DevOps

OwnCloud is a file sharing platform like DropBox or similar services.  They have paid enterprise solutions and free open source offerings.  Go to https://owncloud.org/ to learn more about the open source choices.  They let you install the system on your own server giving you complete and total control over the files.  This is especially good if security is a concern or privacy is needed.  I was exploring this solution for a file sharing solution that I didn't have to

Since the new version of drush has come out and now requires Composer, most of the guides I've seen online don't work anymore.  Hopefully, this guide will prevent others from the headaches I went through getting this setup on my host.

First, I'm assuming you already have SSH access to your host.  If not, go get that done and come back to install drush.  It will be a little different depending on your hosting provider.

Make sure you're in your home directory