Public bug reported: Hi
there are a number of things wrong with the current calendarserver package (7.0+dfsg-2) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server. 1. calendarserver can only work with a database backend, support for the files backend has been dropped upstream according to the docs. Yet, there is no dependency on any database, in particular postgresql. 2. The twisted framework seems to be missing gcc: "unable to execute 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc': No such file or directory" when starting caldavd. Not sure if fatal, may need python-dev to be installed as well. 3. There appears to be no method or script to create the required DB user and define the schema for the database. In past versions (<6.0) there was a calendarserver_bootstrap_database script. When you start caldavd now you will get an error in /var/log/caldavd/error.log: " pg8000.core.ProgrammingError: (u'FATAL', u'3D000', u'database "caldav" does not exist', u'postinit.c', u'826', u'InitPostgres', u'', u'')" I managed to modify Apple's original bootstrap_database script (attached) and use it to create a working calendar server. This is the original script: https://svn.calendarserver.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/tags/release/CalendarServer-5.3/calendarserver/tools/bootstrapdatabase.py Apart from the iOS paths there are a couple of things that need addressing for a port to Linux: a. The database user should be "caldavd" not "caldav", to match the one in /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist b. The script assumes communication via UNIX sockets. With the default Postgresql config this means that the script must be run by the right user for authentication to succeed. Problem is that the script requires 2 different users. i. postgres to create the caldavd user and database ii. caldavd to set the database schema in the newly created database So the createuser and createdb need to be run as postgres, and the PSQL commands as caldavd :-( In my case I solved it by turning off exit-on-error and running the script as these two users. Happy fixing. ** Affects: calendarserver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: calendarserver ** Attachment added: "Dirty fix for bootstrapping DB" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600252/+attachment/4697439/+files/bootstrapdatabase.py -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600252 Title: calendarserver package broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calendarserver/+bug/1600252/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
