File storage service enabling fast uploads to a file server, with file integrity checks.
Use PyCharm Remote Development to run/debug this service alongside
a Nextcloud instance on a dev server. You will need to connect as
the HTTP user (www-data on Debian/Ubuntu) to permit writing files
to the Nextcloud data directory.
This requires a bit of preliminary setup on the server (as root)...
Stop Apache and kill any lingering www-data processes:
systemctl stop apache2
pkill -u www-data
Set a password for www-data:
passwd www-data
Enable logins and set up home dir for www-data:
usermod -d /home/www-data -s /bin/bash www-data
mkdir /home/www-data
chown www-data:www-data /home/www-data
Restart Apache:
systemctl start apache2
Create a cron job to synchronize the Nextcloud DB with the file system.
Edit the crontab for the HTTP user:
sudo crontab -e -u www-data
For example, to rescan all files under the Upload folder of
the Nextcloud user saeonrepo, every 10 minutes:
*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/nextcloud/occ files:scan --quiet --path=/saeonrepo/files/Upload