The cloud is often both a curse and a blessing: on the one hand, it allows for location-independent storage and processing of data as well as smooth team collaboration from anywhere. On the other hand, it also requires enormous trust when one’s own data ends up on foreign servers – even legally, due to regulations such as the DSGVO, working in the cloud is not entirely trivial. More and more companies are therefore opting for self-hosted cloud instances on their own server. As an open source solution, epiKcloud is a popular choice for this, which can be customized as desired using plugins. We show what options you have to find an epiKcloud configuration that perfectly fits your needs.
Base installation: The right foundation for your private cloud
For the basic epiKcloud installation you don’t need much at first: a LAMP server running Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 7/8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12/12 SP1 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Centos 6.5 and 7 with at least 128MB, more likely 512MB of free disk space is perfectly sufficient to get your own epiKcloud instance up and running for now. If Linux system, the Apache server and the MySQL/PHP databases are ready for installation, you can download the installation package from the official epiKcloud site – or, if you are using a server with Ubuntu, you can also find epiKcloud in the standard package sources of the operating system.
After that, you can freely allow access over the Internet, enable users & roles, set up the epiKcloud mobile apps and activate all monitoring & additional services you need for your work.
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Customization: Plugins, Company Skin & more
However, it only gets really interesting after the basic installation. You can customize, extend and personalize your own epiKcloud as you wish. In the official <a href=”https://marketplace.owncloud.com/”>epiKcloud Marketplace</a> you will find everything your heart desires to extend the feature set of your cloud with plugins directly from epiKcloud or from official partners. You can also find our popular epiKshare plugins such as our <a href=”https://marketplace.owncloud.com/apps/e2eeshare”>E2EE solution epiKryption</a> here. Once you have identified your needs, you can thus easily integrate the appropriate add-on solutions and customize your epiKcloud according to your own ideas. For example, if you use the Enterprise license of epiKcloud, you can also have the user interface shine in your own company skin.
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For experienced users: development of own additional solutions
For those who want to go a step further because they can’t find what they are looking for in the Marketplace, one of the biggest advantages of open source solutions over proprietary software is that epiKcloud’s open source allows you to easily develop your own plugins that are completely customized to your needs. Given the necessary know-how, there are virtually no limits to how freely you can customize and extend your private cloud.
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Let the professionals do it: epiKcloud Consulting by epiKshare
Switching to the private cloud can be so easy: With our epiKcloud Consulting, you don’t have to worry about anything – our experts analyze your needs situation together with you and are there for you with our all-round service: from the basic setup to the individual configuration incl. custom development to the ongoing operation with regular updates, remote monitoring and thorough system health checks. Learn more about our epiKcloud Consulting or write us directly.
