Installing ownCloud From the Command LineΒΆ
It is now possible to install ownCloud entirely from the command line. This is convenient for scripted operations, headless servers, and sysadmins who prefer the command line. There are three stages to installing ownCloud via the command line:
1. Download and install the ownCloud code via your package manager, or download and unpack the tarball in the appropriate directories. (See Preferred Linux Installation Method and Manual Installation on Linux.)
2. Change the ownership of your owncloud
directory to your HTTP user, like
this example for Debian/Ubuntu. You must run occ
as your HTTP user; see
Run occ As Your HTTP User:
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/owncloud/
3. Use the occ
command to complete your installation. This takes the place
of running the graphical Installation Wizard:
$ cd /var/www/owncloud/
$ sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:install --database
"mysql" --database-name "owncloud" --database-user "root" --database-pass
"password" --admin-user "admin" --admin-pass "password"
ownCloud is not installed - only a limited number of commands are available
ownCloud was successfully installed
Note that you must change to the root ownCloud directory, as in the example
above, to run occ maintenance:install
, or the installation will fail with
a PHP fatal error message.
Supported databases are:
- sqlite (SQLite3 - Server Edition Only)
- mysql (MySQL/MariaDB)
- pgsql (PostgreSQL)
- oci (Oracle)
See Command Line Installation for more information.
Finally, apply the correct strong permissions to your ownCloud files and directories (see Setting Strong Directory Permissions). This is an extremely important step. It helps protect your ownCloud installation, and ensures that it will run correctly.