Question about OwnCloud

[Fritz]

Can the server run on Windows or is it Linux only? Can't find the answer on the web.

 

[PigLover]

Of course it can run on Windows...just load up Hyper-V and run the server (and its Linux OS) in a VM

Owncloud does not, AFAIK, have a native windows option.

 

[Patrick]

I can confirm it does work in Hyper-V

 

[Fritz]

Thanks.

 

[Jannis Jacobsen]

havent tested, but might run on wamp stack.
easy to setup in a linux vm though, just remember to get a ssl cert if you put it online

-Jannis

 

[wildchild]

Also works on omnios

 

[Fritz]

Well hell, back to square one. Loaded Ubuntu into a VM, installed gnome and that's the last I saw of Ubuntu. Started up with a black screen and nothing more. I hate when crap like that happens. O well, it's easy to create and destroy VM's.

 

[dicecca112]

Well hell, back to square one. Loaded Ubuntu into a VM, installed gnome and that's the last I saw of Ubuntu. Started up with a black screen and nothing more. I hate when crap like that happens. O well, it's easy to create and destroy VM's.

Can you ssh in and install xorg-xinit? That should fix the issue.

 

[PigLover]

Why do you need gnome (or any other Gui) for an OwnCloud server? Just install Ubuntu server, select openssh-server and LAME as optional packages during the install, and then install OwnCloud from the command line.

 

[Fritz]

Why do you need gnome (or any other Gui) for an OwnCloud server? Just install Ubuntu server, select openssh-server and LAME as optional packages during the install, and then install OwnCloud from the command line.

Yea, good question. I don't like unity but for my purposes, it wouldn't matter. Just wasn't thinking when I stepped in it. Gonna give it another go after super.

 

[GCM]

Getting Started with ownCloud | ownCloud.org

You can download appliance images here.

 

[grogthegreat]

I have owncloud running on a VPS with no desktop environment. Works great although you might want to check out Next Cloud. Seems the co-founder and a lot of core OwnCloud developers have bailed and created an OwnCloud fork. Worth comparing before installing.