Baïkal is a lightweight CalDAV/CardDAV server that enables you to manage your calendar and contacts in a hassle-free way. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Baïkal on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before we start with the installation, we need to make sure that our Ubuntu Server is up-to-date with the latest patches and security updates.
To update the Ubuntu Server, we can run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
It will take some time to update the server.
Baïkal requires the Apache webserver to function. So, we need to install the Apache webserver on our Ubuntu Server.
To install Apache, we can run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2
Once installed, we can check the status of the server by running:
sudo systemctl status apache2
If the status shows "active" or "running," then we are good to go to the next step.
Baïkal relies on several PHP extensions to function. So, we need to install PHP and its extensions on our Ubuntu Server.
To install PHP and its extensions, we can run the following command:
sudo apt install php php-fpm php-mysql php-xml php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-mbstring php-zip
Once installed, we can verify if PHP is installed correctly by running:
php -v
Baïkal requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. So, we need to install MySQL Server on our Ubuntu Server.
To install MySQL Server, we can run the following command:
sudo apt install mysql-server
Once installed, we need to secure the MySQL installation by running:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen prompts.
We can download the latest version of Baïkal from the Sabre.io website or use the following command to download it directly to the server:
wget https://sabre.io/baikal/latest.zip
Once downloaded, we can unzip the file to the Apache server's document root folder.
sudo unzip latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
We need to create a MySQL database and user for Baïkal.
To do this, we can log in to MySQL by running:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password.
Once logged in, we can create a new database, user, and grant privileges to the user using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE baikal;
CREATE USER baikaluser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON baikal.* TO 'baikaluser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
We need to configure Baïkal to connect to the MySQL database.
To do this, we need to create a configuration file named db.php in the Baïkal folder's Configuration folder.
We can copy the sample configuration file and make changes to it.
sudo cp /var/www/html/baikal/Specific/db-pdo-mysql.php /var/www/html/baikal/Specific/db.php
sudo nano /var/www/html/baikal/Specific/db.php
Replace the following lines in the db.php file with values specific to your MySQL database and user:
$pdo = new PDO(
'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=baikal',
'baikaluser',
'password',
);
Save and close the file.
We need to change the ownership of the Baïkal files to the Apache webserver user.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/baikal
We need to allow the .htaccess file overrides in the Apache webserver configuration so that the Baïkal configuration files can be loaded.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Find the following section:
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
Change AllowOverride to "All."
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
We need to restart the Apache webserver for the changes to take effect.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
We can access the Baïkal web interface by opening a web browser and entering the server's IP address or domain name followed by "/baikal/html/".
For example:
http://192.168.1.123/baikal/html/
Log in with the default credentials, which are:
Username: admin
Password: admin
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Baïkal on Ubuntu Server Latest. Now you can manage your calendar and contacts in a secure and efficient way.
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