Configuring the Activity App

Introduction

You can configure your ownCloud server to automatically send out email notifications to your users for various events.

These events include:

  • A file or folder has been shared

  • A file or folder has been changed

  • A file or folder has been deleted

  • A new file or folder has been created

Users can see actions (delete, add, modify) that happen to files they have access to. Sharing actions are only visible to the sharer and recipient.

Enabling the Activity App

The Activity App is shipped and enabled by default. If it is not enabled, go to Settings  Admin  Apps to enable it.

Configuring your ownCloud for the Activity App

A working email configuration is required to configure your ownCloud to send out email notifications. Furthermore, it is recommended to configure the background job Webcron or Cron.

Email notifications for shared files can be enabled/disabled by administrators with the "Allow users to send mail notifications for shared files to other users" option, available in Settings  Admin  Sharing. There is also a configuration option activity_expire_days available in your config.php which allows you to clean up older activities from the database.

Time Base

  • Whenever a default date is enabled and set for expiring shares (e.g. after 7 days), the time base for default dates is the time of the ownCloud server, not the time of the client accessing the ownCloud server.

  • When a client receives an expiry notification for a share, the expiry is effective at the end of the day based on the time of the ownCloud server and not the time of the client accessing the ownCloud server.