Access your data from all your devices(Computer, tablet, mobile phone) by hosting your own data on a private server. It will also allow you to share files. Just like Google Drive, or Dropbox!
About OwnCloud
“ownCloud is a self-hosted file sync and share server. It provides access to your data through a web interface, sync clients or WebDAV while providing a platform to view, sync and share across devices easily—all under your control. ownCloud’s open architecture” – Read More about OwnCloud
You will need: A Private Server, can also be a VM in your home lan – I prefer to use a vps on Linode.
CentOS 6.7 – Installation Steps
PHP 5.5 or later is required
rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm
yum install php55w php55w-opcache php55w-mysql
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/CentOS_CentOS-6/isv:ownCloud:community.repo
Add epel repository
rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
Install owncloud
yum install owncloud
Install mysql database
yum install mysql55w-server
chkconfig mysqld on
service mysqld start
Configure mysql – follow instructions on screen, disable anonymous and disallow root login
/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE owncloud;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON owncloud.* to ‘owncloud’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘dbpass’;
exit
service httpd restart
On your browser, go to : http://serverip/owncloud/ and follow the steps
And you are done. 🙂
