I copied the data that is in the nextcloud data folder, I added the permissions for www-data and added the .ocdata file into the root of the copied data folder.
When I change to the new data directory in the config.php and then open the nextcloud webpage, I get the following error message:
Your data directory is invalid Ensure there is a file called “.ocdata” in the root of the data directory.
When I do ls -al in that copied data directory I get
total 188
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 nov 16 13:55 .
drwxrwxrwx 3 www-data www-data 4096 nov 16 15:01 ..
drwxr-xr-x 12 www-data www-data 4096 nov 16 12:51 appdata_oc7yks14xxek
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 0 nov 16 13:55 flow.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 542 nov 16 12:51 .htaccess
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 0 nov 16 12:51 index.html
-rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 170073 nov 16 12:51 nextcloud.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 0 nov 16 15:57 .ocdata
drwxr-xr-x 7 www-data www-data 4096 nov 16 13:42 odenkaz
As you may see, it the .ocdata is there.
Is there something missing that Nextcloud is not reading that file in the new location?
I was following this particular guide: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-nextcloud-ubuntu-20-04-apache-lamp-stack
There is a section called: How to Move the Data Directory
I can revert back with no problem to the original data folder so I am not worried too much about the data the new location since it’s just copied data.
I just want Nextcloud to point to it so that then I can delete the old data folder later
Any help is appreciated!