Enable MS-Office formats

Enable Microsoft file formats in the New menu

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Starting with version 5.2.0, OpenCloud no longer enables Microsoft file formats as default creation options in the New menu. To make them available again, you must define them explicitly in app-registry.yaml.

Create the configuration file

Create an app-registry.yaml file in your OpenCloud configuration directory.

This change cannot be applied in setups that use internal Docker volumes only, because the config directory is not available directly on the host.

For production deployments, bind-mounted volumes are recommended, as they provide a predictable host path for configuration, persistence, and backups.

If your deployment uses a bind mount for the OpenCloud config directory, place the file in the mapped config directory on the host system. The exact path depends on your Docker Compose setup and may differ from config/opencloud.

Example:

/path/to/your/opencloud/config/app-registry.yaml

Insert following content:

```yaml
app_registry:
  mimetypes:
    - mime_type: application/pdf
      extension: pdf
      name: PDF
      description: PDF document
      icon: ''
      default_app: ''
      allow_creation: false
    - mime_type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
      extension: odt
      name: Document
      description: OpenDocument text document
      icon: ''
      default_app: Collabora
      allow_creation: true
    - mime_type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
      extension: ods
      name: Spreadsheet
      description: OpenDocument spreadsheet document
      icon: ''
      default_app: Collabora
      allow_creation: true
    - mime_type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation
      extension: odp
      name: Presentation
      description: OpenDocument presentation document
      icon: ''
      default_app: Collabora
      allow_creation: true
    - mime_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
      extension: docx
      name: Microsoft Word
      description: Microsoft Word document
      icon: ''
      default_app: Collabora
      allow_creation: true
    - mime_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
      extension: xlsx
      name: Microsoft Excel
      description: Microsoft Excel document
      icon: ''
      default_app: Collabora
      allow_creation: true
    - mime_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
      extension: pptx
      name: Microsoft PowerPoint
      description: Microsoft PowerPoint document
      icon: ''
      default_app: Collabora
      allow_creation: true

Verify ownership and permissions

UID/GID and volume permissions

Make sure that app-registry.yaml can be read by the user running the OpenCloud container. Incorrect ownership or permissions on mounted files can prevent OpenCloud from using the configuration.

By default, OpenCloud uses:

UID=1000
GID=1000

Adjust the file ownership and permissions if your container runs with different values.

Restart OpenCloud

Restart your deployment after creating the file:

docker compose down
docker compose up -d

After the restart, Microsoft formats such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are available again in the New menu.