confused about the install one-liner

[lamixer]

Hello!

Regarding the one-line-install script shown on this page https://docs.opencloud.eu/docs/admin/intro/ (specifically curl -L https://opencloud.eu/install | /bin/bash ) that does not seem to create any config.json file. It does create an opencloud.yaml file in the config directory in the 'sandbox' folder it also creates. Does this install script create both the backend server and the web interface?

I ran your script on a freshly installed Debian 12 virtual server.

I am not a developer but I have successfully used Nextcloud and Owncloud before that, usually installing the lamp stack myself.

I suppose I will move on to the docker instructions, but I am curious why this one line install command is there if it does not provide a testing front and back end. I did try adding my own config.json in the config directory where I specified the server url and nothing more, but it did not seem to work, though I may have a dns issue. Thanks! Congrats on the new project!

[micbar]

@lamixer I do not understand your issue with the config.json. There is no config.json in opencloud.

This script is a very quick way to install opencloud backend, frontend and Identity Provider as a single binary with no needed dependencies.

That means you have a very bare feature set without external services like collabora or tika.

This script is targeting localhost setups for "take aquick look" usecases.

Production setups should be done with docker or kubernetes.

Bare metal is also possible but not supported because it creates too many issues.

[micbar]

This is good for production setups with the full feature set and letsencrypt SSL https://docs.opencloud.eu/docs/admin/getting-started/container/docker-compose

[lamixer]

Hello @micbar ! Thanks for helping me. I was confused when I tried the pre-compiled binary and it did not work that I also needed to install the 'web' portion of the project -- thinking it was the rendering part (vue.js) of the backend ( https://docs.opencloud.eu/docs/dev/web/getting-started ).

The 'web' component is configured by a config.json file. But now I think maybe that is to make a desktop client to access opencloud, instead of a web browser?

Also when I try to access the login page the error I get in my browser says:

Missing or invalid config

Please check if the file config.json exists and is correct.

It is an error that suggests I need a config.json file somewhere!

Is it possible, using the pre-compiled binary or the one-line installer, to access opencloud on a VM on my LAN from another computer? Or only localhost is possible? Thanks again!

[micbar]

The config.json is rendered by the server.

This error message indicates a wrongly configured URL setting.

[lamixer]

Got it! Thanks... just now was writing to say I found that runopencloud.sh script contains a line defining the URL ( export OC_URL=https://xxx and after changing that I am able to bring up the login page, and indeed login with admin:admin. Great!