If your weary about who can view the data that you have stored on Cloud Storage servers such as DropBox or OneDrive, look no further. OwnCloud allows you to host your own cloud storage on your VPS. Some benefits of OwnCloud include server-side encryption of your files, mobile application availability for all platforms, along with being able to share files stored on the cloud!
We have created a template that comes with all the requirements for OwnCloud along with the latest version of OwnCloud installed. Our OwnCloud template requires just a few steps to get setup so you can start using your own cloud storage!
First thing you'll need to do is change your MySQL root password:
1. Login to your server via SSH
2. Open up MySQL as such: # mysql -uroot -p
3. At the “Enter password” prompt, enter “changeme123!” without quotes
4. Enter the following at the mysql> prompt: FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
5. Enter the following at the mysql> prompt: SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('YourNewPass');
Now that your MySQL root password is reset, follow the next set of instructions to finalize the setup of OwnCloud:
1. Open up your web browser to: http://your_ip_address/owncloud
2. Enter your new OwnCloud admin username and password (these are new, created by you)
3. Click the "Storage & database" link under the password box
4. Under the "Configure the database" section, select "MySQL/MariaDB"
5. Enter "root" without the quotes for the database user
6. Enter your MySQL root password that you set using the above instructions
7. Enter a database name you'd like to use, "owncloud" without the quotes is perfectly fine
8. Click on the "Finish Setup" button
You're done! Go ahead and login to the web interface using the username and password you setup or download an OwnCloud client for your platform at https://owncloud.org/install/#install-clients to begin using your OwnCloud storage.
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