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title: CalDAV server
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abstract: 
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---
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Calendaring software provides users with an
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electronic version of a calendar. Additionally, the software may provide an
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appointment book, address book, or contact list.
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We implemented a CalDAV server based on MirageOS.
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[CalDAV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV) is a calendaring extension to
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WebDAV, an HTTP-based protocol that allows to read, write and alter files, directories and file properties.
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The calendar data can be stored in memory, on disk, or in a
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git repository using [irmin](https://github.com/mirage/irmin).
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We tested interoperability with most common CalDAV clients (DAVdroid on Android, Thunderbird Lightning on Linux/Unix/Windows, Apple
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calendar app on MacOS and iOS).
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## How to try the calendar server
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There is a live instance for testing available at `calendar.robur.io`.
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There is a test user called `test` with password `password` for your convenience.
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If you use MacOS, you need add a new CalDAV account in the calendar app, set it to manual, and enter the above URL, username and password.
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For iOS you need to add an account in the calendar app, select "other" and then CalDAV.
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Discovery of calendars happens automatically.
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If you use Thunderbird Lightning, you need to create a new calendar on the network, select CalDAV as remote calendar format, and enter a full calendar URL, e.g.
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`http://calendar.robur.io/calendars/<username>/calendar`.
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If you use DAVdroid, you can enter the short URL like for MacOS.
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Discovery of calendars happens automatically.
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## How to host the calendar server yourself
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Make sure you have OCaml version `>=4.03.0`, and opam version `>=1.2.2` installed via your operating system.
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Also, you need to install and clone
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```
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opam pin add icalendar https://github.com/roburio/icalendar.git
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opam pin add webmachine https://github.com/roburio/ocaml-webmachine.git#webdav
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git clone https://git.robur.io/caldav.git
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opam pin add caldav caldav/
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opam install --deps-only caldav
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```
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Now you can build the project, add a place for storage, and run the calendar server:
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```
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cd caldav
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make
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mkdir /tmp/calendar
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_build/default/app/caldav_server.exe
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```
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Time to add some calendars and fun meetups!
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## Funding
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This project was funded via the [prototype
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fund](https://prototypefund.de/project/robur-io/). Thanks a lot!
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