Installing DAViCal on EndeavourOS Latest

DAViCal is a free and open-source calendar and address-book server for CalDAV and CardDAV devices. It enables easy synchronization of these devices with your server. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install DAViCal on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• A machine running EndeavourOS Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges
• A domain name pointing to your server's IP address
• A working Apache or Nginx server

Step 1: Install Apache or Nginx server

Before we proceed, make sure that you have either Apache or Nginx server installed on your machine. If you don't have any of these servers on your system, follow the steps given below to install one of these servers:

Installing Apache

sudo pacman -S apache

Installing Nginx

sudo pacman -S nginx

Step 2: Install DAViCal

1. Install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S davical

2. Edit the /etc/php/php.ini file and uncomment the following line:

extension=pdo_sqlite

3. Restart the PHP-FPM service:

For Apache

sudo systemctl restart httpd

For Nginx

sudo systemctl restart nginx

4. Initialize the DAViCal database by running the following command:

sudo -u davical_user /usr/share/webapps/davical/dba/create-database.sh davical_dba

5. For security purposes, restrict access to the dba directory by running:

sudo chown -R root:davical /usr/share/webapps/davical/dba
sudo chmod -R 750 /usr/share/webapps/davical/dba

6. Edit the /etc/davical/config.php file and modify the following lines:

$base_uri = 'http://example.com/davical/';
$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_name = 'davical_dba';
$db_username = 'davical_app';
$db_password = 'password';

Note: Replace example.com with your domain name, and davical_app with a unique username for the DAViCal user.

Step 3: Configure Apache or Nginx

Configure Apache

1. Create a new configuration file for your DAViCal instance:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/davical.conf

2. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

Alias /davical /usr/share/webapps/davical/htdocs

<Directory /usr/share/webapps/davical/htdocs>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted

    <FilesMatch \.php$>
        SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost"
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

3. Save the configuration file and restart the Apache server.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Configure Nginx

1. Create a new configuration file for your DAViCal instance:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/davical.conf

2. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/davical.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/davical.error.log;

    location /davical {
        alias /usr/share/webapps/davical/htdocs;
        try_files $uri @davical;
    }

    location @davical {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/index.php;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    location /dbextensions {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }

    location ~ /\. {
        deny all;
    }
}

Note: Replace example.com with your domain name.

3. Save the configuration file and create a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/davical.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

4. Test the new configuration and restart the Nginx server:

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 4: Access DAViCal

Open your web browser and go to http://example.com/davical/. You should see the DAViCal login page. Login with the default username admin and password password. We highly recommend changing the default password after logging in.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DAViCal on your EndeavourOS Latest machine. You can now start synchronizing your CalDAV and CardDAV devices with your DAViCal server.