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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @brandon220
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      @brandon220 said in NC alternate data location:

      @black3dynamite The sample config file is there. I have zero clue as to why the normal config.php is missing. I did not delete it.

      Did the install wizard finish? It will not be complete if not.

      Are you trying to use the changed data location during install? That would explain this.

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      • brandon220B
        brandon220 @JaredBusch
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        @jaredbusch Yes. I thought that was how it is supposed to work. I assumed that you made sure the permissions were correct and it would update the necessary files to reflect the proper data location.

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        • brandon220B
          brandon220
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          I thought that was the correct process to avoid having to "move" the data location later. I set up the folder for the data before the install. I point NC wizard to the location I would like to use for data. That is when the error comes in to play. Everything I read says to do this versus moving the data location after the install. On the install guide by @JaredBusch it says "Personally, if you are going to use a separate disk for the data, I would just mount it to /var/www/html/nextcloud/data" but I am not sure what that is referring to.

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          • black3dynamiteB
            black3dynamite @brandon220
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            @brandon220 said in NC alternate data location:

            I thought that was the correct process to avoid having to "move" the data location later. I set up the folder for the data before the install. I point NC wizard to the location I would like to use for data. That is when the error comes in to play. Everything I read says to do this versus moving the data location after the install. On the install guide by @JaredBusch it says "Personally, if you are going to use a separate disk for the data, I would just mount it to /var/www/html/nextcloud/data" but I am not sure what that is referring to.

            If you have a second disk available like /dev/sdc1, you would mount it to /var/www/html/nextcloud/data

            And in /etc/fstab file, it would look like something this:
            /dev/sdc1 /var/www/html/nextcloud/data xfs defaults 0 0

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            • brandon220B
              brandon220 @black3dynamite
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              @black3dynamite I will try this. I am assuming you just install using the defaults and only map it in the fstab? This is similar to what I do for my Plex server. I have the "library" mapped to the server via the fstab file and the data is on a NAS.

              Is there any way to make it work the way I have described?

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              • brandon220B
                brandon220
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                @black3dynamite I currently have /dev/sdb1 mounted as /ncdata. I did not edit the fstab file yet.

                /dev/sdb1 133102084 165696 132936388 1% /ncdata

                Should I change this first or leave as it is? Seeing that it already has a mount point, I didn't know if it will cause errors.

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                • black3dynamiteB
                  black3dynamite @brandon220
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                  @brandon220 said in NC alternate data location:

                  @black3dynamite I currently have /dev/sdb1 mounted as /ncdata. I did not edit the fstab file yet.

                  /dev/sdb1 133102084 165696 132936388 1% /ncdata

                  Should I change this first or leave as it is? Seeing that it already has a mount point, I didn't know if it will cause errors.

                  Your mount is fine.

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                  • brandon220B
                    brandon220
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                    @black3dynamite I have it working now. Thank you very much for the advice. What I cannot seem to understand is why it won't work by pointing to the /data location in the wizard. It seems from all the reading I have done that it should be possible. Yet, I always fail to make it work that way. Also, in @JaredBusch guide he states "Leave the data folder alone unless you know that you changed it when going through the above instructions." I thought this would be way easier but yet fails.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @brandon220
                      last edited by JaredBusch

                      @brandon220 said in NC alternate data location:

                      @black3dynamite I have it working now. Thank you very much for the advice. What I cannot seem to understand is why it won't work by pointing to the /data location in the wizard. It seems from all the reading I have done that it should be possible. Yet, I always fail to make it work that way. Also, in @JaredBusch guide he states "Leave the data folder alone unless you know that you changed it when going through the above instructions." I thought this would be way easier but yet fails.

                      What you did is how it is supposed to work. I’ve done it. But not recently. I will try and set up a test instance at some point, but SW is next week.... yeah, you are going to have to remind me.

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                      • brandon220B
                        brandon220 @JaredBusch
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                        @jaredbusch Sure thing. Running Fedora Server 28 minimal from net install image and NC 14.0.1.
                        I have tried multiple times and it always fails if I try to move the data location.

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                        • brandon220B
                          brandon220
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                          @JaredBusch I am sure you forgot about this by now... I was looking at @scottalanmiller script at https://gitlab.com/scottalanmiller/nextcloud_fedora_installer and it appears to do what I was doing manually following your guide. He has the script creating /data. I have not run the script on Fedora 28 and changed it to reflect NC 14.0.1 to see if it will work. Ultimately, I want the data on a separate partition. Still cannot get it to work without using fstab to mount my data folder.

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                          • travisdh1T
                            travisdh1 @brandon220
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                            @brandon220 said in NextCloud alternate data location:

                            @JaredBusch I am sure you forgot about this by now... I was looking at @scottalanmiller script at https://gitlab.com/scottalanmiller/nextcloud_fedora_installer and it appears to do what I was doing manually following your guide. He has the script creating /data. I have not run the script on Fedora 28 and changed it to reflect NC 14.0.1 to see if it will work. Ultimately, I want the data on a separate partition. Still cannot get it to work without using fstab to mount my data folder.

                            If you want to manually mount a partition using something other than fstab, then you'd also have to manually start the web server Nextcloud is running on. It's just how the boot process works, fstab is the proper place to mount any drive or partitions.

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                            • brandon220B
                              brandon220 @travisdh1
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                              @travisdh1 My dilemma is that I am trying to set up NC with an alternate "data" location which is set as /data. I can install NC all day long without issue unless I try to move the data location during install. I have tried both ways - a data folder in the same partition as the OS and with a separate disk (virtual) that is mounted as /data. Neither of those will work. I get permission errors. Apache:Apache is the owner, etc. but it does not work. I can use the default location in /var/www/html....and it works fine. If I use fstab to mount /data to /var/www/nextcloud... it works. I have been pounding my head against the wall. Everything seems correct but it has the permission on the /data in the wizard. I want a small install for the OS and a large data drive (both virtual disks). I need to retire my old server but want to set up the new one following best practices. Not having any luck as you can see.

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                              • brandon220B
                                brandon220 @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 On on one of the test instances I used Cockpit to mount the new vdisk as /data and that works fine. NC jsut doesn't like the permissions even though apache:apache is the owner.

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                                • travisdh1T
                                  travisdh1 @brandon220
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                                  @brandon220 said in NextCloud alternate data location:

                                  @travisdh1 My dilemma is that I am trying to set up NC with an alternate "data" location which is set as /data. I can install NC all day long without issue unless I try to move the data location during install. I have tried both ways - a data folder in the same partition as the OS and with a separate disk (virtual) that is mounted as /data. Neither of those will work. I get permission errors. Apache:Apache is the owner, etc. but it does not work. I can use the default location in /var/www/html....and it works fine. If I use fstab to mount /data to /var/www/nextcloud... it works. I have been pounding my head against the wall. Everything seems correct but it has the permission on the /data in the wizard. I want a small install for the OS and a large data drive (both virtual disks). I need to retire my old server but want to set up the new one following best practices. Not having any luck as you can see.

                                  I remember having issues, but they were with selinux, and @JaredBusch's guide steps through all the needed changes for that. I'll have to try a fresh install and see if I have problems with it.

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                                  • brandon220B
                                    brandon220 @travisdh1
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                                    @travisdh1 I thought that was the issue as well and temporarily disabled selinux and it did not fix my issue.

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