NextCloud For Drobo5N

The version bundled with this package is 11.0.1 but it can easily be updated for a newer version

After install, App will be available at http://drobo5n:8080/nextcloud/

This is a set of scripts to package a DroboApp from scratch, i.e., download sources, unpackage, compile, install, and package in a TGZ file.

Keep in mind that this DroboApp requires apache and the locale apps to be installed.

How to compile

First make sure that you have a working cross-compiling VM.

Log in the VM, pick a temporary folder (e.g., ~/build), and then do:

git clone https://github.com/CarlosRoque/nextcloud_drobo.git
cd nextcloud
./build.sh
ls -la *.tgz

Each invocation creates a log file with all the generated output.

• ./build.sh distclean removes everything, including downloaded files.
• ./build.sh clean removes everything but downloaded files.
• ./build.sh package repackages the DroboApp, without recompiling.

Installing

Just copy the genereated nextcloud.tgz file to:

/mnt/DroboFS/Shares/DroboApps

Restart your drobo. The app will be available here

http://drobo5n:8080/nextcloud/

Sources

• nextcloud: https://nextcloud.com/

Suggestions

Drobo Mounted Shares

Becuase Own cloud keeps each user storage separate, you need to add each Drobo Share that you wish to share as Local Storage. To accomplish that:

• Enable the "External storage support" App
• Go to Admin>External Storage
• Type a Folder Name
• Select Local
• Add the path to the Share i.e. /mnt/DroboFS/Shares/< ShareName >
• Add any users or groups for whom the folder will be available
• Repeat for all desired Shares

Database

If you are planing on having more than one user, then it is recomended that you use a database like MySQL. You can use the one built in the Drobo 5N but make sure to increase max_connections and max_allowed_packet. You can do that by setting those flags in the my.cnf file located here

/mnt/DroboFS/Shares/DroboApps/mysql/my.cnf

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