[clug] CalDAV or WebDAV, whatever

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

On 2020-01-17 18:07, Andrew Janke via linux wrote:
> I'd suggest your own nextcloud/owncloud server that your home computer and
> phone connects to.

I started looking at this option, I do have a 24x7 server running at home.
Today I attempted to set up radicale as a CalDAV server but it is not playing
nice with thunderbird (probably my bad setup).

Anyway. I do all my scheduling on the phone, then sync to windows (linux soon)
primarily(*1) as a backup. I can migrate my outlook calendar using an ics file.

In a pinch I can abandon the sync idea and just export my phone calendar as ics
for backup (periodically) and offline use using thunderbird lightning (when required).

(*1) but at times I need to schedule a list of events and it is much easier to
copy/paste the events into the calendar on a desktop.

>     https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/calendar
> 
> With dynDNS you could do it with your home computer presuming it is on
> enough.  I used to run my own owncloud server to do this but being at a
> Uni, I use AARNet's "cloudstor" which is a heavily modified version of
> owncloud.
> 
> Note that for mail to work you need a local mail server but it doesn't have
> to be cloud.
> 
> As a free bonus you get to sync files! (keepassx, etc).
> 
> 
> a
> 
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 17:31, jhock--- via linux <linux at lists.samba.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I was under the impression that you wanted to avoid using Micro$oft so
>> hence my interest in seeing the options. I also want to backup my calendar,
>> contacts, photos, notes, etcetera, and would like to see the solution as I
>> have allmost lost all when I broke the screen on my phone.
>>
>> I currently use the Disroot app and account to save a copy of my
>> Keepass2android password database and access it from my Ubuntu laptop with
>> Keepass2. I also have an export of my contacts on the Disroot site. I
>> believe that it's encrypted and I trust the Disroot server.
>>
>> I have made backups of my entire phone using adb but I don't know if a
>> recovery works as I haven't been brave enough to try it in case I brick my
>> phone or lose everything.
>>
>> I know that you don't want to use a cloud but that was the only solution
>> that I could find. I'd like to use another solution because I too do not
>> trust to use Google and want complete control of my data.
>>
>> John.
>>
>> On 17 January 2020 16:21:20 GMT+11:00, Eyal Lebedinsky via linux <
>> linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>>> On 2020-01-17 16:02, Tony Lewis via linux wrote:
>>>> On 17/1/20 3:55 pm, Eyal Lebedinsky via linux wrote:
>>>>> On 2020-01-17 13:59, Tony Lewis via linux wrote:
>>>>>> CalDAV-Sync and CardDAV-Sync might meet your needs:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://dmfs.org/caldav/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://dmfs.org/carddav/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both are in the Play store.  I know I was using CalDAV-Sync for
>>> quite some time, but I don't any more, as I just use Google's calendar
>>> and let it sync.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. Let me understand though: these are Android apps, what do
>>> they sync with?
>>>>> Since I said "no cloud, no google", I assume that I still need to
>>> set up my own
>>>>> server side thing?
>>>>
>>>> Yes they are Android apps.  I don't see a good way to solve your
>>> problem without some kind of app on your device.
>>>
>>> Agreed, I will need to install an app on the phone.
>>>
>>>> Yes you can set up your own server, and input the details into the
>>> apps (hostname, port, credentials).  The CalDAV-Sync app at least also
>>> has presets for common ones, including cloud and google.  I'd be trying
>>> to connect it to whatever server your Outlook client connects to.
>>> Otherwise you'd be looking at your own server, but that server would
>>> still need to connect to wherever your calendar is hosted.
>>>
>>> The calendar is not "hosted", it is a local .pst file on windows. I
>>> expect to need to install an outlook plugin
>>> to allow it to sync with the same server, which I want to install on my
>>> linux server.
>>>
>>>> Tony
>>
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