Pre-requisites

• Raspberry Pi with NextCloudPi

If you need any help, Checkout [How to setup NextCloud on a Raspberry Pi](https://www.baradhiren.com/posts/nextcloud-rpi/).

Install External Storage Support

Open your NextCloud dashboard and go to settings.

You should see External Storage Support app and it should be enabled.

If you don’t, Search for it by clicking on Search button and click on Download and Enable.

Plug in your HDD

Connect your HDD with your Pi. Find your Hard drive’s device id by executing following command:

sudo lsblk

You will want to mount your Hard drive to a specific location. In my case I am mounting my HDD to /media/My_HDD To do this execute following command:

$sudo mkdir /media/My_HDD             # Create respective directory if doesn't exist
$sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/My_HDD   # Mount your Hard drive

Assign proper privileges so that NextCloud can read your HDD data:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/HDD
sudo chmod -R 0750 /path/to/HDD

Configure External Storage Support

Go to Settings and select External Storage Support to configure your attached HDD with NextCloud. If you are logging in as Admin user, Select the one under Administration and not the one under Personal.

Configure your local storage by entering following details:

• Folder Name: Name by which you HDD should be displayed in NextCloud.
• External Storage: Local (As we have attached our HDD locally.)
• Configuration: Path to where your HDD is mounted
• Available For: Access Privileges

Click on the ✅ and you are good to go.

How did it go? Feel free to share your thoughts in comments.