Free / Busy times troubleshooting

[Sean Noonan]

Hi everyone,

I've finally got CalendarServer running on FreeBSD without any apparent
issues other than the fact I can't seem to get Free/Busy times working.  
Can someone point me to some documentation or steps to try and resolve
the issue?  To be honest I'm not sure where to start.

In Lightning there's an option to "Invite Attendees" but it doesn't seem
to be pulling users from my list of CalendarServer users--instead, it
seems to be pulling from Thunderbird's email contacts.  And no matter
what I do people's free/busy information shows "No Information".

I'm using the XML-based backend if that matters.

Thanks in advance,

--Sean Noonan

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[Helge Heß]

On 24.06.2008, at 19:50, Sean Noonan wrote:
> In Lightning there's an option to "Invite Attendees" but it doesn't  
> seem
> to be pulling users from my list of CalendarServer users--instead, it
> seems to be pulling from Thunderbird's email contacts.

Of course, its the calendar server, not the contact server :-) You  
might want to setup an LDAP server for your contacts.

> And no matter what I do people's free/busy information shows "No  
> Information".

Not sure whether Lightning does CalDAV freebusy REPORTs. Does calendar  
server expose .ifb VFREEBUSY resources, or does it only support  
freebusy via REPORTs?
If it does support .ifb resources, you could just add those URLs to  
your contacts.

Thanks,
   Helge
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[Sean Noonan]

Helge Heß wrote:

On 24.06.2008, at 19:50, Sean Noonan wrote:
  

In Lightning there's an option to "Invite Attendees" but it doesn't  
seem
to be pulling users from my list of CalendarServer users--instead, it
seems to be pulling from Thunderbird's email contacts.
    

Of course, its the calendar server, not the contact server :-) You  
might want to setup an LDAP server for your contacts.
  

I do have LDAP setup--openldap v2.3.40.  So, in what CalendarServer configuration file to I specify my LDAP information?  Or does Thunderbird just get setup with the LDAP information?

And no matter what I do people's free/busy information shows "No  
Information".
    

Not sure whether Lightning does CalDAV freebusy REPORTs. Does calendar  
server expose .ifb VFREEBUSY resources, or does it only support  
freebusy via REPORTs?
If it does support .ifb resources, you could just add those URLs to  
your contacts.

Thanks,
   Helge
  

I don't mean to be obtuse but I'm not sure what you mean.  Let's assume it does support .ifb resources, okay?  So how would I then go about "adding those URLs to your contacts"?  What does that even mean?  What files get edited?  In what manner?

Thanks again, I really appreciate your help...

--Sean Noonan


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[Brandon Evans-3]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Sean Noonan wrote:

>
> Helge Heß wrote:
>>
>> On 24.06.2008, at 19:50, Sean Noonan wrote:
>>
>>> In Lightning there's an option to "Invite Attendees" but it doesn't
>>> seem
>>> to be pulling users from my list of CalendarServer users--instead,  
>>> it
>>> seems to be pulling from Thunderbird's email contacts.
>>>
>> Of course, its the calendar server, not the contact server :-) You
>> might want to setup an LDAP server for your contacts.
>>
>
> I do have LDAP setup--openldap v2.3.40.  So, in what CalendarServer  
> configuration file to I specify my LDAP information?  Or does  
> Thunderbird just get setup with the LDAP information?

Thunderbird grabs the information separately.  you will need to add  
your ldap server to thunderbird by going to "Preferences->Composition-
 >Addressing->Add directories..."


-Brandon
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[Steve Roemen-2]

I'm curious about the free/busy thing as well.  I have ldap in my
Thunderbird, I can send invites, but can't see free/busy.  Is there a
schema I need to enable on ldap, and some url for free/busy?/


/ /Steve //
/


Sean Noonan wrote:

>
> Helge Heß wrote:
>> On 24.06.2008, at 19:50, Sean Noonan wrote:
>>  
>>> In Lightning there's an option to "Invite Attendees" but it doesn't  
>>> seem
>>> to be pulling users from my list of CalendarServer users--instead, it
>>> seems to be pulling from Thunderbird's email contacts.
>>>    
>>
>> Of course, its the calendar server, not the contact server :-) You  
>> might want to setup an LDAP server for your contacts.
>>  
>
> I do have LDAP setup--openldap v2.3.40.  So, in what CalendarServer
> configuration file to I specify my LDAP information?  Or does
> Thunderbird just get setup with the LDAP information?
>
>>> And no matter what I do people's free/busy information shows "No  
>>> Information".
>>>    
>>
>> Not sure whether Lightning does CalDAV freebusy REPORTs. Does calendar  
>> server expose .ifb VFREEBUSY resources, or does it only support  
>> freebusy via REPORTs?
>> If it does support .ifb resources, you could just add those URLs to  
>> your contacts.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>    Helge
>>  
>
> I don't mean to be obtuse but I'm not sure what you mean.  Let's
> assume it does support .ifb resources, okay?  So how would I then go
> about "adding those URLs to your contacts"?  What does that even
> mean?  What files get edited?  In what manner?
>
> Thanks again, I really appreciate your help...
>
> --Sean Noonan
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[Sean Noonan]

Steve Roemen wrote:

> I'm curious about the free/busy thing as well.  I have ldap in my
> Thunderbird, I can send invites, but can't see free/busy.  Is there a
> schema I need to enable on ldap, and some url for free/busy?/
>
>
> / /Steve //
> /
>
> <snip>
>  

I've been pulling my teeth out over this one for a month now.  Obviously
some folks have free/busy times working while I do not.  I'm trying to
figure out if the reason for this is due to:

1. Some stupid mistake like a typo or missing stanza in one of my config
files.
2. OS-related porting issues (I'm running FreeBSD and I assume most of
the list is using OS X or Linux).
3. Client-related issues (I'm using Thunderbird with Lightning and
Sunbird on Win XP for testing, don't have access to iCal).
4. Some ACL I need to grant that's not granted by default.
5. My inability to run the OpenDirectoryService directory service as
it's my understanding that OpenDirectory only runs on Mac OS X Server
(so, as I stated earlier, I'm using XMLDirectoryService).
6. Not facing the right direction or chanting the right incantation.

If anyone has free/busy working with FreeBSD PLEASE send me (the list)
your sanitized configs.

Thanks!

--Sean Noonan

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