Add config switch to disable the .well-known URL check

config/config.sample.php

@@ -476,6 +476,13 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  */
 'check_for_working_webdav' => true,
 
+/**
+ * Allows ownCloud to verify a working .well-known URL redirects. This is done
+ * by attempting to make a request from JS to
+ * https://your-domain.com/.well-known/caldav/
+ */
+'check_for_working_wellknown_setup' => true,
+
 /**
  * This is a crucial security check on Apache servers that should always be set
  * to ``true``. This verifies that the ``.htaccess`` file is writable and works.

core/js/setupchecks.js

@@ -51,10 +51,16 @@
 		 *
 		 * @param url the URL to test
 		 * @param placeholderUrl the placeholder URL - can be found at oc_defaults.docPlaceholderUrl
+		 * @param {boolean} runCheck if this is set to false the check is skipped and no error is returned
 		 * @return $.Deferred object resolved with an array of error messages
 		 */
-		checkWellKnownUrl: function(url, placeholderUrl) {
+		checkWellKnownUrl: function(url, placeholderUrl, runCheck) {
 			var deferred = $.Deferred();
+
+			if(runCheck === false) {
+				deferred.resolve([]);
+				return deferred.promise();
+			}
 			var afterCall = function(xhr) {
 				var messages = [];
 				if (xhr.status !== 207) {

core/js/tests/specs/setupchecksSpec.js

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('OC.SetupChecks tests', function() {
 
 	describe('checkWellKnownUrl', function() {
 		it('should fail with another response status code than 207', function(done) {
-			var async = OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/caldav/', 'http://example.org/PLACEHOLDER');
+			var async = OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/caldav/', 'http://example.org/PLACEHOLDER', true);
 
 			suite.server.requests[0].respond(200);
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('OC.SetupChecks tests', function() {
 		});
 
 		it('should return no error with a response status code of 207', function(done) {
-			var async = OC.SetupChecks.checkWebDAV('/.well-known/caldav/', 'http://example.org/PLACEHOLDER');
+			var async = OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/caldav/', 'http://example.org/PLACEHOLDER', true);
 
 			suite.server.requests[0].respond(207);
 
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ describe('OC.SetupChecks tests', function() {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should return no error when no check should be run', function(done) {
+			var async = OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/caldav/', 'http://example.org/PLACEHOLDER', false);
+
+			async.done(function( data, s, x ){
+				expect(data).toEqual([]);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('checkSetup', function() {

settings/admin.php

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ $template->assign('showLog', $showLog);
 $template->assign('readOnlyConfigEnabled', OC_Helper::isReadOnlyConfigEnabled());
 $template->assign('isLocaleWorking', OC_Util::isSetLocaleWorking());
 $template->assign('isAnnotationsWorking', OC_Util::isAnnotationsWorking());
+$template->assign('checkForWorkingWellKnownSetup', $config->getSystemValue('check_for_working_wellknown_setup', true));
 $template->assign('has_fileinfo', OC_Util::fileInfoLoaded());
 $template->assign('backgroundjobs_mode', $appConfig->getValue('core', 'backgroundjobs_mode', 'ajax'));
 $template->assign('cron_log', $config->getSystemValue('cron_log', true));

settings/js/admin.js

@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 	// run setup checks then gather error messages
 	$.when(
 		OC.SetupChecks.checkWebDAV(),
-		OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/caldav/', oc_defaults.docPlaceholderUrl),
+		OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/caldav/', oc_defaults.docPlaceholderUrl, $('#postsetupchecks').data('check-wellknown') === 'true'),
-		OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/carddav/', oc_defaults.docPlaceholderUrl),
+		OC.SetupChecks.checkWellKnownUrl('/.well-known/carddav/', oc_defaults.docPlaceholderUrl, $('#postsetupchecks').data('check-wellknown') === 'true'),
 		OC.SetupChecks.checkSetup(),
 		OC.SetupChecks.checkGeneric()
 	).then(function(check1, check2, check3, check4, check5) {

settings/templates/admin.php

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ if ($_['cronErrors']) {
 ?>
 </ul>
 
-<div id="postsetupchecks">
+<div id="postsetupchecks" data-check-wellknown="<?php if($_['checkForWorkingWellKnownSetup']) { p('true'); } else { p('false'); } ?>">
 	<div class="loading"></div>
 	<ul class="errors hidden"></ul>
 	<ul class="warnings hidden"></ul>