I am trying to install owncloud via WSL, but there is a problem with owncloud and php versions... Now I am getting this issue:
The apache2 configtest failed. Not doing anything.
Output of config test was:
apache2: Syntax error on line 225 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 5 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/owncloud.conf: <IfModule takes one argument, Container for directives based on existence of specified modules
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.
1 Answer
Enter into mysql:
sudo mysql
Create owncloud database:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE owncloud CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON owncloud.* TO 'ownclouduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'change-with-strong-password';
mysql> EXIT;
Install apache2, php and its modules:
sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 openssl php-imagick php7.2-common php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-imap php7.2-intl php7.2-json php7.2-ldap php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-pgsql php-smbclient php-ssh2 php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-xml php7.2-zip
Allow apache in firewall:
sudo ufw allow 'Apache Full'
Download, extract owncloud and change its folder owner:
wget -P /tmp
sudo unzip /tmp/owncloud-10.3.2.zip -d /var/www
sudo chown -R www-data: /var/www/owncloud
Create owncloud.conf configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/owncloud.conf
Alias /owncloud "/var/www/owncloud/"
<Directory /var/www/owncloud/>
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_dav.c>
Dav off
</IfModule>
SetEnv HOME /var/www/owncloud
SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/owncloud
</Directory>
Enable the newly added configuration and all required Apache modules with:
sudo a2enconf owncloud
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod env
sudo a2enmod dir
sudo a2enmod mime
Reload apache2 service:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
Install ownCloud at the next address: