You can always delete the account from the app and remove or better rename the local folder and start from scratch. 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. Not sure then Btw. The solution describes the update from brrrlinguist very well. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. fstab modification has not much to do with it. Can someone assist? Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory, 5. Click on Change to change the choice if necessary. Set up with 2 hard drives in raid 0 server error appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP) Nextcloud standard webroot: /var/www/html/nextcloud/ 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). Does the webserver log, php-fpm.log (in case) or Nextcloud log show any related entry? 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. I had not this warning message until moved to virtual host from my old config. Nextcloud Data directory. Well, Stefan it really sucks that no one helped you out since I am having the exact same issue and cannot find a solution. I performed the following steps: I was given an error message, stating that Nextcloud could not read nor write to the given directory. Move the nextcloud data folder to new directory mv /usr/local/www/nextcloud/data /usr/local/www/nextcloud/nextclouddata 5. /var/ncNewData >> 777 If you updated your Nextcloud instance, there might be remnants of old tables aptalca. Make sure root has write access, but it's not accessible by others, for example: Important: Posix permissions take the entire path into account. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 34520 Mar 11 10:52 COPYING I followed all the steps for Solution 1 from @MichaIng and it went well. If you have questions for use in a company or government at scale (>1000 users), do yourself a favor and contact Nextcloud itself - this community is mostly home-user focused! Ill dig into it by times to check for safe ways to identify the correct entries. But with this setting no file access r/w for user1 was possible. If omitted the tool will ask you (optional), --clear-schema clear schema (optional), --all-apps by default, tables for enabled apps are converted, use to convert also tables of deactivated apps (optional), -n, --no-interaction do not ask any interactive question, Note: The converter searches for apps in your configured app folders and uses I am very impressed with this forum! It should show up if you click on the three dots next to your username / account. Ensure permissions are still correct. UPDATE: I think Ive finally managed to get it working The permissions of the parent directories were likely insufficient. overwrite the files that are shipped by default with Nextcloud in With the default data directory everything works fine. Admin or other sers will use the user folder whats stated in the nextcloud config (/var/ncData/). See Configuring External Storage (GUI) for additional mount options and . Heres a screenshot (in German). Great work, all! Hence for me, phpMyAdmin was a boon. So yes, your idea works fine, as of Solution 1. New data location: /var/ncNewData/user1. PostgreSQL database with the Nextcloud command line tool. Thats a bit strange for me because also my standard data folder (/var/ncData/) has 750 and thats work fine. Am I understood correct: after creating this config, the old one which is: /etc/apache2/conf-available/nextcloud.conf ? /var/ncNewData/user1/ >> 750 etc. Press J to jump to the feed. Would like to be able to copy/move files in this directory to an external drive for backup. Interested in helping us evaluate a pull request? To not mess things, within this thread, lets stay with the provided two solutions or, if you find yours the better (3.) Haven't tried to move data location but other users did and pointed to some guides: Trying to change nextcloud data location Support Using the same setup, I put Nextcloud in /var/www/nextcloud/, and my Data folder in /opt/nextcloud/data. See nextcloud.export -h for more information. On the left side under Administration select External Storage. Hello everyone. For example, I have copied it at /mnt/g/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.). > Everything under *-available is something that you could use, but it is not. Move /data to the new location Then you switch the data-dir in config/config.php The only problem that I faced was to understand how oc_storages DB table can be edited. I have some problems with Nextcloud after installation app i found my difficult to change my data directory to another disk. Check your folder /etc/apache2/sites-enables/there should be something like 000-default.conf this is your site configuration. 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: But the one thing: now I have the one security warning in Administration - Overview: The Referrer-Policy HTTP header is not set to no-referrer, no-referrer-when-downgrade, strict-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin or same-origin. I have mount disk on UCS 4.3. Edit 1: was able to resolve it. Configure the data directory and change it to your data folder path 'datadirectory' => '/usr/local/www/nextcloud/nextclouddata/data' 6. Im having the same issue and have uploaded my issues cannt change data directory before or after adding admin. Ive got Nextcloud installed onto a Raspberry Pi 4 with 2 GB of RAM, running Arch Linux ARM with a LEMP stack. 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?" @nickvergessen Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, HowTo: Change / Move data directory after installation. I still get Data directory (/mnt/myexternaldrive/nextcloud) is invalid. Moving Nextcloud database to external drive. drwxr-xr-x 14 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:39 . How can I achive this? I replaced my screenshot in order to make it more obvious where to click. This can leak referer information. E.g. So this is ok. Too busy. If so then add your new data-folder! GitHub - nextcloud/nextcloud-snap/wiki/change-data-directory-to-use . So I tried the original setup (putting data in /var/www/html/nextcloud/data), and got through the installation. them in directory that is readable by the webserver user. This is not required. edit: Heres a site config file for Apache that works with the above setup and has strong SSL settings. Ok I ran touch .ocdata and when signing to web ui through lan ip I was greeted with this `Access through untrusted domain. Is there any difference? Change default data folder. 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. Nextcloud config config.php. affecting the originals. The data dir entry/entries should be identifyable, although I know there are local:: entries as well for every user. GitHub Don't forget to change it back to false when you are finished. First set up the new database, here called new_db_name. Nextcloud standard data directory: /var/www/html/nextcloud/data/. You should generally not touch the the files directly outside of Nextcloud. This protection is important, otherwise users could access the whole system by uploading symlinks, in theory. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 542 Mar 15 15:46 .htaccess Enable maintenance mode (install sudo if you don't have it already in the jail), 4. -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 25937 Mar 15 15:49 nextcloud.log 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. Add-ons --> My Add-ons --> Nextcloud --> Configure --> Map /data. . It seems that the umask is set to 0000 by default. After that save it: CTRL+O and exit using CTRL+X. The admin isnt quite clear about this so I have a couple of questions: $ ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled It should be ok once you can see a file listing entering this command: Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Try 30days Free Nextcloud Trial and add your own domain to:=====https://bit.ly/3CGiKwQ=====#Nextcloud #Nextclouders #tabdigitalGet service grade: A+ Ne. Edit the database: In oc_storages change the path on the local::/old-data-dir/ entry. 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. Any ideas? -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 283 Mar 11 10:52 occ How to change data folder location in nextcloud? Hi nextcloud forum, Therefore it creates the tables oc_storages for the data directory and oc_filecache for the files. 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. So tables of removed That custom directory should then be configured in the Under administrative settings you can allow users to mount external storage. Enable maintenance mode for your instance. I am just scared to make changes in places where I have very little or no experience. 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. So instead of storing users' files under /var/www/nextcloud/data/, we can change it to /var/www/nextcloud-data. one, do a suggestion to have it added. Im trying to move to two 500gb raid 0 drives. Hi Rotational, does it mention to separate Data in the instructions? If you delete something on your Mac inside of one of these folders, it also gets deleted on your Nextcloud server and vice versa. I'm running NextCloud on Docker for Windows from within Ubuntu WSL. I dont have the second menu with status setzen, abmelden and Konto Lschen there. What exactley does not work? In Nextcloud you to App -> deactivated Apps and there activate the External storage support -App. 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. So, I have 3 computers syncing files with a nextcloud 12 server. My first plan was to install it directly with a data directory (/mnt/MyData/nextcloud/data). You can convert a SQLite database to a better performing MySQL, MariaDB or Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. On the host the files will be owned by some . As there still appear qu. But see this post of nickvergessen that it is still the recommended way to keep the database entries clean and consistent. What about other app on server? Error with the data file location and it doesnt work. Configure the data directory and change it to your data folder path. One of them uses the old $HOME/owncloud folder instead of $HOME/Nextcloud. 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. To successfully proceed with the conversion, you must type yes when prompted 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. Connect the removable-media plug as mentioned in the README in order to grant the snap permission to access external drives. Thanks, was able to review the document and move the data directory to a new one. But it is of course also possible to use the Nextcloud as a storage backend for backups. drwxr-x 5 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 data @Andy3153 I have all the right permissions and there should be no issue with reading and writing, but it still occurs. Next Official Post . I am running Docker on Windows Server 2016. The following steps are necessary to move the data directory. You signed in with another tab or window. 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. I would go to the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available and create there file e.g. I was able to figure it out. Is there a way to do that ? 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 Configuration Parameters). We'll use /media/nextcloud/data. Then I tried to adjust the permissions. which can be created with the following command: sudo mkdir /var/www/nextcloud-data I mean a dummy nextcloud user. I just installed next cloud and it is up and running. 000-default-le-ssl.conf - per default serving your HTTPS requests with document root /var/www/html. drwxr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:53 config The config.php entry must be changed. I always received permissions errors for user1. #nextcloud #hyperv #snap #ubuntu #windows #directory #change Nextcloud snap new setup and data changing directory to windows shared. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 2381 Mar 11 10:52 status.php The folder /var/ncData/user1 is the data folder from the dummy nextcloud user1. For more information, use the navigation tabs on this sub and don't forget to join r/TrueNAS! can't cd into nextcloud data directory. Ive successfully got the external drive feature to work in nextcloud, but I want the data directory to be using the dataset I want it too. I first changed the autoconfig.php file data directory location before setting up admin user and then create admin user. Ive mounted the folder I want from the dataset, but struggling how to move the nextcloud data directory to the new directory. Best regards The server compare files and update only the new files. 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. Im installing Nextcloud 18.0.2 manually onto a Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspian 10 - Buster), using MariaDB. 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. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 ocs-provider Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO). 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. -rw-rr-- 1 www-data www-data 362 Mar 11 10:56 version.php, /mnt/MyData/nextcloud testing and simple single-user Nextcloud servers, but it does not scale for The respective partition is mounted at /var/nextcloud, and thats where Nextcloud looks for its data folder. thank you, Last edited by chittu (2016-11-05 05:31:29), In /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/config/config.php, 'datadirectory' => ''. You can perform many common server operations with occ, such as installing and upgrading Nextcloud, manage users, encryption, passwords, LDAP setting, and more. thanks, Last edited by chittu (2016-11-05 05:34:10). 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. My NC config was in sites-enabled and your in conf-available. 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. Thats my config: /var/ncData/user1 I installed nextcloud in a docker container, I can access to the interface. and then I run ln -s /mnt/external_hdd/nextcloud /var/nextcloud, right? 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: But after this Ive got Not Found trying to open my Nextcloud in a browser. There should be an option to delete or remove the account. In the Configuration field enter the full filepath of the directory you want to mount.. Decide where you want the new data to live. First, list out all of your installed apps with the command: sudo -u www-data php occ app:list. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 11 10:52 ocm-provider Even if the data directory above is writable by root, if any part of the path above it (e.g. I copied the data directory to a new folder and indicated the owner and rights on behalf of which the web server is working: Update the Nextcloud config to use the new data directory by editing /var/snap/nextcloud/current/nextcloud/config/autoconfig.php and making sure the directory setting is pointing to the right place, e.g. Then I tried to follow the instructions from @MichaIng to change the data directory (specifically Solution 1). 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. It is a hidden file), the entire data directory is owned by the web user (www-data on Debian/Ubuntu and the derivatives. They appear on the users Nextcloud Files page just like any other files. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. By default all users have access. drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:41 Enable maintenance mode (install sudo if you don't have it already in the jail), 4. This was exactly what I was looking for and it was harder to find than it needed to be. What do I do if an update breaks Nextcloud. drwxr-x 5 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 data, /mnt/MyData/nextcloud/data (identical to /var/www/html/nextcloud/data) This is not possible btw. multiple-user production servers. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Mar 15 15:46 files_external You mean the UNIX user1? 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