These are the steps
taken to manually move a data directory from it’s current location
to a new location in ownCloud. Some of the reasons you’d like to
move your data directory are:
-
You need to migrate your data to bigger space if your current drive is running out of space
-
You may have issues with your Apache loading .htaccess files needed to secure your data directory from internet access. Instead of enabling .htaccess processing, you could just move the data directory to a new location
Prerequisites
OwnCloud already
installed and running on Apache web server, Centos 7
In this tutorial, I
assume the following:
-
Your current data directory is /var/www/html/owncloud/data
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Your new directory is /mnt/new/owncloud
Move
the data directory
First
of all, copy a backup of your data directory. It’s always important
to have a backup.
1.
Stop apache web server
[root@centos7box]# systemctl
stop httpd
2.
Copy/Move the files from current data directory to new data
directory. You can use cp,
rsync or mv commands to achieve this. Here, I use rsync
command with -a option to make sure file attributes are maintained
while copying to the new location
[root@centos7box]#rsync
-avz /var/www/html/owncloud/data /mnt/new/owncloud
3. Create
a symbolic link from the new directory to the old one. For
me, this was the step I was missing. Without this, the new owncloud
directory would have permission issues. Files would be displayed on
the web browser accounts but you can’t open them or download. You
also wouldn't
be able to upload new files.
4.
Check if your directory permissions are okay. You should have your
directory permissions matching those of the old data directory
location. Here is a simple table with the old and new permissions,
owners and group
OLD
/var/
root:root 755
/www/
root:root 755
/html/
root:apache 755
/owncloud/
root:apache 755
/data/
apache:apache 770
NEW
/mnt/
root:root 755
/new/
root:apache 755
/owncloud/
apache:apache 770
5. Start apache
[root@centos7box]#
systemctl start httpd
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