On Jan 24, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Laurence Popiel wrote: > I have the trunk up and running in test mode configured and accessible from > iCal and iPhones. I now want to put in in production.I created a dir in /opt > and followed the steps to download. When I run the ./run -i script it appears > to compile but when i run the caldavd executable it tells me that is not > installed. Am I missing something? I also tried release ver 2.4 and fixed the > dead links ut get an error on line 379 saying unbound variable so I'm a bit > lost at the moment. > Can anyone help with the proper steps to install as a service?
This is one part of the product I've never really used (as it's not needed in Mac OS X Server), so perhaps somebody with experience using it can chime in... What exactly are the errors you get when trying to run caldavd? Did you notice any errors after issuing "run -i"? -dre > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Laurence Popiel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. That was it. fat fingers. > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 17, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Laurence Popiel wrote: > >> Ok back to the beginning. I have the server up and running on my test box >> using trunk rev 6738. >> >> Just built my standalone server following the method I used successfully. >> All went well until I tried to run the server and got this error: >> >> It starts to load and gets to Starting server then when it gets to >> >> File "usr/lib/python2.6/plist.py , line 301, in __getattr__ >> raise AttributeError , attr >> AttributeError : append >> >> any thoughts? > > broken caldavd.plist? > > xmllint --valid /path/to/your/config.plist > > It should return nothing. If it finds an error, it will bark at you, e.g.: > > bash-3.2# xmllint --valid /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist > /dev/null > /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist:35: parser error : StartTag: invalid element name > <<string>icalvip.icalserver.rack</string> <!-- The hostname clients use > when > ^ > > You can always try the sample (dev) config if you're unsure whether yours > might be problematic. > > -dre > >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Laurence Popiel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Finally after everyone's advise and help, I have the server up and running >> and sharing calendars. Since I am new to all of this and even more of a >> newbie when it comes to writing scripts, any advise on how to script server >> startup on boot and shutdown on reboot or shutdown. >> >> larry >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, don't run memcached as root. Are you setting UserName and GroupName in >> caldavd.plist? These should be set to some non-root user that can be used >> for running the various daemons. See caldavd-apple.plist for an example. You >> may need to create a user account for this purpose, though it should be fine >> to test it using your personal account. >> >> -dre >> >> On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >> >>> Well I followed the advise to use a release version 2.4 (not trunk) and >>> found that many of the links in the run script to pkgs are broken or >>> unavailable. I was able to repoint most of them but still to no avail. >>> At this point I went back to trunk and was able to run the script but it >>> too has another problem. It installs and it starts the server but it hangs >>> on the error below and never starts the server >>> >>> {memcached-Default} can't run as root without the -u switch >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas as to how to get either version running. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Cool, you're welcome :) >>> >>> The responsiveness you experience on our mailing list changes from time to >>> time, but it's been pretty good lately - glad it's helpful. It's sort of an >>> interesting situation for us, because to date our most important target >>> platform is Mac OS X Server, since that is where our service is bundled and >>> sold. However, linux support is becoming more and more important, so it's >>> great to see people picking it up and running with it out in the world. >>> >>> This probably goes without saying, but: the most important thing to know >>> about this and any other open source project is that the user (or >>> administrator) is responsible for validating the configuration and making >>> sure things are working as intended. Also, any support is usually offered >>> on a 'best effort' basis by the community, which may or may not be good >>> enough for business purposes. This is probably the biggest difference >>> between our open source distribution and what you find bundled with Mac OS >>> X Server. >>> >>> In Cupertino, we've currently got zero inches of snow ;) >>> -dre >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks dre, >>>> it helps quite a lot. As a novice it has forced me to dive in headfirst >>>> and learn far more than I expected. Rather pleasantly i must say. also in >>>> all my years providing support in an enterprise environment (usual OSs for >>>> desktop and deployment) I have never experienced a community that is as >>>> responsive and willing helpful as your user community. >>>> So thank you for all the work you have done and the gracious time you gave >>>> to help me. >>>> >>>> Larry (under 24" of snow today) >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> It's been a while since the last release, so trunk is pretty different >>>> from the last 'stable' release. It's generally not recommended to run >>>> trunk code in a production environment, or if you do, make sure to test it >>>> thoroughly for your use cases. One reason that you may wish to avoid trunk >>>> code is that long-term problems can crop up, e.g. when upgrading to the >>>> next major version, we only support upgrades from older releases and not >>>> necessarily development versions. >>>> >>>> I would probably recommend testing the most recent release to see if it >>>> does the job for you. Regarding how to actually deploy it on the >>>> production host, the 'run' script has an 'install' method that can install >>>> the various resources in the standard locations (e.g. /usr/local/...), >>>> however things like process lifecycle management are left up to the >>>> administrator. I would recommend that you do all the testing of your >>>> target release (or dev code if you wish) on a non-production host, >>>> including the installation using run script, and also whatever scripts you >>>> wish to use to start and stop the service, etc. >>>> >>>> There is not a great deal of documentation about our server outside of the >>>> PDF for iCal Server, however this is not targeted at the open source >>>> distribution, but rather the integrated distribution that is part of Mac >>>> OS X Server. >>>> >>>> The documentation (in a somewhat tattered state, unfortunately) for the >>>> open source distribution is all located here: >>>> http://trac.calendarserver.org/ >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, >>>> -dre >>>> >>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>>> >>>>> Now that I'm able to setup ad run the development version, where can I >>>>> find documentation on setting up in a small network production >>>>> environment. I'll have 8 users, three groups and 8 calendars. Does it >>>>> install differently and point to different config files ? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Andre LaBranche <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Looks like one of the externally hosted dependencies is failing to >>>>> download... will check into it. >>>>> >>>>> -dre >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Guy wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Likely new checkins have broken something.. it's always risky running >>>>>> trunk.. >>>>>> >>>>>> The usual advice here is to pick a revision that works and use that... >>>>>> either something from the released branch. Or just check out and use the >>>>>> revision that worked for you when you where testing. >>>>>> >>>>>> --Guy >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11 Jan 2011, at 16:34, Laurence Popiel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am extremely new to Ubuntu and linux in general. I have installed >>>>>>> Ubuntu 10.04 and followed the steps outlined in several postings. After >>>>>>> a little trial and error I was able to set up and access the >>>>>>> CalendarServer and configure users by modifying the accounts.xml and >>>>>>> caldavd-dev.plist. I could connect via iCal and the two iphones in my >>>>>>> network. >>>>>>> Since i was able to get it up and running I decided to build a server >>>>>>> to host the Calendar Server, afp file sharing, samba and use the server >>>>>>> for time Machine backups. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Using a pentium 4 box I installed Ubuntu 10.04 server and followed >>>>>>> these steps: >>>>>>> 1) edit /etc/fstab to enable xattrs by adding the “user_xattr” option. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> e.g. (all on one line): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> UUID=8f2bb850-0e8f-4d81-bba5-fb93ef9b9990 / ext4 >>>>>>> errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0 1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> after doing the above you need to reboot, or “sudo mount / -o remount” >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2) sudo apt-get build-dep postgresql >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 3) sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-xattr python-twisted >>>>>>> subversion curl >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 4) svn co >>>>>>> http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/trunk >>>>>>> CalendarServer >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 5) cd CalendarServer ; ./run -s >>>>>>> >>>>>>> when I run ./run -s i get this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Downloading libevent... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> % Total %Received % Xferd AverageSpeed Time Time Time >>>>>>> Current >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dload Upload >>>>>>> Total Spent Left Speed >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >>>>>>> --:--:-- 0:40:24 --:--:-- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The previous successful install was revision 6725 and it continued and >>>>>>> finished without a hangup. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> now it is revision 6726 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any ideas as to why it worked without a hitch 4 days ago and now I cant >>>>>>> get any further than what you see. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> calendarserver-users mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/calendarserver-users >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> calendarserver-users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/calendarserver-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >
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