[CalendarServer-users] How to set up Calendar Server for a small virtual office

[Patrick Berry]

I have been trying for a little while to get CalendarServer to start  
running at boot up.

I have copied the contrib/launchd file to my /Library/LaunchDaemons  
directory, but that didn't work.

I tried altering that file so it ran 'run -d' but that didn't work.

When I used the command 'launchctl load calendarserver.plist' to start  
the CalendarServer daemon, it seemed to work fine, it just doesn't  
seem to work when I have it in the /Library/LaunchDaemons directory.

I use the command 'ps -ef | grep caldav' and I can see that it's  
trying to start up, alas it fails.

Any tips and tricks on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Pat.


PS. This is what I have in my plist file:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd 
">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Disabled</key>
   <false/>
   <key>InitGroups</key>
   <true/>
   <key>OnDemand</key>
   <false/>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>org.calendarserver.calendarserver</string>
   <key>Program</key>
   <string>/usr/local/caldav/CalendarServer/run</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
     <string>-d</string>
   </array>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
   <string>/var/log/caldavd/error.log</string>
   <key>StandardOutPath</key>
   <string>/var/log/caldavd/error.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>




On 12/11/2007, at 8:18 AM, Emil Lundberg wrote:

>> The Calendar Server is installed and I could run it once and  
>> subscribe iCal to it.
>> After closing the Terminal the Server stopped and I was not able to  
>> run it again, because Twisted was running.
>>
>> First, how can I stop Twisted, or even better, how can I run  
>> Calendar Server as a daemon on my iMac (always on at home) and  
>> startup automatically after a restart?
>
> If DCS has stopped responding, twistd is most likely not running.  
> You probably have a stale pid file, remove it from the ./logs  
> directory or use "./run -k", and try again.
>
> To get it to run as a daemon, use "./run -d". To kill it properly,  
> use "./run -k". For more commands, use "./run -h".
>
> To launch the service at boot time, activate it as a launchd daemon  
> - see the recent "How to install as system service?" thread for  
> pointers. If there is general interest, I can do a more formal write- 
> up of the procedure?
>
>
>> Secondly, We are working with 5 people without an office. We are  
>> using MacBooks and are on the way or working at home and do have an  
>> internet connection.
>> What should I change in the .plist's and .xml's to have a fine  
>> setup, so all 5 can access the Calendar Server with all the new  
>> collaborative functions available now in iCal 3, sharing calendars,  
>> invitations, etc.
>
> caldavd file: You'll want to change the ServerHostName key and add  
> to the BindAddress array, using your real DNS name and IP address,  
> respectively.
>
> accounts file: The XML directory service is covered in the Wiki:
>
> http://trac.calendarserver.org/projects/calendarserver/wiki/XMLDirectoryService
>
> See also the searchable archives for more on most of the above:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/calendarserver-users@lists.macosforge.org/maillist.html
>
>
>> Also, what should be settings of the port forwarding in the  
>> AirPort, and shat should be set in the System Preferences.
>
> The default destination TCP address for calendar server is 8008  
> (http), 8443 (https), so this needs to be open/forwarded in any  
> firewalls. If you are using the Airport as a NAT, however, thing get  
> more complicated, as you will want to use the same server name in  
> the account settings of iCal both outside and inside the NAT. To  
> make it reasonably stable, you'd probably want to setup a dynamic  
> DNS record pointing to the Airport IP and using this as the server  
> name even inside the NAT. This is nothing unique to calendar  
> services, of course, and you may well have this setup already...
>
> HTH,
>
> /Emil
>
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