Owncloud
Owncloud is a platform for storing, syncing and sharing files. It is mainly targeted as alternative to Dropbox. Dropbox is highly political because the data is store somewhere in the world esp. USA, with data protection rules not compatible with ours. The Owcloud is hosted in our server room.
The address is https://cloud.itp.uni-frankfurt.de.
The login is your normal ITP login. But this is already using the upcoming LDAP service. If you changed your password within the last year, the password my be wrong. If you don't remember your old password, please send a note to trouble@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de. We will copy your recent (hashed) password to the LDAP. Don't (Never!) expose any password details.
On our Linux installation the the sync client is already installed. Search for "Owncloud desktop sync client", from the command line start "owncloud". The installation is self explaining. Use the server address from above.
For other operating systems the clients are offered for download from the first login, or from the owncloud website [1].
Where to store you synced data on the ITP computer
The Owncloud Server has its own backup and an internal undo function. So there is basically no need have an additional backup from the home directory. If you only have some hundreds of mega bytes, don't worry. For larger file sets there are two options:
- If your computer has a /data partition, put it there. But it's only accessible from the computer itself.
- In your home create a sub directory 'nobackup' and but it there. This is in the exclude list from the daily backup.
Additional Help
After logging to the Owncloud server, you will find some example files and the Owncloud User Manual. Please read this first to understand how to use the system. If there are still questions, you may write the usual support address.
