DAViCal is a server software that provides support for CalDAV, the standard for allowing calendar synchronization across devices. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of installing DAViCal on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before installing DAViCal or any software, make sure your system is up to date. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Now that everything is up to date, we can proceed with installing DAViCal. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt install davical
This will install DAViCal along with its dependencies.
Now that DAViCal is installed, we need to configure it. First, we need to create a database for DAViCal. To do this, we can run the following command:
sudo -u postgres createdb davical
Next, we need to download the DAViCal configuration file, which is located at /etc/davical/config.php:
sudo wget -q https://gitlab.com/davical-project/davical/-/raw/master/config/templates/config.php.debian -O /etc/davical/config.php
After downloading the configuration file, we need to update it with the database name and user credentials. Open the configuration file with your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/davical/config.php
Update the following lines:
define('PDO_DSN', 'pgsql:dbname=davical;host=127.0.0.1;port=5432');
define('PDO_USERNAME', 'davical_app');
define('PDO_PASSWORD', 'password');
Replace "davical" with the name of the database you created in step 3, and replace "davical_app" and "password" with your desired database username and password.
Save and close the file.
DAViCal works with Apache web server, so we need to configure it. First, make sure Apache is installed:
sudo apt install apache2
Next, we need to enable the necessary Apache modules:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod dav
sudo a2enmod dav_fs
sudo a2enmod ssl
Finally, we need to create an Apache virtual host for DAViCal. Create a new file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available directory:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/davical.conf
Paste the following content into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
Redirect permanent / https://yourdomain.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/share/davical/htdocs
<Directory /usr/share/davical/htdocs>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "yourdomain.com" with the domain or IP address of your server.
Save and close the file.
Finally, we need to enable the virtual host:
sudo a2ensite davical.conf
And restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
DAViCal is now installed and configured on your server. You can access it by visiting https://yourdomain.com/ in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we've walked you through the process of installing and configuring DAViCal on Ubuntu Server Latest. Now you can enjoy the benefits of CalDAV synchronization across all your devices.
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