Automatic Configuration¶

If you need to install ownCloud on multiple servers you normally do not want to set-up each instance separately as described in the Database Configuration. For this reason the automatic configuration feature has been introduced.

To take advantage of this feature you need to create a configuration file, called ../owncloud/config/autoconfig.php and set the parameters as required. The file will automatically be removed after the initial configuration has been applied.

Parameters¶

You need to keep in mind that two parameters are named differently in this configuration file compared to the normal config.php.

autoconfig.php	config.php
directory	datadirectory
dbpass	dbpassword

SQLite Database¶

<?php
$AUTOCONFIG = array(
  "dbtype"        => "sqlite",
  "dbname"        => "owncloud",
  "dbtableprefix" => "",
  "directory"     => "/www/htdocs/owncloud/data",
);

MySQL Database¶

Keep in mind that the automatic configuration does not unburden you from creating the database user and database in advance, as described in Database Configuration.

<?php
$AUTOCONFIG = array(
  "dbtype"        => "mysql",
  "dbname"        => "owncloud",
  "dbuser"        => "username",
  "dbpass"        => "password",
  "dbhost"        => "localhost",
  "dbtableprefix" => "",
  "adminlogin"    => "root",
  "adminpass"     => "root-password",
  "directory"     => "/www/htdocs/owncloud/data",
);

PostgreSQL Database¶

Keep in mind that the automatic configuration does not unburden you from creating the database user and database in advance, as described in Database Configuration.

<?php
$AUTOCONFIG = array(
  "dbtype"        => "pgsql",
  "dbname"        => "owncloud",
  "dbuser"        => "username",
  "dbpass"        => "password",
  "dbhost"        => "localhost",
  "dbtableprefix" => "",
  "adminlogin"    => "root",
  "adminpass"     => "root-password",
  "directory"     => "/www/htdocs/owncloud/data",
);