Nextcloud Migration

Instead of ownCloud we are now using Nextcloud. What has changed?

In the coming weeks, Sciebo will gradually migrate all instances of ownCloud to Nextcloud. Nothing will change in the basic functionality, only a few features will be added.

In fact, everything should continue to work as before. If not, this document will hopefully help.

If you’re having a more complicated case, feel free to email us as usual using our contact form.

Changes

  • Apps are now at the top of the page and no longer at the top left of the menu
  • Groups are now called Teams and can be found in the Contact app
  • .odt, .odp. and other Libreoffice formats are no longer opened in Onlyoffice, but opened in Collabora
  • there are now a few new apps: Calendar, Contacts, Deck (Kanban Board), Forms (surveys) and Polls (polls)
  • The eye-friendly dark mode is activated by default; the menu at the top right Light Mode as well as High Contrast and Dyslexia modes can also be set via the modes
  • Login only with Sciebo ID: Due to a bug, it was previously possible to log in with your e-mail address. Please only use your Sciebo ID to log in. If in doubt, you can find out what this is in MySciebo
  • Incoming shares can be automatically sorted into a separate folder. This can be selected under Settings/Share.

Help, my client is not working anymore

We recommend every user to uninstall the old sciebo client and install the new Nextcloud based after the migration. Nevertheless, the old client is still working for the moment. The settings of the old client will be kept. See: Nextcloud clients

Alternatively, the unbranded Nextcloud client can be used for each platform, especially for mobile devices. A Nextcloud client for mobile devices can be found in the respective app stores (Play, FDroid and App Store).

Known issues: For compatibility reasons, the Nextcloud client does not synchronize files containing characters reserved by Windows in their name (“?”, “*”, “<”, “>”, “|”, “/”, “\” and “:”).

Migration Guide

  1. Make sure that any synchronization currently running in the previously used sciebo ownCloud client has been completed.

  2. Open the previously installed sciebo ownCloud client and click on “User Account.” Now select the “Remove” option. Confirm the removal of the account. No data will be lost.

  3. Now close the sciebo ownCloud client.

  4. Uninstall the sciebo client you have been using from your system.

  5. IMPORTANT: Treat the sciebo folder on your hard drive as a backup and rename it, e.g., to backup_sciebo.

  6. Download the sciebo Nextcloud client for your operating system from the following page: https://hochschulcloud.nrw/de/download/index.html We recommend using a client without VFS.

  7. Install the client. If a system restart is required, perform it.

  8. Set up the new client by first selecting your instance. In the browser window, you will be asked to authorize with your sciebo ID.

  9. Set up synchronization according to your preferences. Do NOT select the sciebo folder previously used on your hard drive. If you have selected this folder and receive an error message, go back to step 5 of these instructions.

  10. Complete the setup wizard and leave the PC on until synchronization is complete. Do not disconnect the device from the Internet during this time.

For advanced users

You can synchronize data from the old Sciebo folder to the new folder using ROBOCOPY or rsync -av (depending on your operating system). These command line tools prevent newer data on the server from being overwritten by any older data on the client.