NextCloud 11 and WebDAV

[dz00te]

i’m not a nextcloud user so forgive my errors:
i’ve installed ns7 on arubaclud,
configured letsencrypt
installed openldap and created user
installed nextlcoud 11.0.2

i need only webdav to test the new backup
but, while i can connect to nextcloud via web browser, i can’t connect via app(andorid,linux,win on https://my.domain.org/nextcloud) or webdav (tested with cadaver and nautilius on https://my.domain.org/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/USERNAME/ or https://my.domain.org/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/ )

did i missing something?

tnx

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

Our architecture changed with nextcloud 11. Now it runs under a php-fpm instance with an apache ProxyPass in front of it. The reason is NC11 wants PHP 5.6 but the upstream Apache instance has mod_php 5.4.

Excluding connection issues, let’s see Apache log files, and application log files.

Edit:

I can reproduce the problem. It is a bug!

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

I removed the update to NextCloud 11 from the nethserver-updates repository, released today on 2017-04-04 07:19 UTC.

The mirrors are excluded until tomorrow morning (approx 2017-04-05 09:00 UTC) to avoid metadata conflicts.

Before proceeding with the release of NextCloud 11 this bug must be fixed, otherwise any existing WebDAV client cannot connect to the NextCloud instance any more.

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

Bug filed

Issue: NextCloud WebDAV authentication failure

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I guess we must fix the ProxyPass / URL rewriting configuration for WebDAV calls from Apache to php-fpm.

https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/11/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html?highlight=fpm#php-fpm-tips-label

any hint is welcome! /cc @dev_team

[dz00te]

@davidep see comment on github

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

Thank you for the hint! It seems to fix the problem!

I’ve uploaded a package to nethserver-testing. I’ve tested it with the Windows client.

 yum --enablerepo=nethserver-testing update nextcloud

Could you give it a try, too? /cc @quality_team

[dz00te]

Could you give it a try, too? /cc @quality_team

it seems to work for me too.
Connection tested with

• cadaver
• nautilius (also if i can’t copy files with space in the name, maybe a limitation? i’ll investigate)
• app from linux
• ns7 backup + webdav

anyway since i’m not a nextcloud user i would like to wait tests from someone who better know nextcloud
tnx!

[dz00te]

• nautilius (also if i can’t copy files with space in the name, maybe a limitation? i’ll investigate)

it seems a known problem…

Unable to access directories starting with a hash sign

Issue: Unable to create or interact with files containing spaces.

so, although I’m not sure what I’m doing
i’ve disabled the proxypassmatch line and added to

<Directory "/usr/share/nextcloud">
...
<FilesMatch \.php$>
         SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>

now seem to work with files containing spaces…

but… i’ve found that mounting webdav on window
https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/11/user_manual/files/access_webdav.html#accessing-files-using-microsoft-windows
don’t allow me to copy files… i can delete file, create and remove dir…
this problem is present also with proxypass configuration… any idea?
tnx!

edit: on windows using an util like netdrive seems to work well
note that also if the manual says to connect using:
https://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/USERNAME/
i’ve made my test using:
https://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/
because it’s only way for me to connect (on win/nautilius/nackupNs7)

[dz00te]

but… i’ve found that mounting webdav on windows
…
don’t allow me to copy files… i can delete file, create and remove dir

ok, this one seems a nc11 bug… if someone is interested, i have tested the patch and works well, and should be included in the next week relase (11.0.3)
more info:

Add new user agent of windows 10 dav backend

Issue: Sabre\DAV\Exception\NotFound: HTTP/1.1 404 - when uploading files via WEBDAV

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

IIUC the only fix to apply is for whitespace (FileMatch+SetHandler)?

[dz00te]

IIUC the only fix to apply is for whitespace (FileMatch+SetHandler)?

yes if you think it’s a valid patch… for me works.
tnx

edit:
and permission on /usr/share/nextcloud/.user.ini

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

Thank you very much, @dz00te! I’ve just uploaded a new package in nethserver-testing with the suggested patches:

yum --enablerepo=nethserver-testing update nextcloud-11.0.2-1.3.gbcd069aa.ns7.noarch

After installing it:

systemctl restart httpd

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

Good catch folks @dz00te @davidep

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

The bugfix has been just released and will be soon available from all mirrors!

special acknowledgements to @dz00te, for driving me to the solution!