# INSTALLING Baïkal This document is a part of the Baïkal project. Baïkal is an open source lightweight CalDAV and CardDAV server released under the GNU GPL. Baïkal is copyright (c) 2013 by Jérôme Schneider. Baïkal homepage is http://baikal-server.com This document describes the system requirements for Baïkal and the installation routine. # 1 - System requirements Baïkal is based on PHP 5.3.1+, and uses a SQLite3 or MySQL with PHP PDO. This document does not cover the installation of these requirements. ## 1.1 - System requirements for FTP-driven hosting The following configuration is the minimum required: - an hosted webserver running apache 2 and PHP 5.3.0 - PHP 5.3.1 or newer with the following extensions: - PDO and SQLite3 or MySQL - DOM (php-xml) Some extensions can be optionally compiled into PHP. A list of loaded extensions can be checked using the phpinfo() function. - 30 MB of disk space ## 1.2 - System requirements for dedicated server hosting The following configuration is the minimum required: - an Apache2 web server capable of running PHP, and accessible thru a dedicated subdomain (something like "dav.mydomainname.com") NOTE: this document only covers sub-domain based installations. Other installations modes are possible, though not documented (yet). - root access to a command line on this server NOTE: tools to create and manage users are command line only. Web-based interfaces will be produced in the future. - PHP 5.3.1 or newer with the following extensions: - PDO and SQLite3 or MySQL - DOM (php-xml) Some extensions can be optionally compiled into PHP. A list of loaded extensions can be checked using the phpinfo() function. - 30 MB of disk space # 2 - Obtaining Baïkal To get Baïkal, navigate to the following location: http://baikal-server.com # 3 - Installation ## 3.1 - Installing Baïkal on a FTP-driven hosting To install Baïkal on a FTP-driven hosting: * Download the "Baikal Flat package for FTP" * Unzip the package on you computer * Send the unzipped package on the remote host via FTP * (optional) Rename the Baïkal folder to whatever you want * Navigate to the HTTP URL where you just uploaded Baïkal * Follow the instructions of the initialization web tool ## 3.2 - Installing Baïkal on a dedicated host ### 3.2.1 Using the Baïkal "regular package" #### 3.2.1.1 - Unpacking files To install Baïkal on a dedicated host, download the "Regular package". Unpack the source package outside of the web site root directory on your server. The location must be accessible to the web server. Usually, it will be something like /var/www/ # a. Enter the directory where the websites are stored $ root:~> cd /var/www Unpacking will produce a directory with a name like baikal-x.y.z, where x.y.z correspond to the Baïkal version. For example, the Baïkal 0.2.0 source package will create a directory named baikal-0.2.0 # b. Unpack the package using: $ root:/var/www> tar xzf baikal-0.2.0.tgz Rename the untar'd directory to the name of your baikal dedicated subdomain. # c. Rename the directory to match your domain (good practice) $ root:/var/www> mv baikal-0.2.0 dav.mydomain.com # d. Enter the new Baïkal directory $ root:/var/www> cd dav.mydomain.com In order to grant Apache access to the files of your Baïkal installation, you'll have to grant the user running the apache process r+w permissions on the Baïkal files. In our example, we will suppose the linux username/usergroup running Apache is www-data:www-data # e. Change permissions on the files $ root:/var/www/dav.mydomain.com> chown www-data:www-data . -Rf #### 3.2.1.2 - Setting up a Web Server Baikal must be bound to a domain/subdomain in order to run properly. This package provides default virtualhost configuration files for Apache 2 and for nginx in Specific/virtualhosts/ To enable your host to run Baikal, you'll have to add the Baikal virtualhost to your Web Server environment. ##### Setting up the Apache virtualhost In our example, we will assume that the apache2 configuration directory is: /etc/apache2 # a. Enter the Apache2 configuration directory $ root:/var/www> cd /etc/apache2 # b. Enter the sites-available directory $ root:/etc/apache2> cd sites-available # c. Symlink the Baikal virtualhost file to this directory $ root:/etc/apache2/sites-available> ln -s /var/www/dav.mydomain.com/Specific/virtualhosts/baikal.apache2 # d. Customize the virtualhost config file $ root:/etc/apache2/sites-available> nano baikal.apache2 # e. In baikal.apache2, replace references to dav.mydomain.com with your own domain name # f. Activate the new virtualhost $ root:/etc/apache2/sites-available> cd ../sites-enabled $ root:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled> ln -s ../sites-available/baikal.apache2 # h. Restart apache $ root:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart ##### Setting up the nginx virtualhost In our example, we will assume that the nginx configuration directory is: /etc/nginx # a. Enter the nginx configuration directory $ root:/var/www> cd /etc/nginx # b. Enter the sites-available directory $ root:/etc/nginx> cd sites-available # c. Symlink the Baikal virtualhost file to this directory $ root:/etc/nginx/sites-available> ln -s /var/www/dav.mydomain.com/Specific/virtualhosts/baikal.nginx # d. Customize the virtualhost config file $ root:/etc/nginx/sites-available> nano baikal.nginx # e. In baikal.nginx, replace references to dav.mydomain.com with your own domain name # f. Activate the new virtualhost $ root:/etc/nginx/sites-available> cd ../sites-enabled $ root:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled> ln -s ../sites-available/baikal.nginx # h. Restart nginx $ root:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled> /etc/init.d/nginx restart #### 3.2.1.3 - Setting up Baïkal In a web browser, navigate to http://dav.mydomain.com and follow the instructions of the initialization web tool ### 3.2.2 Using Baïkal "Bleeding-edge" version for developpers (requires git and composer) Baïkal "Bleeding-edge" is using composer to install its dependencies. Please check that you have git and composer installed on your system before going any further. # a. Checkout the Baïkal source code $ root:/var/www> git clone https://github.com/jeromeschneider/Baikal.git dav.mydomain.com # b. Enter the new dav.mydomain.com directory $ root:/var/www> cd dav.mydomain.com In order to grant Apache access to the files of your Baïkal installation, you'll have to grant the user running the apache process r+w permissions on the Baïkal files. In our example, we will suppose the linux username/usergroup running Apache is www-data:www-data # c. Install Baïkal dependencies using composer $ root:/var/www/dav.mydomain.com> composer install # d. Change permissions on the files $ root:/var/www/dav.mydomain.com> chown www-data:www-data . -Rf Yoy now have to declare Baïkal in your webserver. You may follow instructions in **"3.2.1.2 - Setting up a Web Server"** above to do so. # 4 - Accessing the Baïkal Web Admin Navigate to http://dav.mydomain.com/admin/ # 5 - Connecting your CalDAV / CardDAV client to Baïkal ## 5.1 - Apple iCal (OSX): Add a new CalDAV account: * username: the username you just created (in our example, jerome) * password: the password you just defined * In server address (replace domain and username): http://dav.mydomain.com/cal.php/principals/jerome ## 5.2 - Apple Calendar (iOS): Add a new CalDAV account: * in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > Add an account > Other * Select "CalDAV" * Server: http://dav.mydomain.com/cal.php/principals/jerome * username: the username you just created (in our example, jerome) * password: the password you just defined ## 5.3 - Apple Address Book (OSX): Add a new CardDAV account: * username: the username you just created (in our example, jerome) * password: the password you just defined * In server address (replace domain and username): http://dav.mydomain.com/card.php/addressbooks/jerome/default ## 5.4 - Apple Contacts (iOS): Add a new CardDAV account: * in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > Add an account > Other * Select "CardDAV" * Server: dav.mydomain.com/card.php (note: no http:// nor https://, and no trailing slash) * username: the username you just created (in our example, jerome) * password: the password you just defined ## 5.5 - Thunderbird: Add a new CardDAV account: * Navigate to "Address book" > "New" > "Remote address book" * paste this URL: http://dav.mydomain.com/card.php/addressbooks/username/default/ of and replace the domain name, and the username with the correct values * When asked, provide user/password; your CalDAV account should be up and running ## 5.6 - Thunderbird/Lightning: Add a new CalDAV account: * Navigate to "Lightning" > "New account" > "On the network" > "URL" * paste this URL: http://dav.mydomain.com/cal.php/calendars/username/default of and replace the domain name, and the username with the correct values * When asked, provide user/password; your CalDAV account should be up and running # 6 - You're done You may now create new calendars, new events, new contact (: Enjoy. # 7 - Troubleshooting Please read TROUBLESHOOTING.md in this folder. # 8 - User contributed quick & dirty install guides ## Ubuntu 12.04 - James Lay * Get the latest flat file * unzip and move to /var/www/baikal * cd /var/www * sudo chown -R www-data:www-data baikal* * mysql -u root -p * create database balkal; * GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON baikal.* TO 'baikal'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY ‘password' WITH GRANT OPTION; * exit * mysql -u baikal -p -D baikal < /var/www/baikal/Core/Resources/Db/MySQL/db.sql * sudo touch /var/www/baikal/Specfic/ENABLE_INSTALL * sudo chown www-data /var/www/baikal/Specific/ENABLE_INSTALL * sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/baikal ```plain ServerName baikal DocumentRoot /var/www/baikal ErrorLog /var/logsbaikal.error_log TransferLog /var/log/baikal.access_log LogLevel warn Order allow,deny Allow from all ``` * sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/baikal /etc/apache2/sites-enabled * sudo service apache2 restart * Point your browser to http://hostname/baikal and there you go.