diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_files/federated_cloud_sharing_configuration.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_files/federated_cloud_sharing_configuration.rst index 92386e6e1..fd1b7fe0a 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_files/federated_cloud_sharing_configuration.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_files/federated_cloud_sharing_configuration.rst @@ -2,30 +2,19 @@ Configuring Federation Sharing ============================== -Federated Cloud Sharing is now managed by the Federation app (9.0+), and is -now called Federation sharing. When you enable the Federation app you can -easily and securely link file shares between ownCloud servers, in effect -creating a cloud of ownClouds. +When you enable the Federation app you can easily and securely link file shares +between Nextcloud servers, in effect creating a cloud of Nextclouds. -Sharing With ownCloud 8 and Older ---------------------------------- +Creating a Federation Share +--------------------------- -Direct Federation shares (:ref:`label-direct-share-link`) are not supported in -ownCloud 8 and older, so you must create Federation shares with public links -(:ref:`label-public-link-share`). - -.. _label-direct-share-link: - -Creating a new Federation Share (9.0+ only) -------------------------------------------- - -Follow these steps to create a new Federation share between two ownCloud 9.0+ +Follow these steps to create a new Federation share between two Nextcloud servers. This requires no action by the user on the remote server; all it takes is a few steps on the originating server. 1. Enable the Federation app. -2. Go to your ownCloud Admin page and scroll to the Sharing +2. Go to your Nextcloud Admin page and scroll to the Sharing section. Verify that **Allow users on this server to send shares to other servers** and **Allow users on this server to receive shares from other servers** are enabled. @@ -33,16 +22,16 @@ is a few steps on the originating server. 3. Now go to the Federation section. By default, **Add server automatically once a federated share was created successfully** is checked. The Federation app supports creating a - list of trusted ownCloud servers, which allows the trusted servers to + list of trusted Nextcloud servers, which allows the trusted servers to exchange user directories and auto-complete the names of external users when you create shares. If you do not want this enabled, then un-check it. .. figure:: images/federation-0.png 3. Now go to your Files page and select a folder to share. Click the share - icon, and then enter the username and URL of the user on the remote ownCloud - server. In this example, that is ``freda@https://example.com/owncloud``. - When ownCloud verifies the link, it displays it with the **(remote)** label. + icon, and then enter the username and URL of the user on the remote Nextcloud + server. In this example, that is ``freda@https://example.com/nextcloud``. + When Nextcloud verifies the link, it displays it with the **(remote)** label. Click on this label to establish the link. .. figure:: images/federation-2.png @@ -54,16 +43,16 @@ is a few steps on the originating server. You may disconnect the share at any time by clicking the trash can icon. -Configuring Trusted ownCloud Servers ------------------------------------- +Configuring Trusted Nextcloud Servers +------------------------------------- -You may create a list of trusted ownCloud servers for Federation sharing. This -allows your linked ownCloud servers to share user directories, and to auto-fill +You may create a list of trusted Nextcloud servers for Federation sharing. This +allows your linked Nextcloud servers to share user directories, and to auto-fill user names in share dialogs. If **Add server automatically once a federated share was created successfully** is enabled on your Admin page, servers will be automatically added to your trusted list when you create new Federation shares. -You may also enter ownCloud server URLs in the **Add ownCloud Server** field. +You may also enter Nextcloud server URLs in the **Add Nextcloud Server** field. The yellow light indicates a successful connection, with no user names exchanged. The green light indicates a successful connection with user names exchanged. A red light means the connection failed. @@ -75,12 +64,9 @@ exchanged. A red light means the connection failed. Creating Federation Shares via Public Link Share ------------------------------------------------ -You'll need to use a Public Link Share to create Federation shares with -ownCloud 8.x and older. - Check the ``Share Link`` checkbox to expose more sharing options (which are described more fully in :doc:`file_sharing_configuration`). You may create a -Federation share by allowing ownCloud to create a public link for you, and then +Federation share by allowing Nextcloud to create a public link for you, and then email it to the person you want to create the share with. .. figure:: images/create_public_share-6.png @@ -88,12 +74,12 @@ email it to the person you want to create the share with. You may optionally set a password and expiration date on it. When your recipient receives your email they must click the link, or copy it to a Web browser. They will see a page displaying a thumbnail of the file, with a button -to **Add to your ownCloud**. +to **Add to your Nextcloud**. .. figure:: images/create_public_share-8.png -Your recipient should click the **Add to your ownCloud** button. On the next -screen your recipient needs to enter the URL to their ownCloud +Your recipient should click the **Add to your Nextcloud** button. On the next +screen your recipient needs to enter the URL to their Nextcloud server, and then press the return key. .. figure:: images/create_public_share-9.png @@ -122,7 +108,7 @@ Your Apache Web server must have ``mod_rewrite`` enabled, and you must have connections (see :doc:`../installation/installation_wizard`). Consider also enabling SSL to encrypt all traffic between your servers . -Your ownCloud server creates the share link from the URL that you used to log +Your Nextcloud server creates the share link from the URL that you used to log into the server, so make sure that you log into your server using a URL that is accessible to your users. For example, if you log in via its LAN IP address, such as ``http://192.168.10.50``, then your share URL will be something like