As there still appear qu. 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 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). My understanding of how to sync a folder in Nextcloud that is not the "Nextcloud" folder is: Add folder sync connection Pick a local folder on your computer to sync (for example my Windows Documents folder) Select a destination folder on Nextcloud server (or create new, also called Documents) However, at that stage I am getting a warning: -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2381 Mar 11 10:52 status.php aptalca. Mount the dataset you want to the nextcloud jail and called it what you want , mine would be "nextclouddata", 3. Nextcloud standard data directory: /var/www/html/nextcloud/data/. How can I achive this? The folder /var/ncData/user1 is the data folder from the dummy nextcloud user1. I selected my /data folder on Nextcloud parameters box (on Libreelec), but shouldn't I change something in fstab? Actually using Nextcloud database user is the much better way, since it has only permissions to alter the Nextcloud database and no other, hence one cannot by accident break something within other databases. Please contact your administrator. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 26 Mar 11 10:52 robots.txt So instead of storing users' files under /var/www/nextcloud/data/, we can change it to /var/www/nextcloud-data. This allows you to overwrite the files that are shipped by default with Nextcloud in core/skeleton. total 164 Note that it requires sudo. Connect the removable-media plug as mentioned in the README in order to grant the snap permission to access external drives. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 156 Mar 11 10:52 index.html webroot: /var/www/html/ Im new to nexcloud but I want to use it. We'll use /media/nextcloud/data, but the data directory will be created by moving the existing data into place, so we only need to setup /media/nextcloud right now (although you'll still want to make sure it's owned by root): Update the Nextcloud config to use the new data directory by editing /var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/config/config.php and making sure the datadirectory setting is pointing to the right place, e.g. -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 25937 Mar 15 15:49 nextcloud.log Leave Try 30days Free Nextcloud Trial and add your own domain to:=====https://bit.ly/3CGiKwQ=====#Nextcloud #Nextclouders #tabdigitalGet service grade: A+ Ne. Youll have to create a volume with local-persist driver. E.g. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 0 Mar 15 15:46 index.html Basically of config.php does not contain a matching entry, Nextcloud could remove all obsolete ones before adding the correct new one. If anyone finds this when searching the answer is on the nextcloud-snap github page. 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. I am very impressed with this forum! Stop apache. Your webroot is /var/www/, and youll want to change the location of your data folder. I am just scared to make changes in places where I have very little or no experience. drwxr-x 49 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:47 apps This means that even if I run chmod -R 0770 ./html on my data directory, any new file will still have the incorrect permissions.. This protection is important, otherwise users could access the whole system by uploading symlinks, in theory. Hi Rotational, does it mention to separate Data in the instructions? Also running: /etc/apache2/conf-available/nextcloud.conf. You can see details here: drwxr-x 5 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 data 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. If omitted the tool will ask you (optional) --clear-schema clear schema (optional) Enable maintenance mode (install sudo if you don't have it already in the jail), 4. One question for me if this is a security issue or not, Oh damn. Unfortunately, I cant make a specific recommendation, since I dont use a Mac myself. What Information do you need? After creating and enabling it I checked and got A+ at last. If I am not right, please, explain how to fix this when Nextcloud installed in this directory. I tried to search it via Google but could not find a tutorial to achive it. Well the question is which storage to update. Overwriting the files in core/skeleton is not recommended, drwxr-xr-x 23 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:57 core SQLite is good for no file access r/w for user1 was possible. One of them uses the old $HOME/owncloud folder instead of $HOME/Nextcloud. These files will be copied only to new users after their initial login, and My first plan was to install it directly with a data directory (/mnt/MyData/nextcloud/data). I would probably just start over in this case or do a lot of reading on how those permissions are set. PS: of course since youre running that on a Windows Server 2018, youll have to adapt the path. How to change data folder location in nextcloud? Note that the below does not apply to Nextcloud containers/appliances. 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. GitHub Assuming all of the above, also make sure www-data (your web user) owns everything recursively in /var/www/nextcloud/ and /opt/nextcloud/ when youve finished setting things up (before launching the install wizard). Hello! Nextcloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync & communication app platform. The data folder. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:53 updater Now I am trying to figure out how to back up an additional existing folder on my Mac without having to move everything into the Nextcloud folder. Under administrative settings you can allow users to mount external storage. I had not this warning message until moved to virtual host from my old config. 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. I found this stupid issue. 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. Navigate to Settings > Personal > Sharing > Files. I have all the right permissions and there should be no issue with reading and writing, but it still occurs. Change data directory to use another disk/partition. $ ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled 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. Configure the data directory and change it to your data folder path. If i clicked on beenden it immedeately ended. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 542 Mar 15 15:46 .htaccess curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CWSpear/local-persist/master/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash, To create a persistent volume named nextcloud-data: Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory mv /usr/local/www/nextcloud/data /usr/local/www/nextcloud/nextclouddata 5. server. So, other nextcloud users will not have a problem. The admin isnt quite clear about this so I have a couple of questions: But to be sure and not mess up the database with obsolete entries it is recommended to replace the old entry with the new one manually as mentioned in solution 1. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Nextcloud webroot and data directory - best practices on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Aufruf Nextcloud ber https://meinedomain/Nextcloud statt nur ber https://meinedomain, HowTo: Change / Move data directory after installation, https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Change-data-directory-to-use-another-disk-partition, Nextcloud 16 Security Scan: __Host-Prefix. Although phpMyAdmin provides a nice GUI, it is not required to alter the database. Anyone knows how to change / move the nextcloud data to a new directory? What I am thinking of is sharing out this Samba share to the Nextcloud VM, mount it within the Nextcloud VM using /etc/fstab to some directory, then pointing the data folder during the installation to the locally mounted Samba share. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS It could be that nextcloud.conf is also there, then run a2disconf nextcloud.conf. (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). I followed all the steps for Solution 1 from @MichaIng and it went well. For security, it's best to place the data directory outside of Nextcloud webroot directory. apps will not be converted even with option --all-apps. My NC config was in sites-enabled and your in conf-available. Configure the data directory and change it to your data folder path 'datadirectory' => '/usr/local/www/nextcloud/nextclouddata/data' 6. To access the settings for configuring external storage mounts, click on your Profile icon in the top right and select settings from the dropdown. Will try CLI the next time I need it hopefully never, as I am still scared. At the moment the data folder is located under /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/data (I need to move this to /mnt/drivex/data) and I don't have any conf folder under /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud, The only conf file I found is; /etc/httpd/conf/extra/nextcloud.conf, any suggestions on "how to change the location of data folder?" Thanks for pointing me the right direction. 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. But see this post of nickvergessen that it is still the recommended way to keep the database entries clean and consistent. The following permission are working now for user1: /var/ncData/user1 >> Symlink 777 (standard) Move /data to the new location GitHub - nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/change-data-directory-to-use . 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 . Is there any difference? You could use this command: You mean the UNIX user1? 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: And here I have little concerns about the 777 permission. fstab modification has not much to do with it. Does the webserver log, php-fpm.log (in case) or Nextcloud log show any related entry? -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2647 Mar 15 15:46 .htaccess Admin manual says :On other HTTP servers it is recommended to install Nextcloud outside of the document root., Assumptions: -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 5048 Mar 11 10:52 cron.php 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. The respective partition is mounted at /var/nextcloud, and thats where Nextcloud looks for its data folder. New data location: /var/ncNewData/user1. At that stage, I am not sure whether to continue or not, in case I break something irrevocably. Then Install as normal lets me add a user then try to move the data file over to the raid 0 in the config.php file and when attempt to log in through local host. After that save it: CTRL+O and exit using CTRL+X. Choose a displayed folder name and SMB / CIFS. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 3056 Mar 11 10:52 public.php This allows you to Best regards To successfully proceed with the conversion, you must type yes when prompted This is not possible btw. I looked in the configuration file for the path to the data directory (all user files are stored in it): . drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:41 . If you have any guide or video link to help, Ill appreciate it. testing and simple single-user Nextcloud servers, but it does not scale for 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. Im about to do a fresh re-install, and Ill use your suggested configuration. Hard Drive 2 with 2TB should be only have the files which are stored in nextcloud. 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