[dba-Tech] Your own personal Cloud

Looks like owncloud has progressed a bit since last i checked. I'll try it out on a vm and, if its stable, might throw it on my server. I'm otherwise quite content with my pogoplug though.

- Hans


On 2013-03-07, at 4:38 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> If you are on a budget, have your own business, intranet, want to have a
> secure and reliable Cloud (and that doesn't necessarily mean being
> financially tied Amazon, Microsoft and others, never knowing if your backups
> have been done or the site is being maintained) 
> 
> So why not build your own for family, friends and/or business. Here is a
> very viable option that you can design on your own equipment:  
> 
> https://owncloud.org/
> 
> Check out the features and the control you will have. :-)
> 
> And why not install it on your Debian/Ubuntu servers/stations:
> 
> http://smashingweb.info/owncloud-4-released-install-owncloud-on-ubuntu-12-04
> /
> 
> Terminal alert: You are going to have to key in a few lines on the terminal
> (command line interface) But Alt-Ctrl-T, cut and paste from the web site
> should be as hard as it gets. 
> 
> Note you will need Apache, MySQL and PHP5 for the base setup. Though the
> install from the website might be very straight forward it might be best to
> take no chances and previously install the latest greatest versions of the
> pre-requisites:
> 
> sudo apt-get install taskel
> sudo taskel install lamp-server
> sudo apt-get install php5-curl
> sudo apt-get install php5-gd
> 
> Now you are good to start with the suggested installation method and if you
> are using the Ubuntu 12.04 Linux.
> 
> Oh yes and most important. You have clients for Windows and Mac as well as
> Linux...and for the cherry on the cake...the clients runs on all your
> mobiles too.
> 
> Jim   
> 
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