Hi, unfortunately, I cannot write on the external storage in Nextcloud, but I can write on it outside of Nextcloud. My setup: Ubuntu 18.04 on the server, Nextcloud 15.0.10. I have a volume on Digital Ocean and I used the configuration “local” in Nextcloud, because it is the same server. It is reco…

You have to set correct permissions to this folder, check this tread: [image] Local External Storage not working? ℹ️ Support I have just installed Nextcloud Server on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system, following this guide by DigitalOcean . I found it a bit odd that it did n…

Thank you, it seems like your advise there solved the problem. One more question about it though: I thought I was supposed to see the external storage as a folder. Now it seems that it is connected, but it is no separate folder. How can I checked whether it worked successfully and I have the full v…

[image] ekevu: I was supposed to see the external storage as a folder It is true. First of all you will see Green bubble on the left side - meaning that external storage at least accessible. Then you have to enable user(s) that can work with this external folder. You can set if previews are e…

I don’t see it as a separate folder anymore. My user has the access right as you described above. The bubble is green. And the volume is connected to the server. Within nextcloud in the tab “Files”, I see a point “External Storage”. If I click on it, I see my volume. However, if I click on that, I …

Is this local folder? Then NC has a “bug” green bubble will be always there, please double check the path (I made typo last time and had have the same issue). [image] Local External Storage not working? You can test if your NC user has access to your local folder.

I double-checked the path, it works fine. I see the green bubble, I even deleted the storage and re-initiated it. It is still not working though. :frowning:

I found out that I accidentally deleted the external storage folder. I recreated it and it works, at least I see the symbol now in the folder icon. However, once I click on it, I get redirected to the main folder of Nextcloud.

[image] ekevu: However, once I click on it, I get redirected to the main folder of Nextcloud. Seems as permission problem. Please provide more info: How you did install the NC: manual, snap, Docker? Check that NC user has access to your folder. E.g. for manual installation usually you have …

I installed it as snap. That works. The permissions on the server seem to work well, that’s why the problem appears to be Nextcloud-specific.

For snap it is totally different, Try to run following command to added access to external share, you can read explanation in a quoted post: [image] Local External Storage not working? sudo snap connect nextcloud:removable-media

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You have to set correct permissions to this folder, check this tread: