Update error at "Check for expected files" due to custom data directory

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Nextcloud version (eg, 20.0.5): 25.0.1
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 20.04): Ubuntu 20.04
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): 2.4.52
PHP version (eg, 7.4): 8.1.2

The issue you are facing:

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Open administration settings
  2. click “Open updater”
  3. click “Start update”

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

no entry in log file related to the issue

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

'instanceid' => REDACTED,
  'passwordsalt' => REDACTED,
  'secret' => REDACTED,
  'trusted_domains' => 
  array (
    0 => local ip adress,
    1 => my personal domain,
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/path/to/nextcloud/nas_data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '25.0.1.1',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://' + local ip adress,
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'dbuser' => REDACTED,
  'dbpassword' => REDACTED,
  'installed' => true,
  'default_language' => 'en',
  'default_phone_region' => REDACTED,
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
  'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_from_address' => 'nextcloud',
  'mail_domain' => REDACTED,
  'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
  'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
  'mail_smtphost' => REDACTED,
  'mail_smtpport' => '587',
  'mail_smtpname' => REDACTED,
  'mail_smtppassword' => REDACTED,
  'twofactor_enforced' => 'true',
  'twofactor_enforced_groups' => 
  array (
  ),
  'twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups' => 
  array (
    0 => 'Users',
    1 => 'admin',
  ),
  'updater.secret' => REDACTED,

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

Nothing in these logs relevant to the issue

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.

nextcloud.log not found

Hi guys,

I have run into an issue when trying to update my Nextcloud server.
When the updater reached the step “Check for expected files” it lists “nas_data” as an unexpected file.
As can be seen in the config file this is the directory used as “datadirectory”. This choice was made during config because I wanted to use a directory on my nas that is mounted to “path/to/nextcloud/nas_data”.

I looked into changing the name on the mounted directory to “data” and changing the path in the config.php-file, but this looks like a bad alternative for a few reasons. One of them being that each file in the db carries its path including the path to “nas_data”.

Is there another way of resolving this?

Kind regards,
Leo

Hi guys!

I’m still stuck on this issue. Anyone have a suggestion on how I can solve this?

Hi,
Thank you for replying to my post.
Alright, seems like I have to move the data direcotry.
The only real problem I see is the oc_storage part. Does it mean that I have to manipulate the tables in the database?
Regards Leo

Correct. Search for “update oc_storages” and some references should come up if you want some hints.