How to Connect Google Drive to ownCloud [Step by Step]

• Why Connect Google Drive to ownCloud?
• Automatically Connect Google Drive to ownCloud via MultCloud [3 Simple Steps]
• Connect Google Drive to OwnCloud via OAuth 2.0 [8 Steps]
• MultCloud Cloud Sync vs OAuth 2.0
• Conclusion

Why Connect Google Drive to ownCloud?

ownCloud is an open-source file sync and share software. It can be used to highly improve the collaboration between team members. On ownCloud, you can share files and folders online with your team members or external contacts. Besides, all of your team members can achieve real-time, remote, and platform-independent collaborations on their ownCloud.

As we all know, Google Drive is also a wonderful and popular cloud storage service. If you have both Google Drive and ownCloud, you may want to connect them for the following reasons:

If you think the connection can do you a favor, you can refer to the 2 ways shown in the next parts.

Automatically Connect Google Drive to ownCloud via MultCloud [3 Simple Steps]

The best way to make the connection is by MultCloud Cloud Sync. MultCloud can help you manage your multiple cloud drives with one app and Cloud Sync is used to sync files from one cloud to another. To integrate Google Drive to ownCloud, you can use Real Time Sync which updates Google Drive files to ownCloud continuously. A Real Time Sync task will never stop until there is nothing that changes for 7 days or you stop the sync process manually.

Step 1: Open the MultCloud website and create a MultCloud account in preparation for the next operations.

Step 2: Click “Add Cloud” in the left bar after you enter a new interface. Then select Google Drive and ownCloud among various cloud icons in the right part.

Connect Google Drive to OwnCloud via OAuth 2.0 [8 Steps]

The second way is syncing Google Drive with ownCloud via OAuth 2.0. OAuth 2.0 is an advanced version for OAuth 1.0. It stands for a user to allow a website or an application to access other web apps’ resources. This way may be difficult for some common users because it has many steps and there are many blanks to fill in.

Step 1: Enter Google Cloud Console and click “Create Project”. Then give a name for this new project.

Step 2: Select the project that you created before and click “Go to API’s overview”.

Step 3: Open “Google Drive API” and click the blue “ENABLE”. Then select “OAuth 2.0 client ID” in “Add credentials”. Now you have your credential.

Step 4: Click “OAuth consent screen” and fill the boxes. Then click “Save”.

Step 5: Tick “Web application”, enter your app name, root domain, and 2 Authorized Redirect URIs, and click “Create”.

Step 6: Check your Client ID and Client Secret. If there is nothing wrong, click “OK”.

Step 7: Turn to External Storage in the Admin page and create a new folder. Then enter the Client ID and Client Secret, and click “Grant Access”.

Step 8: Click “Allow” on the consent page and Google Drive ownCloud connection is made.

MultCloud Cloud Sync vs OAuth 2.0

If you can’t choose which way to follow, this part can lend you a hand with a comparison between MultCloud Cloud Sync and OAuth 2.0.

As you can see, MultCloud Cloud Sync is recommended because it is easier and more customizable to use. Also, you don’t need to learn extra methods when you want to integrate Google Drive to Wasabi or other cloud drives.

Conclusion

You can choose MultCloud Cloud Sync or OAuth 2.0 to sync Google Drive and ownCloud in accordance with your preference. Or, you can try both of these 2 solutions on how to connect Google Drive to ownCloud because they are free to use.

What’s more, when you enter MultCloud’s interface, you will find that there are Cloud Transfer, Cloud Sync, Cloud Backup, and other functions. They are also very helpful. For example, if you have not only 1 Google Drive account and want to copy files from one Google Drive to another, you can try Cloud Transfer which transfers files without downloading and uploading. Besides, you can use it to schedule the transfer process which makes transfer more regular.