How do I setup CalDav and CardDav servers on my Mac to enable local 'cloud' syncing in Mavericks

Also, it doesn't appear you have tried to use the instructions, yet, but I updated them based on input from James.

I had missed a couple of fairly important steps.

Many thanks. I did get that far, but then I don't know which application I should appoint to e.g. install.md...

And yes, I haven't tried the instructions yet. I will do so when I'm back in The Netherlands and close to my back up system. If I need something to download or repair, it's better not to be alone with my MB in this restricted environment in China :-)) It looks like any hiccups might have been flattened out once I get to run the instructions then :-))

It's just a text file. You can open it with anything that will open text files, like TextEdit, TextWrangler, Word, etc

Hi Barney, can I use your instruction to install the Baikal server in Mountain Lion? I tried but came across problems. I posted the details in the long thread but here they are again:

Here are my last steps:

In Terminal:

xxxx:~ admin$ apachectl configtest

Warning: DocumentRoot [/usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com] does not exist

Warning: DocumentRoot [/usr/docs/dummy-host2.example.com] does not exist

[Thu Nov 28 14:51:31 2013] [warn]

Syntax OK

xxxx:~ admin$ sudo apachectl start

xxxx:~ admin$

Your instruction:

Your server should now be running. Go to your browser and enter this address: https://localhost:8443

In Web browser:

exception 'Exception' with message 'Specific/ dir is readonly. Baïkal Admin requires write permissions on this dir.' in /Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/Core/Frameworks/BaikalAdmin/Cont roller/Install/Initialize.php:38

Stack trace:

#0 /Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/Core/Frameworks/Flake/Core/Rende r/Container.php(62): BaikalAdmin\Controller\Install\Initialize->execute()

#1 /Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/Core/Frameworks/Flake/Controller /Page.php(79): Flake\Core\Render\Container->execute()

#2 /Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/Core/Frameworks/BaikalAdmin/WWWR oot/install/index.php(77): Flake\Controller\Page->render()

#3 {main}

I tried to change some files/folders permissions without really knowing what I was doing. This was all done in an admin account. I usually use my Mac with a standard account. When I logged back into the standard account I got the following message when trying https://localhost:8443:

Baïkal Install Tool is locked.

To unlock it, create (or re-create if it exists already) an empty file namedENABLE_INSTALL (uppercase, no file extension) in the Specific/ folder of Baïkal.

Do you see something obvious here? Thanks

Has anyone configured a PowerPC Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.8) or PowerPC Leopard Server (10.5.8 Server) to support CardDav and CalDav syncing for Mavericks Macs? I have an old PowerPC Mac Mini that I would like to setup on the local family network as a CardDav and CalDav server to sync several family Macs, iPhones, and an iPad. The Macs will someday soon be running Mavericks.

I have a legitimate copy of Leopard Server, but unfortunately it does not include CardDav support for syncing AddressBook/Contacts. In addition, I wonder whether the Leopard Server implementation of CalDav is compatible with Mavericks.

I hate to invest too much effort to configure CardDav and CalDav services on that PowerPC Mac Mini, only to find that it won't work. Any thoughts or recommendations would be welcome.

Veda1, I responded on the other thread, but it's such a mess, I'll duplicate it here.

You didn't edit the virtual host config file, httpd-vhosts.conf, correctly.

The only uncommented lines should look like this:

NameVirtualHost *:8443

<VirtualHost *:8443>

SSLEngine on

SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL

SSLCertificateFile /private/etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /private/etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.key

ServerName dav.baikal-server

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/html"

</VirtualHost>

Also, it appears you didn't set the permissions as noted in steps 4. and 5. of Installing the Server Code.

Thanks Barney. I had only commented out the line: NameVirtualHost *:80 as asked in your instruction. It was not obvious to me that I needed to comment out the rest. Doing it removed the first error message. I still get this one:

Baïkal Install Tool is locked.

To unlock it, create (or re-create if it exists already) an empty file named ENABLE_INSTALL (uppercase, no file extension) in the Specific/ folder of Baïkal.

There was already a file with this name in that folder. I recreated it, empty and withtout file extension, as instructed but the same message comes back.

It seems that I am getting closer but face that hurdle :-)

The httpd-vhosts.conf file now looks like this:

# NameVirtualHost *:80

#

# VirtualHost example:

# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.

# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not

# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.

#

# <VirtualHost *:80>

# ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com

# DocumentRoot "/usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com"

# ServerName dummy-host.example.com

# ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com

# ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host.example.com-error_log"

# CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common

#</VirtualHost>

NameVirtualHost *:8443

<VirtualHost *:8443>

SSLEngine on

SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL

SSLCertificateFile /private/etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /private/etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.key

ServerName dav.baikal-server

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/html"

</VirtualHost>

Make sure you complete step 4. and 5. of Installing the Server Code.

I'll see if I can make the virtual hosts config instructions clearer.

I just did #5 again with same issue:

Last login: Sun Dec 1 17:14:20 on ttys000

XXX:~ XXXXX$ ls -l /Library/WebServer/Documents/dav.baikal-server/

total 128

-rw-r--r--@ 1 admin staff 106 7 Jul 10:56 ChangeLog.md

drwxr-xr-x@ 6 admin staff 204 28 Nov 14:58 Core

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin staff 9223 7 Jul 10:41 INSTALL.md

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin staff 35135 7 Jul 10:29 LICENSE.txt

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin staff 1688 7 Jul 10:43 README.md

drwxr-xr-x@ 6 admin staff 204 1 Dec 17:38 Specific

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin staff 2635 7 Jul 10:29 TROUBLESHOOTING.md

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin staff 1062 7 Jul 10:29 UPGRADE.md

drwxr-xr-x@ 9 admin staff 306 28 Nov 14:58 html

drwxr-xr-x@ 6 admin staff 204 7 Jul 17:38 vendor

XXXXX:~ XXXXX $

It is not taking the change owner command. You should see _www _www instead of admin staff

Does it give you an error when you run the command in step 5?

No error message. The outcome is just like in my previous post. I tried in standard and admin accounts.

It won't work in a standard account and you must use sudo while logged in as admin.

Are you typing it in or triple-click the line, Cmd-C to copy, then Cmd-V in Terminal/