Navigate to Settings > Personal > Sharing > Files. thank you, Last edited by chittu (2016-11-05 05:31:29), In /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/config/config.php, 'datadirectory' => ''. Also in my .htaccess file there is a following section existing: But for some reason the warning message is present. If you need to override this path for all users, you can set, Configuring Object Storage as Primary Storage, External Storage authentication mechanisms. empty to not copy any skeleton files. That custom directory should then be configured in the Only if you do not already syncing the root folder of your Nextcloud, which then would also include this newly created folder. 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. no file access r/w for user1 was possible. Note that it requires sudo. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 15 15:38 multiple-user production servers. -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 25937 Mar 15 15:49 nextcloud.log Configuration Parameters). GitHub Stop Apache. This is really helpful. 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. Here is a list of known old tables: oc_privatedata - this table was later added again by the app privatedata (https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/privatedata) and is safe to be removed if that app is not enabled, https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/privatedata. This screenshot shows a set of photos in the skeleton directory. Start a shell in the Nextcloud container ( docker exec -it name-of-nc-container bash) and run chown -R www-data: /var/www/html. If you delete something on your Mac inside of one of these folders, it also gets deleted on your Nextcloud server and vice versa. Change the ownCloud configuration to point to the new data directory. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 5048 Mar 11 10:52 cron.php Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. This is not possible btw. drwxr-x 5 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 data -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 3056 Mar 11 10:52 public.php You can perform many common server operations with occ, such as installing and upgrading Nextcloud, manage users, encryption, passwords, LDAP setting, and more. But the issue with yours is that ALL old oc_filescache entries will stay, hence the database will grow enormously. 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. docker volume create -d local-persist -o mountpoint=/data/nextcloud-data --name=nextcloud-data. Nextcloud (Mint/Apache) SSL on port 8888/443 not working, What are the things I should be extra careful with if I do this (ie: dont change .htaccess etc.). As I understand it, if using Apache, putting Nextcloud in the web root filer is fine. What is the best location for the nextcloud data directory. : Move (or copy) the current data directory to the new place: And you should be up and running using external storage for Nextcloud's data. Hello. Hi All, I am a newbie here and really appreciate this thriving community. and then I run ln -s /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud /var/nextcloud, right? You can use any backup software that supports WebDAV for that purpose. And that will tell docker-compose that youve already created this volume and its name is nextcloud-data otherwise docker-compose will create a new volume named nextcloud-data and will prefix it with the stack name (here nextcloud so it would be nextcloud_nextcloud-data. Please describe in as much detail as possible what you are trying to achieve and what you already tried? 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. the strange thing is that when i was logged in it was still working and my HD was detected but when i logged out i got this message . I have mount disk on UCS 4.3. The updater will tell you which ones these are. But see this post of nickvergessen that it is still the recommended way to keep the database entries clean and consistent. @b-pfl That custom directory should then be configured in the config.php via the configuration option skeletondirectory (see Configuration Parameters ). Thus, I use the same. You can add additional folders to the synchronisation in the settings of the client. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2976 Mar 11 10:52 index.php You mean the UNIX user1? Could you please check my current config? 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. If so then add your new data-folder! Double-check the directory permissions on the new directory. Im trying to move to two 500gb raid 0 drives. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, HowTo: Change / Move data directory after installation. Therefore it creates the tables oc_storages for the data directory and oc_filecache for the files. Heres a screenshot (in German). Under administrative settings you can allow users to mount external storage. This allows you to Just to mention (because i was thinking of that) there is no need to name your new path data at the very end. I also set symlink ownership and set the actual data folder ownership (like described in solution2). because those changes will be overwritten on the next update of the Nextcloud 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? E.g. affecting the originals. You might consider /srv/nextcloud/data. 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. But now I would like to have all data in a different drive. Leave Disable maintenance mode sudo -u www php /usr/www/nextcloud/occ maintence:mode --off 7. drwxrr-- 4 pi pi 4096 Mar 15 15:51 Nextcloud standard webroot: /var/www/html/nextcloud/ Ive mounted the folder I want from the dataset, but struggling how to move the nextcloud data directory to the new directory. 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. Will try CLI the next time I need it hopefully never, as I am still scared. You then said to use the following command sudo chmod 0770 directory_name, which I also did. After that save it: CTRL+O and exit using CTRL+X. Anyone have the same problem can help me? Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory, 5. I have Rpi 4 with 2gb and 2 5TB HDD on RAID 1. On the left side under Administration select External Storage. You therefore need to replace the nextcloud volume with a bind mount instead, I.E. Check your folder /etc/apache2/sites-enables/there should be something like 000-default.conf this is your site configuration. 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 . Configure the data directory and change it to your data folder path. Create named local volumes that persist in the location(s) you want - CWSpear/local-persist, Create named local volumes that persist in the location(s) you want - CWSpear/local-persist, To install the local-persist driver: Hard Drive 2 with 2TB should be only have the files which are stored in nextcloud. Can someone assist? 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. which are not used any more. It is a hidden file), the entire data directory is owned by the web user (www-data on Debian/Ubuntu and the derivatives. To create a new external storage mount, select an available backend from the dropdown Add storage. The folder /var/ncData/user1 is the data folder from the dummy nextcloud user1. Hi Rotational, does it mention to separate Data in the instructions? Leave empty to not copy any skeleton files. 100-nextcloud.conf and pack there your old config by: Now you can play with 100-nextcloud.conf only. drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 KimAdmin 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). Press J to jump to the feed. Ensure permissions are still correct. drwxr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:53 config The server compare files and update only the new files. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 5235 Mar 11 10:52 remote.php Hey, did you ever find any solutions for this? I have some problems with Nextcloud after installation app i found my difficult to change my data directory to another disk. 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. @Andy3153 Change the permission of your new data location: sudo chmod 0770 /mnt . Nextcloud config config.php. testing and simple single-user Nextcloud servers, but it does not scale for I was going to go for the easy method but read the warning from @nickvergessen on DB integrity topic and decided against it. This was exactly what I was looking for and it was harder to find than it needed to be. By default all users have access. Pick a file or folder and click on Choose >> The chosen file or folder name gets displayed. . Thanks, was able to review the document and move the data directory to a new one. total 52 Using the same setup, I put Nextcloud in /var/www/nextcloud/, and my Data folder in /opt/nextcloud/data. to exit: $ exit To . 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. I need to change thatso all 3 have the same path, but I would like to avoid re-starting the whole sync process from zero. This may take longer, because all the files have to be downloaded from the server again, but on the plus side it works without potential sync conflicts, which in the worst case could lead to data loss, I tried to move the already synchronized directory from one hard drive to another new hard drive without downloading all the data from the server from the beginning, so I followed step by step as described here and still there were a few directories that must be downloaded from the server from the start, and it took a long time. I always received permissions errors for user1. I would go to the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available and create there file e.g. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 101 Mar 11 10:52 .user.ini 000-default.conf 000-default-le-ssl.conf, My nextcloud.conf is here: Nextcloud standard data directory: /var/www/html/nextcloud/data/. I also tried Solution 2 to change a data folder just for a single user (user1) with a Symlink. 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. 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. This allows you to overwrite the files that are shipped by default with Nextcloud in core/skeleton. 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. To successfully proceed with the conversion, you must type yes when prompted I copied the data directory to a new folder and indicated the owner and rights on behalf of which the web server is working: Decide where you want the new data to live. That will change the owner and group of all files under /var/www/html to www-data. Bash shell commands like "cd" can't be "sudo'ed", so do this: $ sudo -i. now you can cd into the directory and do what you like. Thanks for the guidance. Although phpMyAdmin provides a nice GUI, it is not required to alter the database. In the Available for field enter the users or groups who have permission to access the mount. You set the correct rights for your nextcloud user for /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud (use a linux formatted file system like ext4 or btfs). You told me to cd and find the directory where the data folder is stored which I did. Thanks you for a question, just get an A+ after reconfiguring my server, Run a2dissite nextcloud.conf to disable this particular config and reload apache2 should be enough to take new config: service apache2 reload, I tried to comment alias and add the DocumentRoot in my /etc/apache2/conf-available/nextcloud.conf. one, do a suggestion to have it added. If you updated your Nextcloud instance, there might be remnants of old tables GitHub - nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/change-data-directory-to-use . the schema definitions in the apps to create the new table. Use Rsync to sync the files from the current to the new directory. My data folder is on an external hard drive, at the root of a partition on it. 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. But I get your point. 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