Unable to add external local storage

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Nextcloud version: 23.0.3
Operating system and version: Nextcloud is running in Docker, installed on Open Media Vault 6 on top of Debian 11
Apache or nginx version: nginx/1.18.0
PHP version: PHP 7.4.28

The issue you are facing:
Unable to add external local storage

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error?: Yes

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Instal Debian 11 minimal, install OMV6 via official script, install Nextcloud with Let’s Encrypt per: Let's Encrypt, Nginx & Reverse Proxy Starter Guide - 2019 Edition | LinuxServer.io
  2. Install Nextcloud’s External Storage app
  3. Attempt to add local storage. Under configuration: /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-xxxxxxxx/media/music-main

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

[PASTE HERE](https://pastebin.com/q7BpRbfu)

The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'datadirectory' => '/data',
  'instanceid' => 'ocjz3s2quare',
  'passwordsalt' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  'secret' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  'trusted_domains' => 
  array (
    0 => 'nextcloud.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.duckdns.org',
  ),
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '23.0.3.2',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://nextcloud.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.duckdns.org',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'mariadb',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'dbuser' => 'oc_admin',
  'dbpassword' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  'installed' => true,
);

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

No logs present in that location on my Docker install


Output errors in nextcloud.log in /var/www/ or as admin user in top right menu, filtering for errors. Use a pastebin service if necessary.

See pastebin link above
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Because of your Pastebin i think you have set SMB/CIFS. But i think you need Local.
Also make sure that the user rights (user:group www-data:www-data) are set correctly.

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I was trying SMB/CIFS, but only after attempting to link local external storage. I did see that the local attempts didn’t seem to be registering on the log.

The actual solution was much simpler. I was trying to link the absolute path, but this is a Docker install so I obviously had to mount the drive in the docker-compose first, then link the symbolic path :man_facepalming: