Now a day’s file storage is a big problem encountered by so many people. To keep your files in a safe place, create a cloud server. Examples of cloud storage are DropBox, Google Drive, and iCloud. The hackers are smart enough to break any Security systems in the world and the users lost the trust in these cloud storage.

How and where to store the data securely? Make your own private cloud storage in a few minutes. It will be best if you have Own Private cloud storage and also you have the full control to manage and edit all the features on your cloud.

OwnCloud is the best cloud platform which uses a cloud software to manage the cloud storage. It offers an easy way to set up a personal private cloud like iCloud or Dropbox. The OwnCloud has the capability to beat any other Cloud Monsters. It has Calendars, Built-in Music player, photo galleries, text editors for rich text editing and many more. It also has its own app support. OwnCloud is the great choice to create cloud server for both personal and private purpose.

The OwnCloud is the broad solution and one must consider it, if they are really caring of their storage needs.

Requirements:

The basic requirements of an OwnCloud storage are:

  1. A domain name
  2. A web host should support PHP5 and MySQL
  3. OwnCloud Server 5

How to setup OwnCloud storage

Installing OwnCloud storage is easy and don’t need any skills or high knowledge. Setting up OwnCloud using web installer is very easy and recommended. If you require ‘Multiple User’ access to the OwnCloud private storage, create a database manually. To setup OwnCloud:

  1. Download the web installer
  2. Upload the ‘php’file to your web space using your hosting providers or FTP program like FileZilla.
  3. Enter the URL of the setup file into your web browser
  1. Follow the instructions to install OwnCloud and when the setup is completed, it will take you to the login page automatically.

How to setup the desktop sync:

  1. Open OwnCloud software and click on ‘configure’
  2. Login with appropriate details and insert the URL of your OwnCloud server.
  3. Click on the ‘Add folder’ to select the files and folders to sync. The files in this folder will sync to the OwnCloud Storage automatically.

How to sync calendar

To Sync Calendar

  1. On the right side of the window click the Calendar icon.
  2. Then, in the top right of the Popup window click the gear icon
  3. Duplicate the URL for your calendar.
  4. Finally, go to the settingsof the app and add your account in the CalDAV

How to sync Address book

To Sync the Address book

  1. Transfer the contacts from the address book into a VCF file.
  2. Select the ‘Contacts’ and on the bottom left the corner click the gear icon.
  3. Select the VCF file you want to upload and click on ‘Import’. If you have numerous contacts to upload it will take some time. You will sync your contacts, once the upload process is completed.

How to setup a Music server

To Setup a Music server, follow the steps below:

  1. Open the OwnCloud interface.
  2. Select ‘Personal’ by clicking on your username.
  3. Copy the URL listed.

Tomahawk is the Music player app used in OwnCloud. It is powerful, elegant and simple.

  1. In this app, go to the ‘preferences’ and select ‘services’.
  2. Choose ‘Ampache’ in services menu.
  3. Type the OwnCloud’s username and password and the URL you copied in a newly opened dialogue box.
  4. Then, all the music files in your OwnCloud will be played on the music player.
  5. From the OwnCloudapp store, you will also add many of the apps you like.