Set Up WebDAV for iCal Sharing on ubuntu 8.04

matt — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:14:20 +0000

Enabling WebDAV for iCal publishing/sharing is fairly straightforward:

0. Install apache2 (if it’s not already installed):

sudo apt-get install apache2

1. Create a WebDAV directory in your DocumentRoot with the proper permissions:

mkdir -p /var/www/webdav
chmod -R 777 /var/www/webdav

2. Edit Apache2′s dav_fs.conf file:

cd /etc/apache2/mods-available
sudo vi dav_fs.conf

DAVLockDB /var/lock/apache2/DAVLock

DAV On
DAVMinTimeout 600
DAVDepthInfinity On

AllowOverride AuthConfig
AuthName “DAV Restricted”
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htaccess

Require valid-user

3. Create symlinks to the proper DAV module files:
(Some of these will already exist. Leave them alone.)

cd ../mods-enabled
sudo ln -s ../mods-available/dav.load
sudo ln -s ../mods-available/dav_fs.conf
sudo ln -s ../mods-available/dav_fs.load

4. Create the ‘AuthUserFile’ indicated in step 2:

sudo htpasswd -m -c /etc/httpd/.htaccess webcal

5. Restart apache:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

6. Publish your iCal!

Your url for publishing should now look like http://mywebhost/webdav/iCal/. Enjoy!

Matt Shelton » ical