[GUIDE] Installing OwnCloud Server on My Book Live

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
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nissan wrote:

I posted an installation script, check it out if you are insterested

 

http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/BitTorrent-Sync-installation-script/td-p/588057

Great. Now it has it’s own post, stop hijacking mine.

Thanks

Edit: Cranky, long day. But the message is still valid - no hijacking. It’s rude.

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sorry 'bout that… it is just that owncloud with btsync would make for a real replacement for dropbox or skydrive!

owncloud desktop sync app is very bad, and btsync could well replace it.

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Have you tried barracuda drive? I just discovered it yesterday and  it looks much more  lightweight and faster than owncloud. The installation  was very easy since they provide a dedicated installer for the MBL. It is easy to uninstall too

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Alright. I’m very sorry if I didn’t read through everything, because I’m honestly in over my head here. This is uncharted territory without a map! So, if a gentle soul would help a noob out, I would be oh so greatful.

Now…

I ran the “first series of commands” that was put up, and wound up with this:

(blah, blah, blah)

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fontconfig-config libdb5.1 libfontconfig1 libgd2-xpm libicu48 libjpeg8
  liblzma5 libonig2 libqdbm14 libssl1.0.0 libtinfo5 libxpm4 php-pear
  php-xml-parser php5-gd php5-intl ttf-dejavu-core
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libapache2-mod-php5 libpcre3 libsqlite3-0 libxml2 php-apc php5 php5-cli
  php5-common php5-curl php5-sqlite psmisc zlib1g
12 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 298 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.3MB of archives.
After this operation, 40.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Abort.
SuperMegaDrive:~#

My reaction would be:

. . .   O _____O

What am I missing? I just want ownCloud on MyBook Live™.

Thank you kind folk.

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jgh001a wrote:

My reaction would be:

 

. . .   O _____O

 

That pretty much sums up my reaction.

Maybe you are out of space on the partition? What is the output if you run

df -h

 ?

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nissan wrote:

Have you tried barracuda drive? I just discovered it yesterday and  it looks much more  lightweight and faster than owncloud. The installation  was very easy since they provide a dedicated installer for the MBL. It is easy to uninstall too

I’m going to try it now. And they have an MBL-specific version.

EDIT: Looking over the installer, I’m not entirely sure it’s the best solution. If you have a stock MBL, it will not cause any issues. If you have made any customizations, the installer will almost certainly break things.

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Thank you, the guide is fantastic. I’ve followed the guide and installed owncloud successfully. I did get the php-gd error but I reinstalled it (using addchild314’s command) and everything works perfectly.

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I am very new to this whole My Book Live arena.  I am having trouble with the laptop picking it up in the wifi?? 

Sounds like you def. know what s going on and may be able to help me if interested???

my email is fgismondi @  comcast . net  

no spaces would be easier to direct email ? i may not be able to find my way back on here again to respond…lol.,…

Not that bad but struggling a bit.

fgiz54 

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fantastic guide

but i can’t update to OwnCloud 6

EDIT:

i just delete the owncloud directory and unpack the ownCloud6.zip in the /var/www after this i change the permissions

from root to www-data 

Sorry for my english.

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It’s showing me a 404 message when I try to acces setup-owncloud via browser… anyone knows how to fix this?

Cheers

Not Found

The requested URL /setup-owncloud.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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I just did this and it works great! However, I am on the fence between using this on my MBL or synching with Synology Cloud Station. If I go with the latter…

What would be the steps to completely remove the installation or at least disable it completely so its not using any resources anymore on the MBL?

Thank you!

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addchild314 wrote:

wdlive76 wrote:

I love this install guide for owncloud. But it has created a small problem for me.  I am trying to run both owncloud and a https webserver at the same time. There seems to be some sort of problem that both cannot run at the same time.

i have:

https://mybooklive/owncloud  for owncloud

https://mybooklive/   for teh webserver

with the webserver installed, i get a 404 error from the browser when i try to access owncloud. 

Is it something with using the same port?  Any ideas are appreciated.

 It really depends on how you have the webserver set up. Owncloud and the WD NAS UI both run on the same webserver, already bound to the http(/https?) ports. If you wanted to run another, you would have to assign it different ports.

 

How do I assign a different port for the other webserver?  I have set up a different port forward rule on my router; forwarding port 449 to the MBL for my other webserver since owncloud is coming in on 443.  But this is not suffiecent. I know that apache is listening on port 443. How do i make apache listen on port 449 also?

EDIT: The solution to this is to make a file in etc/apache2/sites-available/ which has the port info in it.  Take the exisiting webserver file in that folder, copy it, paste it in the same folder with a different name. Then  change the ports listed in it.  Then make a symlink with the new file from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

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I recently installed owncloud on another MBL using this guide. Owncloud is now version 6 which is a bit different than version 5.  On the owncloud website there is the option to dowload the tar.bz2 file for version 5.  However, the Owncloud install guide on this forum does not give the user the option of which version to install,; it simply installs the latest version.  How can i install version 5 instead of version 6? 

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superbikes604 wrote:

 

What would be the steps to completely remove the installation or at least disable it completely so its not using any resources anymore on the MBL?

By default, ownCloud uses Ajax-style update triggering. In other words, it only uses resources when pages are being loaded or the sync client is connected. Otherwise, it is completely inactive. Alternative setups, using cron or webcron, work differently, but this is not the default behavior of ownCloud. So if you simply stop using it, it will not use any resources (aside from the tiny amount of space the installation takes up).

If you want to remove it, simply delete the owncloud directory that you installed ownCloud to. If you used a custom data directory, you will need to remove that as well. Remember to back up any important files that you have stored on ownCloud.

wdlive76 wrote:> How do I assign a different port for the other webserver?  I have set up a different port forward rule on my router; forwarding port 449 to the MBL for my other webserver since owncloud is coming in on 443.  But this is not suffiecent. I know that apache is listening on port 443. How do i make apache listen on port 449 also?

 Simple answer: there is no simple answer. You really need an Apache expert. But you should be able to modify the configuration files to change the port it listens on.

wdlive76 wrote:> I recently installed owncloud on another MBL using this guide. Owncloud is now version 6 which is a bit different than version 5.  On the owncloud website there is the option to dowload the tar.bz2 file for version 5.  However, the Owncloud install guide on this forum does not give the user the option of which version to install,; it simply installs the latest version.  How can i install version 5 instead of version 6?

 From the ownCloud install page, look for the text “Looking for an older version? Download ownCloud Server 5.0.14a” underneath the “Install Owncloud Server” text. Click " ownCloud Server 5.0.14a to get the tar.bz2

Alternatively, download with wget

wget http://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-5.0.14a.tar.bz2

dggomes wrote:> It’s showing me a 404 message when I try to acces setup-owncloud via browser… anyone knows how to fix this?

 Make sure you put the file in the right place.

Noko193 wrote:> fantastic guide

but i can’t update to OwnCloud 6

 

EDIT:

i just delete the owncloud directory and unpack the ownCloud6.zip in the /var/www after this i change the permissions

from root to www-data 

 

Sorry for my english.

 Thanks for the update!

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addchild314 wrote:

wdlive76 wrote:> I recently installed owncloud on another MBL using this guide. Owncloud is now version 6 which is a bit different than version 5.  On the owncloud website there is the option to dowload the tar.bz2 file for version 5.  However, the Owncloud install guide on this forum does not give the user the option of which version to install,; it simply installs the latest version.  How can i install version 5 instead of version 6?

 From the ownCloud install page, look for the text “Looking for an older version? Download ownCloud Server 5.0.14a” underneath the “Install Owncloud Server” text. Click " ownCloud Server 5.0.14a to get the tar.bz2

 

Alternatively, download with wget

wget download.owncloud.com

I see now that the install script in the tutorial actually just located the latest version, downloads it into /var/www/ and then unzips it into /var/www/owncloud> https://download.owncloud.com/download/community/setup-owncloud.php

So if you don’t want to use the install script, then just download the version you want and unzip it into /var/www/owncloud/

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Hi,

How are you?

I have couple questions…  :smiley:

Does it work with MyCLoud?

After doing this. Does it keeps the WD and Tonwky UI’s?

Regards,

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FearL0rd wrote:

 

Does it work with MyCLoud?

 

After doing this. Does it keeps the WD and Tonwky UI’s?

 

Most likely it works with mycloud. You can try it and report back to us.

Yes, it keeps the WD and Twonky UIs. No problems there at all.

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Thank you!!!

Can I still upgrade the WD firmware?

Can I return everything back to original standard wd?

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If you upgrade or reinstall WD firmware, all of these hacks and modifications will be wiped out. I speak of this from experience. So if you want to keep your hacks and mods, make sure that auto-updates is deselected in the Dashboard.

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I checked the files internally and they are in a different locations, different names… The guide does not fit for MyCloud… :frowning: