How to Install OwnCloud 8 with Nginx and MariaDB on CentOS 7

OwnCloud is a server software for data synchronization and file-sharing with an easy to use web-based frontend that is available under a open source license. Owncloud can be installed on a Linux or Windows webserver, is easy to configure and has a comprehensive online documentation. The native client is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux (Desktop Application). There is also a mobile app for Android and iOS.

This tutorial describes the installation of Owncloud 8 on CentOS 7 with nginx webserver and MariaDB database.

The latest version as of today is OwnCloud 8.0.

Prerequisites

• CentOS 7

To Do

These are the steps that we will do in this tutorial:

• Disable SELinux and configure firewalld.
• Instal and configure Nginx, MariaDB, php-fpm.
• Create a database and configure SSL.
• Install OwnCloud.
• Configure a virtualhost for OwnCloud.
• Test OwnCloud in the browser.

Disable SELinux and configure firewalld

To disable SELinux, edit the file /etc/sysconfig/selinux, and change enforced to disabled.

vim /etc/sysconfig/selinux

Run these commands to open port 80/http and 443/https in firewalld so that we can reach the OwnCloud interface by http and https later.

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
 firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
 firewall-cmd --reload

Install and configure LEMP

These are the steps to setup the basic LEMP (Linux - Nginx - MariaDB - PHP) Server to run OwnCloud on.

Step 1 - Enable epel-repository

To install LEMP(Linux, Nginx, MariaDB and PHP) you must enable epel-repository.

yum -y install epel-release

Step 2 - Installing Nginx, MariaDB and php-fpm

sudo rpm -Uvh http://nginx.org/packages/centos/7/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-7-0.el7.ngx.noarch.rpm
 yum -y install nginx mariadb mariadb-server php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-mcrypt php-mysql php-pear php-xml bzip2 vim

Step 3 - Start and Configure MariaDB

systemctl start mariadb
 mysql_secure_installation

the first time you just press Enter.

Change the root password? [Y/n] Y
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y

Step 4 - Configure php-fpm

Edit file /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf.

vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

make sure the line listen is :

listen = 127.0.0.1:9000

And edit the line for user - group :

user = nginx
group = nginx

Create directory for session-path.

mkdir -p /var/lib/php/session
 chown nginx:nginx -R /var/lib/php/session/

Start php-fpm.

systemctl start php-fpm

Step 5 - Start nginx

systemctl start nginx

At this step you can visit your web server http://192.168.1.101/.

Create a database and Configure SSL

Step 1 - Create Database and User

Login to MariaDB with the mysql commandline client:

mysql -u root -p

Create the database:

create database owncloud_db;

Add a user:

create user [email protected] identified by 'ownclouduser';

Grant permissions for the user to the database

grant all privileges on owncloud_db.* to [email protected] identified by 'ownclouduser';
 flush privileges;

Step 2 - Create SSL Certificate

mkdir -p /etc/nginx/cert/
 cd /etc/nginx/cert/
 openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /etc/nginx/cert/owncloud.crt -keyout /etc/nginx/cert/owncloud.key

the command will generate a owncloud.crt and owncloud.key in directory /etc/nginx/cert/.

Change permission certificate file.

chmod 600 owncloud.crt
 chmod 600 owncloud.key

Install OwnCloud

Download the application source with wget.

yum -y install wget
 cd /tmp/
 wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-8.0.0.tar.bz2

Extract and move owncloud directory to /usr/share/nginx/html.

tar -xjvf owncloud-8.0.0.tar.bz2
 mv owncloud/ /usr/share/nginx/html/

Change the owner of owncloud directory to nginx.

cd /usr/share/nginx/html/
 chown nginx:nginx -R owncloud/

Create directory called data on owncloud directory, and change owner to nginx.

mkdir -p owncloud/data/
 chown nginx:nginx -R owncloud/data/

Configure a Virtualhost for OwnCloud

The last step is to configure a virtualhost for owncloud.

cd /etc/nginx/conf.d/
 mv default.conf default

add owncloud configuration to /etc/nginx/conf.d/

vim owncloud.conf

Paste configuration below :

upstream php-handler {
    server 127.0.0.1:9000;
    #server unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
}

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name 192.168.1.101; #YourIP or domain
        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;  # redirect all to use ssl
}


server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name 192.168.1.101; #YourIP or domain

        #SSL Certificate you created
        ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/cert/owncloud.crt; 
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/cert/owncloud.key;

        # owncloud path
        root /usr/share/nginx/html/owncloud/;

        client_max_body_size 10G; # set max upload size
        fastcgi_buffers 64 4K;

        rewrite ^/caldav(.*)$ /remote.php/caldav$1 redirect;
        rewrite ^/carddav(.*)$ /remote.php/carddav$1 redirect;
        rewrite ^/webdav(.*)$ /remote.php/webdav$1 redirect;

        index index.php;
        error_page 403 /core/templates/403.php;
        error_page 404 /core/templates/404.php;

        location = /robots.txt {
            allow all;
            log_not_found off;
            access_log off;
        }

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

        location / {
                # The following 2 rules are only needed with webfinger
                rewrite ^/.well-known/host-meta /public.php?service=host-meta last;
                rewrite ^/.well-known/host-meta.json /public.php?service=host-meta-json last;

                rewrite ^/.well-known/carddav /remote.php/carddav/ redirect;
                rewrite ^/.well-known/caldav /remote.php/caldav/ redirect;

                rewrite ^(/core/doc/[^\/]+/)$ $1/index.html;

                try_files $uri $uri/ index.php;
        }

        location ~ ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)?$ {
                try_files $1 = 404;

                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$1;
                fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $2;
                fastcgi_param HTTPS on;
                fastcgi_pass php-handler;
        }

        # Optional: set long EXPIRES header on static assets
        location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp|ico|png|css|js|swf)$ {
                expires 30d;
                # Optional: Don't log access to assets
                access_log off;
        }

}

And then restart the LEMP stack:

systemctl restart nginx mariadb php-fpm

Now configure the LEMP Services to start on boot.

systemctl enable nginx
 systemctl enable php-fpm
 systemctl enable mariadb

Then reboot your server:

reboot

Test OwnCloud

http://192.168.1.101 and you will be redirect to ssl connection https://192.168.1.101.

Create admin account and fill all Database(Username,Password,dbname) then click Finish Setup.

Conclusion

OwnCloud is the right solution for a private cloud today. Easy to use and configure and with a userfriendly interface which makes it easy to use and install. Owncloud is fast, stable and has many features.

Links

• Owncloud
• CentOS
• Nginx
• MariaDB
• PHP