AgenDAV is an open source web-based calendar software designed to manage and synchronize events, tasks and contacts across different devices. If you are looking for an easy and secure way to manage your calendar, AgenDAV is the best option for you. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of AgenDAV on NixOS latest.
Before starting the installation process, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
Nginx is a web server that will help you to serve AgenDAV. To install Nginx in NixOS, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i nginx
AgenDAV is developed in PHP language, so you need to install PHP to run AgenDAV on your system. To install PHP in NixOS, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i php
AgenDAV requires a database to store events, tasks and contacts. You can use either MariaDB or MySQL for this purpose. To install MariaDB or MySQL in NixOS, run the following command:
For MariaDB:
sudo nix-env -i mariadb
For MySQL:
sudo nix-env -i mysql
Composer is a package manager for PHP that will help you to install AgenDAV and its dependencies. To install Composer in NixOS, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i composer
Download the latest version of AgenDAV from the official website https://agendav.github.io/agendav/.
wget https://github.com/agendav/agendav/releases/download/2.3.0/agendav-2.3.0.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded tar.gz file and navigate to the extracted folder.
tar -zxvf agendav-2.3.0.tar.gz
cd agendav-2.3.0
Use Composer to install AgenDAV and its dependencies.
composer install
Create a new Nginx configuration file for AgenDAV.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/agendav.conf
Add the following configuration in the file.
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /path/to/agendav/;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ .php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.socket;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Replace "yourdomain.com" with your own domain name and "/path/to/agendav/" with the path to your AgenDAV installation folder.
Save and close the file. Then create a symbolic link to enable the configuration.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/agendav.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart Nginx.
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Create a new database and user for AgenDAV in MariaDB or MySQL.
For MariaDB:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE agendav;
CREATE USER 'agendavuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON agendav.* TO 'agendavuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
For MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE agendav;
CREATE USER 'agendavuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON agendav.* TO 'agendavuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace "password" with your own password for the AgenDAV user.
Navigate to the AgenDAV installation folder and rename the "config.default.php" file to "config.php".
cd /path/to/agendav/
mv config.default.php config.php
Edit the "config.php" file and add the following lines to configure the database settings.
'pdo' => [
'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=agendav;charset=utf8mb4',
'username' => 'agendavuser',
'password' => 'password'
],
Replace "password" with your own password for the AgenDAV user.
Save and close the file.
Open your web browser and go to "http://yourdomain.com". You should see the AgenDAV login page. Use the default username "admin" and password "password" to login. Once logged in, you can change the password and customize the settings according to your needs.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed AgenDAV on NixOS latest. You can now use AgenDAV to manage your calendar, tasks and contacts across different devices.
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