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Getting Radicale to work system wide

Hi folks,

I installed Radicale earlier today and when I installed it as a user as described on the homepage using $ python3 -m pip install --upgrade radicale.

I initially created a local storage and ran as normal user $ python3 -m radicale --storage-filesystem-folder=~/.var/lib/radicale/collections. I was able to see the webpage when I type the server address (VM on Truenas) http://192.168.0.2:5234. So the install went well. But I wanted to create system wide so that I can have multiple users loggin in (family members).

So i did the following:

  • $sudo useradd --system --user-group --home-dir / --shell /sbin/nologin radicale
  • $sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/radicale/collections && sudo chown -R radicale:radicale /var/lib/radicale/collections
  • sudo mkdir -p /etc/radicale && sudo chown -R radicale:radicale /etc/radicale

Then I created the config file which looks like:

 
    
[server]
# Bind all addresses
hosts = 192.168.0.2:5234, [::]:5234
max_connections = 10
# 100 MB
max_content_length = 100000000
timeout = 30

[auth]
type = htpasswd
htpasswd_filename = /etc/radicale/users
htpasswd_encryption = md5

[storage]
filesystem_folder = /var/lib/radicale/collections

[logging]
level = debug

Of course the users file also exists in the /etc/radicale. Then I created the service file as per the guidance without changing anything:

 
    
[Unit]
Description=A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/env python3 -m radicale
Restart=on-failure
User=radicale
# Deny other users access to the calendar data
UMask=0027
# Optional security settings
PrivateTmp=true
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=true
PrivateDevices=true
ProtectKernelTunables=true
ProtectKernelModules=true
ProtectControlGroups=true
NoNewPrivileges=true
ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/radicale/collections

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then I hit the usual sequence:

 
    
$ sudo systemctl enable radicale
$ sudo systemctl start radicale
$ sudo systemctl status radicale

and of course it all seems to be running:

 
    
user@vm101:/$ sudo systemctl status radicale
● radicale.service - A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/radicale.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-05-25 19:44:54 BST; 18min ago
   Main PID: 313311 (python3)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4638)
     Memory: 13.1M
        CPU: 166ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/radicale.service
             └─313311 python3 -m radicale

May 25 19:44:54 vm101 systemd[1]: Started A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server.

When I run $ journalctl --unit radicale.service it only provide the following output, despite the logging level is set to debug:

 
    
user@vm101:/etc/radical$ sudo journalctl --unit radicale.service
-- Journal begins at Sat 2022-12-31 15:45:51 GMT, ends at Sat 2024-05-25 20:04:37 BST. --
May 25 19:25:46 vm101 systemd[1]: Started A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server.
May 25 19:44:46 vm101 systemd[1]: Stopping A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server...
May 25 19:44:46 vm101 systemd[1]: radicale.service: Succeeded.
May 25 19:44:46 vm101 systemd[1]: Stopped A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server.
May 25 19:44:54 vm101 systemd[1]: Started A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server.

Any clue as to why i get "Can't establish a connection ..." error when I type http://192.168.0.2:5234. I'm clearly missing something but can't quite get what it is. Any help would be appreciated.

BTW, I'm connecting to the Truenas server (where the VM runs) from my laptop, the same one that allowed me to connect when I used the normal user approach described at the start.

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