Installing Owncloud on Nginx (Ubuntu 12.04)

Here I want to share with you on how to create your own sync server like dropbox.
The software that we will use is ownCloud.

But before we start, please ensure that you already have the up & running nginx.
For tutorial, please refer here.

1. Make sure your OS is updated

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

2. Install required package

apt-get install php5-cgi autoconf automake autotools-dev curl libapr1 libtool curl libcurl4-openssl-dev php-pear php-xml-parser php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-sqlite php5-fpm

3. Edit nginx site config file file

vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

4. Edit like this;
Copy line below;

server {
        listen   80;
        root /usr/share/nginx/www;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;
        server_name _;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ @webdav;
        }

        location ~ ^/(data|config|.ht|db_structure.xml|README) {
                deny all;
        }

        error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
                root /usr/share/nginx/www;
        }

        location ~ .*.(php|php5)?$ {
                try_files $uri =404;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }

        location ~ ^/owncloud/remote.php(/.*)$ {
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.*)$;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php5-fpm.sock;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }

        location @webdav {
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.*)$;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php5-cgi.sock;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }

        location ~ /.ht {
                deny all;
        }
}

The “root /usr/share/nginx/www” line defines the root directory for nginx.
You can change it to other path you like.

5. Edit /etc/php5/conf.d/xcache.ini
Edit this two line;

xcache.size = 64M
xcache.var_size = 64M

6. Edit /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
Edit this two line;

post_max_size = 2G
max_upload_size = 2G

7. Reload php5-fpm

/etc/init.d/php5-fpm reload

8. Get latest owncloud file (Latest 4.5 (4.5.5))

wget http://mirrors.owncloud.org/releases/owncloud-4.5.5.tar.bz2

9. Extract it at /usr/share/nginx/www

tar xvf owncloud-4.5.5.tar.bz2

So the path will be /usr/share/nginx/www/owncloud after extracted & the URL will be http://localhost/owncloud

10. Set the directory permissions;

chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/nginx/www

Replace ‘/usr/share/nginx/www‘ with your own path you prefered. (The path must be the same with the one in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default)

11. Go to http://localhost/owncloud or http:///owncloud
Create new admin account. Also please unsure that the path on data folder is correct.

12. Create new folder name “clientsync“, something like this;

 
13. Get Desktop Sync Clients at here http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/
Install it. Put your credential accordingly.

14. If everything fines, then your owncloud has been configured properly. Congratz!

Done. Hope it helps. 🙂