DAViCal is a free and open-source calendar and address book server that allows multiple users to share and sync calendars and contacts. In this tutorial, we will be installing DAViCal on OpenBSD.
Before proceeding with the installation, you will need the following:
The first step is to install the required packages for DAViCal. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pkg_add php-mbstring php-gd php-pgsql postgresql-server
This command will install PHP with required modules, PostgreSQL server, and PHP PostgreSQL module.
Now that the packages are installed, we need to create a new PostgreSQL user and database for DAViCal. Run the following commands:
sudo -u _postgresql initdb /var/postgresql/data
sudo /etc/rc.d/postgresql start
sudo su - _postgresql
createuser -P davical
createdb -E UNICODE -O davical davical
exit
In the above commands, we first initialize the PostgreSQL database directory and start the PostgreSQL service. Then we switch to the _postgresql user and create a new user with a password "davical." We also create a new database called "davical" and assign it to the "davical" user. Finally, we exit from the user.
After installing the required packages and configuring PostgreSQL, we can now download and install DAViCal. Run the following commands:
cd /tmp
ftp https://gitlab.com/davical-project/davical/-/archive/davical-1.1.9/davical-davical-1.1.9.tar.gz
tar -xzvf davical-davical-1.1.9.tar.gz
cd davical-davical-1.1.9
sudo cp conf/DAVical.conf.example /etc/httpd/conf.d/davical.conf
sudo cp /var/www/htdocs/index.html /var/www/htdocs/index.html.bak
sudo cp -R web/* /var/www/htdocs/.
sudo chown -R _www:_www /var/www/htdocs/.
In the above commands, we first navigate to the /tmp directory and download DAViCal version 1.1.9 from GitLab. Then we extract the archive and navigate into the extracted directory. We then copy the sample DAVical configuration file to the Apache configuration directory and make a backup of the default index.html file. Finally, we copy the DAViCal files to the Apache htdocs directory and change the ownership to the Apache user.
Now that DAViCal is installed, we need to configure it. Open the /etc/httpd/conf.d/davical.conf file in your preferred text editor and change the following lines:
DavicalDatabaseName davical
DavicalDatabaseUser davical
These lines set the database name and database user for DAViCal. Save and close the file.
Create a new file /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-php-fpm.conf with the following content:
# Enable php-fpm for davical:
<IfModule php7_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
The above configuration enables PHP-FPM for DAViCal.
Restart the Apache and PHP-FPM services with the following commands:
sudo /etc/rc.d/httpd restart
sudo /etc/rc.d/php70_fpm restart
DAViCal is now installed and configured. You can access it by visiting http://your-server-ip/davical/ in your web browser.
For initial setup please do it by visiting "http://your-server-ip/davical/install.php".
You can log in with the default username "admin" and password "admin." We recommend changing the password after logging in.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install DAViCal on OpenBSD. DAViCal is a powerful and feature-rich calendar and address book server that can help you manage your schedule and contacts with ease.
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