. Nextcloud config config.php. If you want to have diffrent synchronisation targets on your computer for diffrent folders on your Nextcloud, you should remove the already existing synchronisation of the root folder and then add every folder you want to sync one by one. Change default data folder. But anyway the warning still exists. /var/ncNewData/user1/ >> 750 etc. Enable maintenance mode (install sudo if you don't have it already in the jail), 4. Therefore it creates the tables oc_storages for the data directory and oc_filecache for the files. You may distribute a set of default files and folders to all users by placing I also set symlink ownership and set the actual data folder ownership (like described in solution2). drwxr-xr-x 33 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:56 3rdparty I want to mount that partition somewhere else since I want to use it for something else as well, say Im going to mount it on /mnt/external_hdd. with the question Continue with the conversion? Hey, did you ever find any solutions for this? You can add additional folders to the synchronisation in the settings of the client. You therefore need to replace the nextcloud volume with a bind mount instead, I.E. I was going to go for the easy method but read the warning from @nickvergessen on DB integrity topic and decided against it. Then you switch the data-dir in config/config.php And then you must rescan all with occ, sudo -u www-data php occ files:scan --all, https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/19/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html, Wyh not NextcloudPi https://ownyourbits.com/nextcloudpi/, You set the correct rights for your nextcloud user for /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud (use a linux formatted file system like ext4 or btfs). I am just scared to make changes in places where I have very little or no experience. Now you have restore point, you can play only with 100-nextcloud.conf and if something goes really wrong - disable it and enable your 000* defaults. Anyone knows how to change / move the nextcloud data to a new directory? I dont like 777 permissions, so perhaps somebody can give us an advice if this is a security issue or not. Admin or other sers will use the user folder whats stated in the nextcloud config (/var/ncData/). i deinstalled nextcloud-desktop, since I have the network-drive directly mounted now in nautilus, so I cannot debug this further. I managed to get to step 8, but as soon as I try to switch off maintenance mode, I get the following error: Does anybody know why this is happening? -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 362 Mar 11 10:56 version.php, /mnt/MyData/nextcloud Nextcloud Data directory. which are not used any more. This was exactly what I was looking for and it was harder to find than it needed to be. But I am failing on both methods to change it: volumes: - nextcloud:/var/www/html Using the above as an example, /var/www/html sits inside the container and nextcloud is a Docker volume on your Docker host, the location of which you don't (easily) have control of. Storage configuration. I installed nextcloud in a docker container, I can access to the interface. I got into "Can't create or write into the data directory /mnt/nextcloud", Now I tried to setup a fresh nextcloud where I want to choose the location during the installation and still I am having the same problem, I did change the permission as below and have the same error (Can't create or write into the data directory /mnt/nextcloud), New installation accepts only the location "/usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/data", where is the problem and how do I fix this? The theme folder. Then I tried to follow the instructions from @MichaIng to change the data directory (specifically Solution 1). based on https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Change-data-directory-to-use-another-disk-partition there are two possibilities to change the data directory in context of installation: before and after creating the admin user. In-depth tutorial on how to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu Server 18.04, how to combine multiple disks into one large virtual directory using mhddfs, how to pro. You should generally not touch the the files directly outside of Nextcloud. To successfully proceed with the conversion, you must type yes when prompted I changed the data folder just for one user in my example. Something Ill edit in the HowTo another day . If you have any guide or video link to help, Ill appreciate it. With the default data directory everything works fine. Key element is the 777 permission on the ncNewData folder! My NC config was in sites-enabled and your in conf-available. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Am I understood correct: after creating this config, the old one which is: /etc/apache2/conf-available/nextcloud.conf ? Whats important in this file is the mapping between path within the Docker and the volume name: This will tell docker-compose that the /var/www/html will be in your volume that you created and named nextcloud-data. Nextcloud standard webroot: /var/www/html/nextcloud/ drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 ocs But a definit solution to rule out any issues would be if Nextcloud altered the database automatically according to config.txt entry, to have a single matching entry for local data dir only. And then you must rescan all with occ, hm sorry but while your solution works (not great, see below), @Andy3153 works as well (Solution 2 of this HowTo) and the occ re-scan can be skipped when altering the database entry according to Solution 1 of this HowTo. And here I have little concerns about the 777 permission. So by just moving the data directory to another location and change the 'datadirectory' directive inside config.php, the oc_filecache will be full of wrong entries from the old location, where the files entries for the new location are missing, thus no files will be shown inside Nextcloud. But note that synchronisation is not a backup. Nextcloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync & communication app platform. Make your admin user as usual and carry on, Nextcloud is using the external data. #nextcloud #hyperv #snap #ubuntu #windows #directory #change Nextcloud snap new setup and data changing directory to windows shared. sudo mount --bind /mnt/kids /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/data, All you need to do is append the path of your new data directory in the file, php_admin_value open_basedir "/srv/http/:/dev/urandom:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/:/usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/:/etc/webapps/nextcloud:/srv/clouddata", [Solved] Nextcloud, change Data folder location. You can mount the drive manually first (mount command), copy data over, then modify fstab to have the mount persistent for next reboot, or modify fstab first, reboot to have the drive mounted automatically, then copy data, as you like. I am very impressed with this forum! Ill dig into it by times to check for safe ways to identify the correct entries. On success the converter will automatically configure the new database in your If you delete something on your Mac inside of one of these folders, it also gets deleted on your Nextcloud server and vice versa. thanks, Last edited by chittu (2016-11-05 05:34:10). Note that it requires sudo. How can I achive this? click add folder synchronisation. If you use Nextcloud Snap, follow their official simple instructions: https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Change-data-directory-to-use-another-disk-partition If you use the Nextcloud Docker container, the GitHub page might give some hints as well: https://github.com/nextcloud/docker Also NextCloudPi might provide own solutions: Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory, 5. So yes, your idea works fine, as of Solution 1. edit: Heres a site config file for Apache that works with the above setup and has strong SSL settings. I didnt find any tutorial for this precise use case but I can give you some answer. Installed as a snap. Leave If you still have trouble remember your nextcloud.conf. First, list out all of your installed apps with the command: sudo -u www-data php occ app:list. For example. FreeNAS is now TrueNAS. What exactley does not work? i have set the datadirectory to 'datadirectory' => '/media/usbhd/data' my installation medium is: ubuntu20.04-preinstalled-server-arm64 my device is a: raspberry pi 3b in the folder usbhd i have the files: appdata_oc4rufk42j51 data files_encryption nextcloud.log. Honestly, I configured nextcloud, based on owncloud.As for owncloud itself, I configured it manually, not via the installer it provides, so I can't help you here. What is the best location for the nextcloud data directory. GitHub Hence for me, phpMyAdmin was a boon. Thus, I use the same. there is only one data dir for all users (of course subdirs each user) and there should be a protection against symlinks from inside the data dir to outside. Add-ons --> My Add-ons --> Nextcloud --> Configure --> Map /data. I had not this warning message until moved to virtual host from my old config. So, if it is a bug, it still not fixed in the latest version. So, other nextcloud users will not have a problem. Enable maintenance mode for your instance. After creating and enabling it I checked and got A+ at last. Can someone assist? Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory mv /usr/local/www/nextcloud/data /usr/local/www/nextcloud/nextclouddata 5. I have exactly the same problem since update to NC 15.x, I just ignore it, because settings were good and I did not found the way how to solve it. /media, or /media/nextcloud) is not accessible by root, it will not be able to access data either. To cd into the directory as sudo. One question for me if this is a security issue or not, Oh damn. This can leak referer information. Contains 2 Virtual hosts (IP 192.168.0.100 is internal local IP of the server), on port 80 I will do only redirect to the HTTPS and thats all: Only difference that you have to comment to get it A+: I have only the following files in there: But I am failing on both methods to change it: Any ideas would be very helpful. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 156 Mar 11 10:52 index.html Thanks for advice, MichaIng. You are absolutely right - I am not looking to have a backup in case my files are deleted; rather I am looking to have a backup in case my own PC/Mac/Mobile device drive fails, so there is a perfect copy of specific folders on Nextcloud. You can see details here: Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Thatss the nextcloud error message, when I change the permission from the new user folder (/var/ncNewData) to 750 and open a file: fopen(/var/nc_data/user1/files/files.pdf): failed to open stream: Permission denied at /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Files/Storage/Local.php#302, If I changed the permission back to 777 and everything works fine. On the host the files will be owned by some . Configure the data directory and change it to your data folder path. Try to enable it and disable old config: Check if it woks as before. The updater will tell you which ones these are. Thanks for the pointer on the config file. If altering the database on data dir transfer is recommended, then this should be just the same when migrating a Nextcloud instance to a different server and having a different data dir path there. If you updated your Nextcloud instance, there might be remnants of old tables If an external drive is where you want to end, and not somewhere else on the filesystem, then just rsync or cp -a your current data directory to the external drive and then mount it to your current data directory location. Ive mounted the folder I want from the dataset, but struggling how to move the nextcloud data directory to the new directory. This is how to install s. @nickvergessen However you will want to relocate your data folder completely outside the web folder. @Andy3153 See nextcloud.export -h for more information. I don't know trueNAS, but if you copy the data to the new location, you could either create a symlink to the new folder or edit the filepath in your nextcloud config.php. No, not an unix user. That depends on what you mean exactley when you use the term backup. Please describe in as much detail as possible what you are trying to achieve and what you already tried? See Configuring External Storage (GUI) for additional mount options and . It could be that nextcloud.conf is also there, then run a2disconf nextcloud.conf. Enable maintenance mode (install sudo if you don't have it already in the jail), 4. Nextcloud standard data directory: /var/www/html/nextcloud/data/. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 101 Mar 11 10:52 .user.ini Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Access & sync your files, contacts, calendars and communicate & collaborate across your devices. In Nextcloud you to App -> deactivated Apps and there activate the External storage support -App. Move /data to the new location You can use any backup software that supports WebDAV for that purpose. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 15 15:38 Thats my config: /var/ncData/user1 But now I would like to have all data in a different drive. Change the permission of your new data location: sudo chmod 0770 /mnt . Haven't tried to move data location but other users did and pointed to some guides: Trying to change nextcloud data location Support But after this Ive got Not Found trying to open my Nextcloud in a browser. Hence, intense search on changing Data after install. How to change data folder location in nextcloud? Nextcloud doesn't really care too much where the data directory is located, as long as the path is right in the config.php file, the directory has a ".ocdata" file in it (note the leading dot. Basically of config.php does not contain a matching entry, Nextcloud could remove all obsolete ones before adding the correct new one. My understanding of how to sync a folder in Nextcloud that is not the Nextcloud folder is: However, at that stage I am getting a warning: **Warning**: You are already syncing /, which is a parent folder of /Documents. Also note that the interface providing the ability to access removable media is not automatically connected upon install, so if youd like to use external storage (or otherwise use a device in /media or /mnt for data), you need to give the snap permission to access removable media by connecting that interface: Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Snap installation with changed data directory, https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Change-data-directory-to-use-another-disk-partition, Set up with 2 hard drives in raid 0 server error, When I do it after creating the admin user, I fail as described in my other posting, When I do it prior creating the admin user, my changes in file. The files in the skeleton directory are copied into the The folder /var/ncData/user1 is the data folder from the dummy nextcloud user1. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2976 Mar 11 10:52 index.php Overwriting the files in core/skeleton is not recommended, This means that even if I run chmod -R 0770 ./html on my data directory, any new file will still have the incorrect permissions.. drwxr-x 5 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 . to exit: $ exit To . This would explain why moving a single users data outside via symlink leads to permissions denied, because it would follow a symlink. These files will be copied only to new users after their initial login, and drwxr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:53 config them in directory that is readable by the webserver user. I trust youre right however not sure where it mentions it and therefore not sure where this data folder is that i need to separate. Press J to jump to the feed. If you are an administrator, edit the "trusted_domains" setting in config/config.php like the example in config.sample.php. thank you, Last edited by chittu (2016-11-05 05:31:29), In /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/config/config.php, 'datadirectory' => ''. Could I not create a new folder (separate to my Nextcloud folder) in my Nextcloud account on the server and sync it with another folder on my computer? Nextcloud data location change Installation NC17 on Debian 10 and transfer the data folder to the NAS tflidd January 28, 2018, 4:53pm 2 Please check the parent folders as well, www-data needs to be able to read and execute within them. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 0 Mar 15 15:46 .ocdata, Additionally, I have tried Solution 2 (symlinking), but I get stuck again on the same step (turning maintenance mode off) with the same exact error message. You want it outside of /var/www/. There should be an option to delete or remove the account. You can see that in the below screenshot. Edited 2 times, last by Alomon (Feb 3rd 2020). Also I think its best if I do this with the whole thing turned off, do all the things on the external hard drive, then take the SD card out of the Raspberry Pi, create the symlink and modify the fstab this way. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 ocs-provider Pick a file or folder and click on Choose >> The chosen file or folder name gets displayed. So instead of storing users' files under /var/www/nextcloud/data/, we can change it to /var/www/nextcloud-data. $ ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled NTFS). This protection is important, otherwise users could access the whole system by uploading symlinks, in theory. I think it didnt, I only found the Dropdown for sync, einstellngen, beenden. First, list out all of your installed apps with the command: sudo -u www-data php occ app:list. 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