How to Install Baïkal on Alpine Linux Latest

Baïkal is a lightweight and simple CalDAV and CardDAV server written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Baïkal on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, you need the following prerequisites:

• A system running Alpine Linux Latest
• A terminal with root privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first step in installing Baïkal on Alpine Linux Latest is to install the dependencies required by Baïkal.

Run the following command in the terminal to install the dependencies:

apk add --no-cache curl php7 php7-curl php7-dom php7-fpm php7-json php7-ldap php7-mbstring php7-pgsql php7-sqlite3 php7-xml

Step 2: Download Baïkal

Now, we need to download Baïkal from the official website. Go to the Baïkal website at https://sabre.io/baikal/ and click on the ‘Download’ button.

Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest version of Baïkal:

curl -LOk https://github.com/sabre-io/Baikal/releases/download/0.8.0/baikal-0.8.0.zip

Step 3: Install Baïkal

After downloading Baïkal, we need to install it on our system by following the steps below:

1. Extract the downloaded zip file using the following command:

   unzip baikal-0.8.0.zip
   

2. Move the extracted folder to the webroot directory using the following command:

   mv baikal /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
   

Step 4: Configure Baïkal

After installing Baïkal, we need to configure it.

1. Change the owner and group of the Baïkal directory using the following command:

   chown -R lighttpd:lighttpd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/baikal 
   

2. Create a lighttpd configuration file for Baïkal using the following command:

   nano /etc/lighttpd/conf.d/baikal.conf
   

3. Add the following lines to the file:

   server.document-root = "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/baikal/html"
   server.upload-dirs = ( "/var/cache/lighttpd/uploads" )
   server.modules = (
       "mod_access",
       "mod_alias",
       "mod_compress",
       "mod_redirect",
       "mod_rewrite",
   )
   url.rewrite-once = (
       "^/(card|cal)dav(.*)$" => "/baikal/cal.php$2",
       "^/principals(.*)$" => "/baikal/addressbook.php/$1",
       "(.*)\.(jpeg|jpg|png|gif|ico)" => "$0"
   )
   

   Save and exit the file.

Step 5: Start Baïkal Service

After configuring Baïkal, we need to start the service.

1. Start the lighttpd service using the following command:

   rc-service lighttpd start
   

2. Enable the lighttpd service to start automatically on boot using the following command:

   rc-update add lighttpd
   

Step 6: Access Baïkal Web Interface

Finally, we can access the Baïkal web interface by opening up a web browser and entering the following URL:

http://localhost/baikal/html/admin/

You will be prompted to create an admin account. After creating the admin account, you can start using Baïkal.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Baïkal on Alpine Linux Latest. Baïkal is a lightweight and simple server for CalDAV and CardDAV services, and installing it on Alpine Linux Latest is quite easy with the above steps.

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