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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