Installing ownCloud on Ubuntu 20.04

ownCloud is a popular open-source file sharing and collaboration platform. It provides an easy way to store, sync, and share your files, calendars, contacts, and more with secure access from any device. In this guide, we will walk you through the installation process of ownCloud on Ubuntu 20.04.

Follow the below steps to install ownCloud on Ubuntu 20.04:

1. Update your system by running the following command in the terminal:
2. sudo apt update
3. Install Apache web server:
4. sudo apt install apache2
5. Install PHP and required extensions:
6. sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-json php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-zip
7. Enable and start Apache web server:
8. sudo systemctl enable apache2 sudo systemctl start apache2
9. Download and install ownCloud:
10. cd /tmp wget https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-complete-10.8.0.tar.bz2 tar -xvjf owncloud-complete-10.8.0.tar.bz2 sudo mv owncloud /var/www/html/
11. Create a data directory for ownCloud:
12. sudo mkdir /var/www/html/owncloud/data sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/owncloud/
13. Configure Apache for ownCloud:
14. sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/owncloud.conf

    Add the following content to the file:

    Alias /owncloud "/var/www/html/owncloud/" Options +FollowSymlinks AllowOverride All Require all granted SetEnv HOME /var/www/html/owncloud SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/html/owncloud
15. Save the file and exit the editor.
16. Enable the ownCloud site:
17. sudo a2ensite owncloud.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo systemctl restart apache2
18. Access ownCloud via your web browser:
19. http://your_domain_or_ip/owncloud

That's it! You have successfully installed ownCloud on your Ubuntu 20.04 server. You can now create an admin account and start using ownCloud for file sharing and collaboration.