Trying to understand how to use WebDAV

webdav
#1

I would like to use my home NextCloud server to sync files from OmniFocus. However, I don’t quite understand how to set it up or what folders I have to create on my Linux box and WHERE they should go.

So for example, Omnifocus is asking me for an address.

I know about https://my.server/nextcloud/remote.php

but what comes after “remote.php”? I’ve seen various examples such as

https://my.server/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/foo

but when I’ve tried such things, I just get a sync failed. Is “webdav” part of the necessary URL, or can it be just anything? Do I need to create a folder called “webdav” or something else? Does it go under the “data” folder? What about permissions?

I’ve also seen references to the use of webdav: rather than https:

Guidance would be appreciated.

#2

usually, it is:

https://myserver.name/remote.php/webdav/USERNAME

  • webdav can be use in conjonction of http/https/ssl, depending on the client ( w10, linux, omnifocus, whatever )

you can start here: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/13/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/webdav.html?highlight=webdav

#3

Really appreciate the response. I tried your suggestion and got the message:

No document exists at “/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/dhj/OmniFocus.ofocus

So that begs the question as to whether (a) I’m supposed to create such a document (which I find unlikely) or (b) there’s a permissions issue preventing the document from being created.

I’ll check out the other link

#4

whats the username in here? dhj? just try it with this one without any other path

which would make/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/dhj

#5

Yes, that’s what I used. It is the error message that came back with the OmniFocus tacked on. I am assuming that Omnifocus tried to create that file but couldn’t.

#6

awww i see. well sorry for having mistaken that :frowning:

could you try /nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/dhj/ with a closing slash?

#7

Yeah, still get the same error (where it tacked on the OmniFocus.ofocus/) in the message

No document exists at “/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/dhj/OmniFocus.ofocus/

It seems that it’s failing to create this OmniFocus document. Where should that document be getting created? I tried temporarily changing the permissions (recursively) of everything under the “data” folder to 777 but that didn’t work either.

#8

for me it seems as if omnifocus is expecting this kind of file there…

#9

Maybe — not obvious how one would create the initial version (and even if you had to, then you have to know where to create it).

#10

OK — I got a response from OmniFocus and they did in fact suggest copying my local OmniFocus.ofocus

But to where?

In other words — to what location on my file system does the URL

/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/dhj

correspond?

#11

From the Nextcloud interface, that’s the root of your Files app’s folders.
Relative to your Nextcloud data directory, that’s <username>/files/.

For a typical manual install, your path will probably be /var/www/nextcloud/data/dhj/files/. If you’ve changed your data directory, you can check to see what it is from your Nextcloud’s config/config.php, wherever that lives.

#12

Thanks — I put the file (it’s actually a folder) there but Omnifocus is still complaining - I’ve forwarded latest message to them. Many thanks for your help