Baïkal is a lightweight, open-source, and easy-to-use CalDAV and CardDAV server that allows you to manage your calendar and address book data. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Baïkal on EndeavourOS latest.
Before we begin, ensure that your system is up to date by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
To install Baïkal, we need to install PHP and the PHP extensions required by Baïkal. To install them, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-intl php-pgsql
Now we need to download the Baïkal server from the official website. In this tutorial, we will use the latest version of Baïkal, which can be downloaded from the following URL:
https://github.com/sabre-io/Baikal/releases/latest
To download Baïkal, run the following command:
wget -O baikal.tar.gz https://github.com/sabre-io/Baikal/releases/download/0.8.0/baikal-0.8.0.tar.gz
The above command will download the Baïkal server and save it in the current directory as baikal.tar.gz.
After downloading Baïkal, we need to extract it and move it to the /srv/http/ directory. To do this, run the following command:
sudo tar xzf baikal.tar.gz -C /srv/http/
Next, we need to update the permissions of the Baïkal directory to ensure that Apache can read and write files. To do this, run the following command:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/baikal/
The final step is to configure Apache to serve Baïkal. To do this, we need to create a virtual host configuration file for Baïkal. Create a file named baikal.conf in the /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ directory and add the following contents:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName baikal.example.com
DocumentRoot "/srv/http/baikal/Specific"
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/baikal.error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/baikal.access_log" common
<Directory "/srv/http/baikal/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace baikal.example.com in the ServerName directive with your own domain name. Save and close the file when you are done.
Next, we need to enable the Apache rewrite module and restart the Apache service. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo sed -i 's/#LoadModule rewrite_module/LoadModule rewrite_module/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Now that Baïkal is installed and configured, we need to set up the server by creating an administrator account and configuring the database connection. To do this, open a web browser and navigate to http://baikal.example.com/admin/ (replace baikal.example.com with your own domain name).
Follow the on-screen prompts to create the administrator account and configure the database connection.
That's it! You have successfully installed Baïkal on EndeavourOS latest. You can now use Baïkal to manage your calendar and address book data.
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