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Adding storage space
Solution I. allows you to add a link to a local or remote folder.
Solution II. allows to move the main storage space of Nextcloud.
I. Add an external storage space
Parameter =>[Administration] External storage.
At the bottom of the list you can add a folder (It is possible to define a subfolder using the folder/subfolder convention.)
Select a storage type and specify the requested connection information.
You can restrict this folder to one or more nextcloud users with the column Available for.
With the gear you can allow or prohibit previewing and file sharing.
Finally click on the check mark to validate the folder.
II. Migrate Nextcloud data to a larger partition
Note: The following assumes that you have a hard disk mounted on /media/storage. Refer tothis article to prepare your system.
Note: Replace nextcloud with the name of its instance, if you have several Nextcloud apps installed.
First turn off the web server with the command:
systemctl stop nginx
Choice of location
Case A: Blank storage, exclusive to Nextcloud
For the moment only root can write to it in /media/storage, which means that NGINX and Nextcloud will not be able to use it.
chown -R nextcloud:nextcloud /media/storage
chmod 775 -R /media/storage
Case B: Shared storage, data already present, Nextcloud data in a subfolder
If you want to use this disk for other applications, you can create a subfolder belonging to Nextcloud.
mkdir -p /media/storage/nextcloud_data
chown -R nextcloud /media/storage/nextcloud_data
chmod 775 -R /media/storage/nextcloud_data
Migrate data
Migrate your data to the new disk. To do this (be patient, it can take a long time):
Case A: cp -ia /home/yunohost.app/nextcloud /media/storage
Case B: cp -ia /home/yunohost.app/nextcloud /media/storage/nextcloud_data
The i option allows you to ask yourself what to do if there is a file conflict, especially if you overwrite an old Owncloud or Nextcloud data folder.
To check that everything went well, compare what these two commands display (the content must be identical):
ls -la /home/yunohost.app/nextcloud
Case A: ls -al /media/storage
Case B: ls -al /media/storage/nextcloud_data/nextcloud
Configure Nextcloud
To inform Nextcloud of its new directory, modify the /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php file with the command:
nano /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php
Look for the line:
'datadirectory' => '/home/yunohost.app/nextcloud/data',
That you modify:
CASE A:'datadirectory' =>'/media/storage',
CASE B:'datadirectory' =>'/media/storage/nextcloud_data/nextcloud/data',
Save it with ctrl+x then y or o (depending on your server locale).
Restart the web server:
systemctl start nginx
Add the.ocdata file
CASE A: nano /media/storage/.ocdata
CASE B: nano /media/storage/nextcloud_data/nextcloud/data/.ocdata
Add a space to the file to be able to save it
Back up with ctrl+x then y or o (depending on your server locale).
Run a scan of the new directory by Nextcloud:
cd /var/www/nextcloud
sudo -u nextcloud php8.1 --define apc.enable_cli=1 files:scan --all
Update the YunoHost setting, so automatic upgrades and backups know where the datadir is located:
Case A: yunohost app setting nextcloud datadir -v /media/storage
Case B: yunohost app setting nextcloud datadir -v /media/storage/nextcloud_data/nextcloud/data/
It's over now. Now test if everything is fine, try connecting to your Nextcloud instance, upload a file, check its proper synchronization.