External Storage - Setup

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Hello,

I am trying to add a 12GB external drive to my Debian 10 - NextCloud server as an external storage option.

1- I have enabled the external support app
2- In Administration → External storage. I created a new folder name with the following settings:

a) FolderName: twelvegigs
b) External storage: Local
c) Authentication: None
d) Configuration: /media/dcorredor/Elements
e) Available for: All users

I get cannot pass that step. (I get a red warming icon)

I can access the folder via the command line. It has permissions to be written by all users in the server.

Any help will be appreciated

Thank you,
Dan

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The owner of the destination external storage directory must be the webserver/nextcloud user.

On Ubuntu and Debian:
chown www-data:www-data /media/dcorredor/Elements
(hopefully this is your external directory)

If this is not the problem post interesting parts of:
mount

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