The purpose of this blog post is to act as a visual guide/tutorial on how to setup an iOS device (iPad or iPhone) using the native apps against a custom Linux Mail, Calendar & Contact server.
Disclaimer: I wrote this blog post after 36hours with an apple device. I have never had any previous encagement with an apple product. Huge culture change & learning curve. Be aware, that the below notes may not apply to your setup.
Original creation date: Friday 12 Oct 2018
Last Update: Sunday 18 Nov 2018
Linux Mail Server
Notes are based on the below setup:
- CentOS 6.10
- Dovecot IMAP server with STARTTLS (TCP Port: 143) with Encrypted Password Authentication.
- Postfix SMTP with STARTTLS (TCP Port: 587) with Encrypted Password Authentication.
- Baïkal as Calendar & Contact server.To see the entire article, click uppon article's title/link.
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Baikal
Almost a year ago, I wrote an article on how to install & use your personal Contact and Calendar Server & Android Client: Baïkal - CalDAV & CardDAV server
So, here are my personal notes on upgrading to it’s latest version (v0.4.6):
Github - Version
Here are the latest releases of baikal: Baikal Releases
Download
move to your baikal installation folder and download the latest version:
~> wget -c https://github.com/fruux/Baikal/releases/download/0.4.6/baikal-0.4.6.zip
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Baïkal is a CalDAV and CardDAV server, based on sabre/dav,
To self hosted your own CalDAV & CardDAV server is one of the first step to better control your data and keep your data, actually, yours!So here comes Baikal which is really easy to setup. That easily you can also configure any device (mobile/tablet/laptop/desktop) to use your baikal instance and synchronize your calendar & contacts everywhere.
In this blog post are some personal notes on installing or upgrading baikal on your web server.
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