Using Owncloud

Introduction

OwnCloud provides universal access to your files via the web, computer or mobile devices — wherever you are.

Requirements

• Ability to open TCP81 port to access ownCloud from internet.

Installation

• Install necessary packages:

opkg install \
bzip2 \
php5-cgi \
lighttpd-mod-fastcgi \
lighttpd-mod-access \
php5-mod-ctype \
php5-mod-curl \
php5-mod-dom \
php5-mod-fileinfo \
php5-mod-gd \
php5-mod-hash \
php5-mod-iconv \
php5-mod-json \
php5-mod-mbstring \
php5-mod-pdo \
php5-mod-pdo-sqlite \
php5-mod-session \
php5-mod-simplexml \
php5-mod-sqlite3 \
php5-mod-xml \
php5-mod-xmlwriter \
php5-mod-xmlreader \
php5-mod-zip

• Download and unpack ownCloud files:

wget -O - http://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-8.2.1.tar.bz2 | \
bzip2 -cd | tar -xvC /opt/share/www/

• Add following strings at the end of /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/owncloud.conf:

server.port = 81

fastcgi.server = (
  ".php" =>
    ( "localhost" =>
      ( "socket" => "/tmp/php-fcgi.sock",
        "bin-path" => "/opt/bin/php-fcgi",
        "max-procs" => 1,
        "bin-environment" =>
          ( "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "2",
            "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "1000"
          )
        )
     )
 )

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/owncloud/data/" {
  url.access-deny = ("")
}

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/owncloud($|/)" {
  dir-listing.activate = "disable"
}

• Edit /opt/etc/php.ini:

upload_max_filesize = 100M
post_max_size = 100M
memory_limit = 32M

• Start lighttpd:

/opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd start

Using Owncloud

Open http://<ip address of device>:81/owncloud and create new account. You can access your files via Web interface or Desktop/Mobile clients.

Links

• ownCloud project page - https://owncloud.org/
• ownCloud on asuswrt-merlin - http://www.snbforums.com/threads/how-to-owncloud-on-router.10403/