Neither Zimbra nor Zextras are releasing compatible versions for ZimbraDrive v1 / Open Drive Nextcloud apps since a long time.
Here you will be able to download recent versions of the Nextcloud app for recent Nextcloud versions.
-
Open Drive (Nextcloud app) v0.8.26
- Compatible with:
- Nextcloud 24
- Nextcloud 25
- Nextcloud 26
- Compatible with:
-
Open Drive (Nextcloud app) v0.8.27
- Compatible with:
- Nextcloud 26
- Nextcloud 27
- Not tested on:
- Nextcloud 25
- Nextcloud 24
- Compatible with:
Please check releases for the most recent versions.
If you want to update your existing ZimbraDrive app in your Nextcloud installation you need to:
- Move current
/var/www/html/apps/zimbradrive
folder out of the way - Extract the new version:
tar -xzvf zimbradrive-0.8.27.tar.gz --directory=/var/www/html/apps
Make sure to change /var/www/html
so that it matches your Nextcloud root folder.
For now we will not neither be updating or releasing new versions of the ZimbraDrive v1 / Open Drive zimlet for Zimbra Classic interface.
Updated ZimbraDrive app for Nextcloud is being developed by BTACTIC, S.C.C.L. ( http://www.btactic.com )
Open Drive is not not a fully fledged Zextras product under active support and development, but a contribution provided to the Zimbra Community "as is".
Anyone is free to download it and to clone the repository to apply any change complying with the project's licensing but there is no official commitment on updates, on the inclusion of features and/or the approval of pull requests.
Zimbra and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
Features:
- Use Zimbra credentials in Nextcloud / ownCloud.
- Navigate Nextcloud / ownCloud files inside Zimbra.
- Manage Nextcloud / ownCloud files inside Zimbra (upload, move, rename, delete).
- Attach Nextcloud / ownCloud files to email.
Supported Versions:
- Nextcloud: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
- ownCloud: 9, 9.1, 10
Verify the files using the provided md5
file:
md5sum -c zimbra_drive.md5
Extract zimbra_drive.tgz
mkdir -p /tmp/zimbradrive
tar -xvf zimbra_drive.tgz --directory /tmp/zimbradrive
- Create directory
/opt/zimbra/lib/ext/zimbradrive
mkdir -p /opt/zimbra/lib/ext/zimbradrive
- Copy
/tmp/zimbradrive/zimbra-extension/zal.jar
and/tmp/zimbradrive/zimbra-extension/zimbradrive-extension.jar
in/opt/zimbra/lib/ext/zimbradrive
cp /tmp/zimbradrive/zimbra-extension/zal.jar /tmp/zimbradrive/zimbra-extension/zimbradrive-extension.jar /opt/zimbra/lib/ext/zimbradrive
- Restart the mailbox to let the extension to be loaded correctly.
zmmailboxdctl restart
- Set the Nextcloud/owncloud service url foreach domain. The cloud service url (CLOUD_URL) has to be in the form: protocol://cloudHost/path_to_index.php.
zmprov md domainExample.com zimbraDriveOwnCloudURL https://cloud.example.com/index.php
Change owner and group of /tmp/zimbradrive/zimlet/com_zextras_drive_open.zip
chown zimbra:zimbra /tmp/zimbradrive/zimlet/com_zextras_drive_open.zip
Deploy the zimlet
zmzimletctl deploy /tmp/zimbradrive/zimlet/com_zextras_drive_open.zip
Enable the zimlet in your class of service.
Get the zimbradrive application from https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/zimbradrive or https://marketplace.owncloud.com/apps/zimbradrive.
Extract zimbradrive.tar.gz
in the folder apps
of Nextcloud/ownCloud.
tar -xzvf zimbradrive.tar.gz --directory=/var/www/html/apps
Login in Own/Next Cloud as an administrator, in App
menu, enable ZimbraDrive
, or by command line
sudo -u www-data php /var/www/html/occ app:enable zimbradrive
Configure the Zimbra Server into to the Zimbra Drive
section in the Admin Configuration of Your Nextcloud/ownCloud instance.
- Enable
Allow Zimbra's users to log in
andEnable Zimbra authentication back end
- Set Zimbra's host and port
- Enable
Use SSL
if the Zimbra server required an SSL connection (recommended) - Enable
Enable certificate verification
if the Zimbra server provide a valid certificate (recommended) - To enable the auto login for the Nextcloud/ownCloud's users whom click on the Zimbra icon in the Nextcloud/ownCloud web GUI, insert the
Domain Preauth Key
Click to Test page
button to check if there are problems with the server connection.
Note The preauth key can be generate with:
zmprov generateDomainPreAuthKey domain.com
If the preauth key already exists, it can be obtained with:
zmprov getDomain domain.com zimbraPreAuthKey
If the administrator remove the Nextcloud/ownCloud App the Zimbra users will not be visible anymore in the Nextcloud/ownCloud administration panel.
Note To manually disable the authentication through Zimbra remove these lines to the Nextcloud/ownCloud configuration:
'user_backends' => array (
0 => array (
'class' => 'OC_User_Zimbra',
'arguments' => array(),
),
),
WARNING: This process will delete all the Zimbra Users data from Nextcloud / ownCloud and is not reversible.
To remove all the Zimbra Users from the Nextcloud / ownCloud installation run this command:
cd /var/www/nextcloud # Go to the OCC path
mysql_pwd='password' # Set the database password
occ_db='nextcloud' # Set the database name for the Nextcloud / ownCloud
mysql -u root --password="${mysql_pwd}" "${occ_db}" -N -s \
-e 'SELECT `uid` FROM `oc_zimbradrive_users`' \
| while read uid; do \
sudo -u www-data php ./occ user:delete "${uid}"; \
mysql -u root --password="${mysql_pwd}" "${occ_db}" \
-e "DELETE FROM oc_accounts WHERE uid = '${uid}' LIMIT 1"; \
done
Zimbra Drive is an official Zimbra product - support is provided through the official Zimbra channels to both Open Source and Network Edition customers.