Baïkal is a lightweight and open-source server for caldav and carddav synchronization. It allows you to synchronize your contacts, events, and tasks across multiple devices. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Baïkal on Linux Mint.
Before starting with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the Apache web server. To install it, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install apache2 -y
After installing the Apache web server, start the Apache service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
You can also check the status of the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status apache2
Baïkal is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP on our system. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php -y
Once PHP is installed, we need to restart the Apache service using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
The next step is to download and install Baïkal from the official website. To do this, run the following commands in the terminal:
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://github.com/sabre-io/Baikal/releases/download/0.9.2/baikal-0.9.2.zip
sudo unzip baikal-0.9.2.zip
sudo mv baikal-0.9.2 baikal
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data baikal/
You should now have Baïkal installed in your web server directory.
To configure Baïkal, we need to create a new configuration file called config.php inside the Baïkal directory. To do this, run the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/baikal/config.php
Copy and paste the following code into the file:
<?php
define('BAIKAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'your_password_here');
Replace your_password_here with a strong password of your choice. Then save the file and exit.
Now that Baïkal is installed, we can access it using a web browser. Open your web browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:
http://your_server_ip/baikal/html/
You should see the login page for Baïkal. Enter the username admin and the password you set in step 4. You should now have access to the Baïkal dashboard.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Baïkal on Linux Mint. Baïkal is a powerful and lightweight server for caldav and carddav synchronization. If you have any questions or issues, feel free to leave a comment below.
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