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CHAPTER
TWO
THE OWNCLOUD WEB INTERFACE
You can connect to ownCloud with your web browser by pointing it to the address that you have received from your
service provider. In case you are administering the server yourself, have a look at ownCloud Administrators Manual.
When you enter the URL, you will receive a page that is similar to the one depicted below:
Figure 2.1: The ownCloud login screen
Login with the user name and password with you have received from your service provider. If you have set up the
server yourself, log in with the user name which you have created during the setup process. You can add further users
through the settings, or by hooking up a user backend, such as LDAP.
2.1 Overview
After clicking the Log in button, you will be redirected to ownCloud’s main web interface:
The web interface comprises of the following items:
1. Navigation bar: Allows navigation between different parts of ownCloud, provided by apps. Not all apps
depicted in this screen shot are installed and enabled by default.
2. Application view: This is where apps show their content. By default, this will show the files and directory (file
view) of your user on the ownCloud installation.
3. Upload/Create button: This allows you to create new files or upload existing ones from your device. Note
that you can also drop files from Explorer or Finder onto the ownCloud file view and they will get uploaded to
ownCloud.
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