Baïkal is a lightweight and highly portable server for CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV-based services. It offers a self-hosted solution for managing and sharing calendars, contacts, tasks and files. Installing Baïkal on Fedora Server is a straightforward process, and this tutorial will guide you through the steps.
Before installing any package, it is always recommended to update your system to have the latest available packages. You can update your Fedora Server by running the following command:
sudo dnf update
Baïkal requires a web server and PHP to function properly. You can install Apache web server and PHP by executing the following command:
sudo dnf install httpd php php-json php-xml php-mbstring php-pgsql
Baïkal requires PostgreSQL as the backend database. Install PostgreSQL and its dependencies by running:
sudo dnf install postgresql-server
Once installed, initialize the PostgreSQL database and start the service:
sudo postgresql-setup --initdb
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
Next, create a new database and user for Baïkal to use. Run the following command:
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE baikal;"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER baikaluser WITH PASSWORD 'your-password';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE baikal TO baikaluser;"
Replace your-password with a strong password of your choice.
Download the latest version of Baïkal by running the following command:
wget https://github.com/sabre-io/Baikal/releases/download/0.8.0/baikal-0.8.0.zip
Unzip the downloaded file:
unzip baikal-0.8.0.zip
Move the extracted Baïkal directory to the Apache web root directory:
sudo mv baikal /var/www/html/baikal
Give Apache ownership of the Baïkal directory:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/baikal
Next, rename the Specific_Config_Template.php to Specific_Config.php and edit it with your database details:
cd /var/www/html/baikal/Specific
sudo cp Specific_Config_Template.php Specific_Config.php
sudo vim Specific_Config.php
Find and update the following lines with your PostgreSQL database details:
define('PDO_DSN', 'pgsql:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=baikal');
define('PDO_USER', 'baikaluser');
define('PDO_PASSWORD', 'your-password');
Save and exit the file.
Create a new Apache virtual host by creating a new configuration file:
sudo vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/baikal.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/baikal/html
<Directory "/var/www/html/baikal/html">
Require all granted
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [PT,L]
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace your-domain.com with your domain name or server IP address.
Save and exit the file.
Restart Apache and PostgreSQL services:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
sudo systemctl restart postgresql
Open your web browser and go to http://your-domain.com/, and you should see the Baïkal setup page. Follow the prompts to complete the setup process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Baïkal on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now start organizing your calendars, contacts, tasks and files with Baïkal.
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