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ownCloud One-Click App Setup

Introduction

One of the many available One-Click Apps that we have is ownCloud. ownCloud is a self-hosted open source file sync and share server. Like ‘big boys’ Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and others, ownCloud lets you access your files, calendar, contacts, and other data.

Prerequisites

  • Orbit created with ownCloud image

  • Running Orbit

Creating Your Orbit

  1. To create your application, you must create a Photon. You can do so by selecting the Photon tab after selecting ‘Create Orbit’

    Photons

  2. Once there, you will see a list of available photons that you can create. Select one and it will bring you to a detailed page

    Photon List Photon Description

  3. Scroll down to the details and you can start selecting options for your photon as well as setting up credentials.

    Photon Details

  4. Once everything is filled in, just press Create and you can move on to the next step

SSH into Orbit

  1. First we need to check some details on our orbit by first navigating to the “My Orbits” tab.

    My Orbits

  2. Once there, click on the Orbit you want to connect to and check for three things:

    • IP Address

    • Running Status

    • Source Image(Ubuntu, Debian, Centos, Fedora

    Orbit Details

  3. Once you have confirmed that your Orbit is running and you have the other information. Open up your console.

  4. Now you can SSH into your Orbit by running.

    ssh image@address
    • IP Address: We got this from the detail page, in this case it is “216.200.116.60”

    • Image: We got this from the source image in the details page. It should be one of the following: ubuntu, debian, fedora, centos

    • Note: A full command for this example would be: “ssh ubuntu@216.200.116.60”

Starting ownCloud

  1. Once you are SSH’d into the server you will see the following:

    ownCloud CMD

    All passwords are generated when an orbit is first created and stored in a .secrets file, unless the welcome screen says otherwise. To access it, run the following command:

     cat .secrets
  2. This welcome message displays what IP address you need to open in your browser. In our case it’s 38.76.11.251

  3. After you open the webpage, you will see this webpage where you can create your admin account for your app.

    ownCloud Start

  4. Once created, it will redirect you to a login page where you can use your new account. After you login, you will see the dashboard as shown below and your app will be ready for use.

    ownCloud Dashboard