WebDAV integration not working

[TheSunCat]

Hi! I'm trying to set up the webdav integration, but with no success. I've set LOGLEVEL=trace, and see no logs containing the string webdav. Here's my .userprofile:

integrations:
  - provider: webdav
    id: fLAME8YBm5uFJ89GKRAFkGjk7hJw0heow045kfhc
    name: Nextcloud
    address: https://my.nextcloud.com/remote.php/dav/files/my-account/reMarkable
    username: "my-username"
    password: "my-totally-secure-password"

My understanding is that this should sync my files to my Nextcloud server, but I see nothing in the folder I created.

I have verified I can connect to the folder using Dolphin (file manager), and create files successfully, so this should not be an issue.

[ddvk]

this just adds it as an integration, you have to manually export/import files on the tablet, it uses the "official" implementation

https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Integrating-with-Google-Drive-Dropbox-and-OneDrive

[TheSunCat]

Ahh I see. Is there no current way to auto-sync my notes to Nextcloud? I'd like to share my notes with friends, but haven't found a good way to do so automatically.

[Aephir]

@TheSunCat This also came as a surprise to me. Manually having to push your documents seems silly (that there's not at least an option to auto-sync). But I guess that's reMarkable wanting your subscription $.

I just asked about one solution here #247, but even if that won't work, I guess you could "just" mount your nextcloud on whatever system you are using to host rmfakecloud, and use a nextcloud folder as your config/data directory.

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Guide for how to do this on Ubuntu Server LTS 22.04

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Warning - Maybe a bit rough guide, I just copied from my own notes after doing it. Let me know if you have questions. I suspect the procedure will be similar on many systems (not just Ubuntu).

Install davfs2, add yourself to the davfs2 usergroup

apt-get install davfs2
usermod -aG davfs2 $USERNAME

$USERNAME is you linux username.

Create a user folder, and copy a the secretfile to it. Also, change ownership and set permissions. Also "reconfigure" to allow non-root users to mount, and create the mount point.

mkdir ~/.davfs2
sudo cp /etc/davfs2/secrets ~/.davfs2/secrets
sudo chown $USERNAME:$USERNAME ~/.davfs2/secrets
chmod 600 ~/.davfs2/secrets
sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2
mkdir $MOUNTPOINT

where $MOUNTPOINT is the full patht to where you want to mount Nextcloud.

Open the ~/.davfs2/secrets file and add your user credentials to the end of it (server url, username, password). OBS! Make sure to create a device password in Nextcloud for this). Add the following:

$IP_OR_URL/remote.php/dav/files/$NCUSER $NCUSER $NCPASSWORD

where $IP_OR_URL is either your local IP (if accessing on local network, e..g. 192.168.1..101) or the URL if not (e.g. https://nextcloud.your.domain; $NCUSER is your Nextcloud username; $NCPASSWORD is the "device password" you cerated in the Nextcloud (webUI).

(OBS! - You might also want to add this to the /etc/davfs2/secrets to allow root to mount during boot. If wanted, add in /etc/fstab):

$IP:PORT_OR_URL/remote.php/dav/files/$NCUSER/ $MOUNTPOINT  davfs  user,rw,_netdev,auto,nofail 0 0

$IP:PORT_OR_URL because I used IP:PORT (e.g., 192.168.1..101:80) here instead of just IP.

Open /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf, and if needed, uncomment the lines:

 dav_user        davfs2            # system wide config file only
 dav_group       davfs2            # system wide config file only

Log out of the shell/ssh session, and log back in.

Now you should be able to mount with

mount -a

if you added the line in /etc/fstab.

You can also try rebooting the system to check that it mounts at boot.

Then you just create a folder somewhere in Nextcloud, and use that as the data directory for rmfakecloud.