Showing photos stored on external storage in /e/Cloud

Using /e/OS Self Hosting
#1

Hi folks,

I have set up e selfhosted /e/cloud instance on a hetzner VPS and all is running fine. But I have the following issue:
I don’t upload my photos to /e/cloud, but I am rather keeping them in a cloud with a German content provider (web.de). I have activated external storage support and in /e/cloud I have set up access to my photos folder in web.de via WEBDAV. However, I cannot see the photos in the “your photos” section in /e/cloud’s photos app. I can see them by chosing the external folder in the “files” app of /e/cloud and also the “your folder” section in /e/cloud’s photo app, but not in “your photos”.

I am running a second nextcloud instance on a different vps (nextcloud 23) and I don’t have that issue there at all.

I don’t get any error log.

Anyone can advise?

Thanks
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#2

Hi!

What Nextcloud version is running on your /e/ Cloud ?
It’s probably less than 23, so you may be facing a bug or misbehavior, corrected in 23 …

Also, you may find this of interest : Configuring External Storage (GUI) — Nextcloud latest Administration Manual latest documentation

#3

Hey Sylvain,

Thanks for your reply.

The version of /e/Cloud is 20.0.12, I have installed it recently following the instructions on the webpage. Does the bootstrap installer fetch different versions of /e/Cloud, depending on hardware?

Is there a way to upgrade to nextcloud 23?

Thanks,
Niko

#4

Hi Niko,

The version of /e/ Cloud is given by the Git branch you pull (clone) here : e / infra / ecloud-selfhosting · GitLab.
More specifically, you can find the Docker images tags in this file : templates/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml · master · e / infra / ecloud-selfhosting · GitLab.

Upgrade to NC21 (hopefully NC22 then NC23 are on sight) is on the way, I tested it and reported some problems that /e/ dev team have to fix before offering the upgrade to users.

What gives the files:scan cron? If you need some assistance to add it, I can help :smiley_cat: