Nextcloud setup - Error while setting up /data folder on rclone mounted storage

Lufi

So, my goal is to run nextcloud on a vps, and use /mnt/storage/ncdata as the datastore for all uploaded files.

I tried :
-Setting storage path directly to /mnt/storage/ncdata
-Setting storage path to /www-data/ncdata, who is mounted with /mnt/storage/ncdata
-Setting ownership and permissions on both the above mentioned to 0700, and 0750 as google tells me to do, but i still get the same error.

Nextcloud installs just fine, and it fills some files in /mnt/storage/ncdata under installation, but when it finishes, i cannot get past a error message saying : Other users have access to your data folder, please set permission 0700 and try again, or something like that..

Is there any bright heads here who got any tips?

FoxelVox

Which OS are you running and are you running a default lamp stack with php-fpm or do you have a custom user, vhost, php pool and such setup?

Lufi

@FoxelVox said:
Which OS are you running and are you running a default lamp stack with php-fpm or do you have a custom user, vhost, php pool and such setup?

Im running Debian 10, and i am using Virtualmin as my lamp stack.

Edit : Have done some more reading. Looks like rclone isnt able to put permissions on a dropbox folder, There are work arounds, but that seems complicated.

jar

Different strategy: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_external_dropbox

Lufi

@jar said:
Different strategy: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_external_dropbox

I tried that a few days ago, and it works, but creates a issue where users have to go into the "shared folder" before they save files, or it will save it on the server itself anyway. I Bypassed the issue by setting 1KB storage limit on the user.

Looks like that is the solution i will go for anyway.

Anyone happen to want a free Nextcloud account? All i want in return is feedback on how it feels to use it.

bolle

I do have nextcloud and rclone on my VPS, but I don't use rclone with Nextcloud. Nor I played with rclone mounts. From various setups I was trying I remember that Nextcloud doesn't play well with sym-linked (or hard-linked) data folder. It has to be real folder.

If rclone mount is seen by the system as any other mount, then in Nextcloud I would try adding that rclone mount as "Local" external storage. The downside would probably be that you'd have to create a folder manually for each user (as in mkdir /mnt/rclone-mount/username) and then again in Nextcloud manually adding that external storage to specific user. I guess it could be automated with occ.