In this tutorial, we will be installing Xandikos on Ubuntu Server. Xandikos is a CalDAV/CardDAV server that allows you to store and synchronize your calendar and contact data.
Before we can begin, we will need to ensure that our Ubuntu Server is up-to-date and that we have the required dependencies installed.
To update our system, we can run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Next, we will need Python 3 and pip installed. We can do this by running:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip
Now that we have our prerequisites installed, we can proceed with installing Xandikos.
First, we will need to clone the Xandikos repository from GitHub. We can do this by running:
git clone https://github.com/jelmer/xandikos.git
Once the repository is cloned, we can navigate to the xandikos directory:
cd xandikos
Now that we are inside the xandikos directory, we can install Xandikos and its dependencies by running:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the required dependencies for Xandikos.
After the installation completes, we can start Xandikos by running:
python3 -m xandikos <storage_directory>
Replace <storage_directory> with the path to the directory where you want Xandikos to store its data.
For example, to use the /var/lib/xandikos directory, we can run:
sudo mkdir /var/lib/xandikos
sudo chown -R <username>:<group> /var/lib/xandikos
python3 -m xandikos /var/lib/xandikos
Replace <username> and <group> with the appropriate values for your system.
Xandikos should now be running and ready to accept CalDAV/CardDAV requests.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Xandikos on Ubuntu Server. Now you can set up your own CalDAV/CardDAV server and sync your calendar and contact data with your devices.
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