# Kolab

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Kolab is an unified communication and collaboration system, composed of a server-side daemon which offers storage and synchronization capabilities for contact, calendar, mail and file data. Clients can use several well defined formats like vCard, iCal, XML, IMAP and LDAP to communicate with the Kolab server.

## Installation

Kolab server is available in the AUR via the pykolab package.

## Configuration

At first, Kolab requires you to use a FQDN (fully qualified domain name), therefore adjust and append:

    /etc/hosts

    192.168.1.101	kolab.example.org

Write the same domain name into /etc/hostname.

### OpenLDAP

    sudo setup-kolab ldap

389-ds-base

### Dovecot IMAPD

## Frontends

### Roundcubemail Plugin

Besides the basic Roundcubemail installation and configuration, this roundcube-kolab plugin package is needed for advanced groupware functionality.

## Test and start the server

    systemctl enable kolabd
    systemctl start kolabd

## See also

- Official homepage
- Kolab manuals
- http://hosted.kolabsys.com/~vanmeeuwen/build/html/howtos/build-kolab-from-source.html
- http://mirror.kolabsys.com/pub/releases/
- https://obs.kolabsys.com/project/show?project=Kolab%3A3.1

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