baikal/INSTALL.md

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) 2012 by Jérôme Schneider.

Baïkal homepage is http://baikal.codr.fr

This document describes the system requirements for Baïkal and the installation routine.

1 - System requirements

Baïkal is based on PHP 5.3.0, and uses a SQLite3 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 5.3.0 or newer with the following extensions:

  • PDO and SQLite3
    • 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 5.3.0 or newer with the following extensions:

  • PDO and SQLite3
    • 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

• Apache configuration that activates "FollowSymlinks"

2 - Obtaining Baïkal

To get Baïkal, navigate to the following location: http://baikal.codr.fr/

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 - Unpacking files

To install Baïkal on a dedicated host, download the "Baïkal 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

3.2.2 - Setting up the Apache virtualhost

Baïkal must be bound to a domain/subdomain in order to run properly. This package provides a default virtualhost configuration file for Apache 2 in Specific/virtualhosts/baikal.apache2

To enable your host to run Baïkal, you'll have to add the Baïkal virtualhost to your Apache environment.

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 Baïkal 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

3.2.3 - Setting up Baïkal

In a web browser, navigate to http://dav.mydomain.com and follow the instructions of the initialization web tool

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:

Add a new CalDAV account:

* username: the username you just created (in our example, jerome) 
* password: the password you just defined 
* In server address: http://dav.mydomain.com/cal.php/principals/jerome 

5.2 - Apple Address Book:

Add a new CardDAV account:

* username: the username you just created (in our example, jerome) 
* password: the password you just defined 
* In server address: http://dav.mydomain.com/card.php/addressbooks/jerome/default 

5.3 - Thunderbird/Lighning:

Add a new CalDAV account:

* Navigate to "Lightning" > "New account" > "On the network" > "URL"
* paste this URL: http://yourdomain.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 visit cards :) Enjoy.

7 - Troubleshooting

For troubleshooting read the FAQ below. If your problem is not listed, contact me after reading README.md