ownCloud application to integrate Collabora Online

Collabora Online for ownCloud provides collaborating editing functions for text documents, spreadsheets and presentations inside ownCloud for improved productivity.

See also: https://owncloud.com/collabora/collaborative-editing/

Configuration

• Set WOPI Server URL

  $ occ config:app:set richdocuments wopi_url --value [your-host-public-ip]:8098 
  

• Enable/Disable Secure View and set its settings

  $ occ config:app:set richdocuments secure_view_option --value true
  $ occ config:app:set richdocuments watermark_text --value "Restricted to {viewer-email}" 
  $ occ config:app:set richdocuments secure_view_open_action_default --value true
  

Developing

The easiest way to integrate Collabora with development instance of ownCloud is by disabling SSL for Collabora.

• Start Collabora Server with default settings

  $ docker run -t -d -p 9980:9980 -e "extra_params=--o:ssl.enable=false" -e "username=admin" -e "password=admin" --name collabora --cap-add MKNOD collabora/code:6.4.8.6
  

• Access Collabora Admin at http://[your-host-public-ip]:9980/loleaflet/dist/admin/admin.html e.g. 172.16.12.95,

• Set in Settings -> Admin -> Additional -> Collabora Online server -> http://[your-host-public-ip]:9980

Installation

NOTE: Collabora server needs to be reachable from ownCloud server, and Collabora server needs to be able to reach ownCloud server

NOTE: it is possible to use Collabora Online’s integration with re-compiled and/or re-branded backends.

Installing connector for ownCloud Web

You will need:

• ownCloud server with ownCloud Web (it can be compiled from source code or installed from the official marketplace).
• Official ownCloud Collabora Online integration app. You can install it from the ownCloud marketplace.

To enable work within ownCloud web, register the connector in the ownCloud Web config.json:

• If you installed ownCloud Web from the official marketplace, the path is <owncloud-root-catalog>/config/config.json
• If you compiled it from source code yourself using this instruction, the path is <owncloud-web-root-catalog>/config/config.json.

To register the connector, use these lines:

"external_apps": [
    {
        "id": "richdocuments",
        "path": "http(s)://<owncloud-10-server-address>/index.php/apps/richdocuments/js/richdocuments.js"
    }
]

Compiling the connector for ownCloud Web

Build all the dependencies:

yarn install

Build the resulting file js/web/richdocuments.js:

yarn build