ownCloud

Hi Paul
What is your problem with Nextcloud in moodle? i'm a developer and want to use Nextcloud. You only say nextcloud have some bugs but can you describe exactly what is your mind?
maybe i can solve that.

Just for the record: I have tested the plugin in Moodle 3.9 (Beta) and it works perfectly fine. Moodle have not so far volenteered to fix the issues in Moodle 3.9, so I have asked them if they would do so for Moodle 4.0. As of yet, I have not had an answer nor commitment. I have also, for the record, put this to the MUA as I believe that the project needed to fix the issue would not be a major one.

As I see it, the OwnCloud plugin as developed by Münster University has only been discontinued on the understanding that the NextCloud variant was supposed to be a direct replacement, which it seems it is not.
I have now written pretty widely on this issue since it is in my opinion a serious bug. Can we make it a priority for Moodle 4?
If we are not going to fix the plugin, can we at least stop Moodle from prompting people to migrate from the OwnCloud variant to the NextCloud offering that is built into Moodle?
Just to say overall, if Moodle cannot replicate the functionality of this plugin, could Münster not revitalize their commitment to maintaining it, and if not perhaps someone else would like to take on the role: I would even consider doing so.
A plugin is only redundant as and when a replacement is found, which the Moodle NextCloud plugin clearly isn't.

Please note that this plugin is discontinued, and that from Moodle 3.6 onward there is repository_nextcloud available in core. That means that you don't even need to install an additional plugin as support for a connection to ownCloud is already available.
Please re-try your steps, but this time using repository_nextcloud instead. If it doesn't work, feel free to post in the Repositories forum on moodle.org. Thanks!

Hello,
I am using the 3.7.4 version of Moodle with the plugin repository_owncloud v3.6-r1 version (2018112300).
Here is what happens exactly:
1 select our ownCloud instance in the Moodle file picker
2 click on "Log in to your account"
3 popup window opens and asks me to grant access to my account
4 enter my username and password for owncloud
5 get as a message: "Successfully authorized to connect to ownCloud."
6 The popup window closes, Moodle tells me: "You are not in any groups, so you do not have access to any folders."
Thank you in advance for your answers.

Next Cloud is not a replacement for this plugin. Nextcloud does not allow for dynamic file updating like this plugin.

Hi, I'm having problems with the latest version of the OwnCloud plugin. I'm getting an error that says it cannot update the endpoint.
The actual version is: v3.5-r2

Hi Paul, thanks for sharing your findings! I am glad you got it to work. For further connectivity troubles I started collecting troubleshooting info at https://docs.moodle.org/34/en/ownCloud_Repository#Troubleshooting , so if someone runs into problems it's worth looking there as well.

If anyone is having trouble in getting Moodle and OwnCloud to link you may like to take a look at my comment on the OwnCloud Users's group feed: https://central.owncloud.org/t/moodle-owncloud-not-connecting/11743

Thanks Jan. Sorry, I don't know how I could have missed that.

Hi Nicolas, detailed installation instructions are available at https://github.com/learnweb/moodle-repository_owncloud/blob/master/README.md#installation. But I think they haven't changed since the previous releases.

Hi,
Thanks for sharing this plugin ! Could you provide detailed installation instructions? Are the ones for the previous release relevant?

Approval issue created: CONTRIB-6950