OwnCloud

ownCloud is software that can be self-hosted, for sharing files and other "cloudy" things. maiki runs an instance of it at https://allthefil.es. If you would like an account, there is a sign-up form.

Documentation
There is documentation available for ownCloud, but it is often slightly outdated. Make sure to check there and here if you are trying to configure something. Feel free to start a discussion if you have questions. Because we document our specific instance, our web addresses will probably not work on your site. Just change the domain and it should be okay.

Mount a Rackspace Cloud File container as a directory
On your personal settings page (https://allthefil.es/settings/personal.php) you will see a section called External Storage, like so:



Configure each accordingly:


 * Mount point - This is the directory that will show up under Files, so name it something that makes sense for you. In the above example, I use a folder called "music".
 * Backend - From this drop-down, choose OpenStack Swift; Rackspace Cloud Files is a branded version of Swift.
 * URL - For North American Rackspace customers, this address is https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com. If you are in a different region, please check with them.
 * Username - This is your Rackspace username, the one you use to log into the account dashboard; I login at http://mycloud.rackspace.com/, but they have about four different backends, so yours might be different. You probably know what this is, though.
 * Token - This is essentially your special password that let's ownCloud securely access your containers. It is known as an API key, and you can find it by logging into your account and finding API Keys in a menu somewhere (check the top left).
 * Root - This is the name of the container you want to mount. It will either mount an existing one, or it will create a new one, ready for you to fill it up with files.
 * Secure ftps:// - The documentation states that this uses ftps instead of ftp to access your container, but I am not sure if that is correct; ideally Cloud Files returns the special internal network endpoint to mount, which is secure and non-public. It defaults to off, so I don't think it matters, but you can check it if you want.

Once you have all those filled out try going to your files (https://allthefil.es/?app=files). I know, you feel like you should be able to click save or something, but you just fill those out and check to see if the directory loaded.