Category Archives: Hosted Services

Moving large files and folders in OwnCloud

OwnCloud works well for small changes and uploads, but moving or renaming a folder that is a few gigabytes will be troublesome. OwnCloud might think you are actually deleting and then reuploading the files. You can try WebDAV for reasonably … Continue reading

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Linux Mint 17.3 and OwnCloud Desktop Client

How to do it wrong, way 1 Using the OwnCloud client that is in the Software Sources provided in Linux Mint is wrong! This downloads an older version of the Desktop Client that will fail when connecting to your updated … Continue reading

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Moving OwnCloud to a new home

OwnCloud lives where you live. So when you move, OwnCloud is coming with you. Here are suggestions for your move. Back up your data. No brainer because you already back it up! Disconnect as late as possible. Your server will be … Continue reading

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OwnCloud down after Power Outage

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.
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Upgrade to OwnCloud 8.2.2

When upgrading to OwnCloud 8.2.2, most of this can be done via the web browser. In the Admin page, you will see on the Updates section. Here is where it will first make your backup. When that is complete, you … Continue reading

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OwnCloud 8.2 Security and Setup Warnings

On the Admin Page’s Security and Setup Warnings section, I got a new warning that needed investigation. Transactional file locking is using the database as locking backend, for best performance it’s advised to configure a memcache for locking. See the … Continue reading

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Let’s Encrypt certificate steps for OwnCloud

Let’s encrypt is available now for OwnCloud (and everything else) users to run and get a free certificate for. No more self-signed certificates that display an ugly error page or having to pay for a certificate from a certificate authority. … Continue reading

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OwnCloud Upgrade to 8.1.4

This process is going to be a little weird so… Continue reading

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OwnCloud 8.1 Security & Setup warnings

In the Admin console, you might see Security and Setup Warnings after upgrading to OwnCloud 8.1. Here is how I removed the two I saw. Strict-Transport-Securty HTTP Header The “Strict-Transport-Security” HTTP header is not configured to least “15768000” seconds. For … Continue reading

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OwnCloud files not showing up on website

I went to my OwnCloud website after installing some apps and no files were showing. My desktop sync was also erroring. My Android app though could view/download/upload files. I tested through a WebDAV connection and that worked too, so at … Continue reading

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