I have been using owncloud for some time now. Since my last update, my page is locked on maintenance mode, message as follow: This ownCloud instance is currently in maintenance mode, which may take a while. This page will refresh itself when the ownCloud instance is available again. Contact your…

[image] fixingahole2: What happened to the simple installation? In case you mean the web-installer: [image] Bye-bye web setup ( webinstaller ) News As of today, ownCloud will discontinue the web installer, which was only needed if you did not have SSH access to the…

Thanks for the reply… I had it for many years, and now with the last update it all got messed up. Is there a way for me to easily install this on my hosting service?

I think, installing with FTP is still possible, but no longer supported. Try it, if it works, you’re fine. If not, consider to switch to a suitable hosting.

Thanks Alfred…I am a little lost. I can’t fix the old installation, which is stuck on maintenance mode, and I can’t install a new one. Can you point me out to the easiest way to install a new installation, and where to find the old web installer?

Hey, i have done my installation by downloading the tar.bz2 file from owncloud.org , extracting it on my local system and uploading it to my webserver. Afterwards i was able to open the URL to the new installation in my browser and continue with the installation.

good to know, I will try that. Thanks!

[image] anon21401411: Afterwards i was able to open the URL to the new installation in my browser and continue with the installation. I know that this was working in the past, successfully done several times. But how about the upgrades? Is this still working these days? I’ll try this “upgrad…

From what i understand/have read in the past there are various different terms for this setup, installation and update topic: The “web setup” which was probably the “setup-owncloud.php” mentioned in Where ist the “setup-owncloud.php” file for version 10.0.6 (newest)? and which was removed accordi…

[image] anon21401411: The “web update” which is showing up if you point your browser to your ownCloud URL after you have uploaded the code of a new ownCloud version This is what I meant in my previous post. Huge thanks for that great summary! :+1:

I uploaded the unzipped folder and ran the index file, worked fine, thanks for the help. the website is extremely unhelpful, maybe owncloud changed course?

What happened to the simple installation?

Server

alfredb August 2, 2018, 10:20am 2

In case you mean the web-installer: