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---
title: "radicale and nginx"
tags: [ "data", "calendar" ]
---
Check before you start:
- you have a normally running site on nginx already.
- your server has the directory `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/` enabled in the nginx config.
## Installation and Service
Install `radicale` through your package manager (not `pip`).
The standard `radicale` package should come with a nice `systemd` service file.
If the service comes already-started, stop it immediately:
```bash
sudo systemctl stop radicale
```
## Set up Passwords
Edit `/etc/radicale/config`, changing the `[auth]` section from this:
```
#type = none
```
...to this:
```
type = htpasswd
```
Make sure the service is off, as people may be able to sign in without a password at this point.
Next, find the `htpasswd` program.
You might get it in the `apache` package or similar.
`htpasswd` allows you to generate passwords for users, and place them in `/etc/radicale/users`.
```bash
PASS="$(xkcdpass)"
htpasswd -nb $USER "$PASS" | sudo tee -a /etc/radicale/users
echo "Your username is $USER"
echo "Your password is $PASS"
```
Right now, you can't sign into the server except through the localhost, which is pointless.
So now we add a subdomain to `nginx`.
```nginx
echo '
server {
if ($host = cal.DOMAIN) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
} # managed by Certbot
listen 80;
server_name cal.DOMAIN;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:5232;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name cal.DOMAIN;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/cal.DOMAIN/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/cal.DOMAIN/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:5232;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
}
' > /etc/nginx/sites-available/radicale
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/radicale /etc/nginx/sites-enables/
```
Finally, replace the example `DOMAIN` with your actual domain name.
```bash
DOMAIN=whatever.com
sudo sed -i "s/DOMAIN/$DOMAIN/g" /etc/nginx/sites-available/radicale
```
(optional: replace that `cal.` prefix with anything else)
Check nginx is happy:
```bash
sudo nginx -t
```
You will almost certainly need a new SSL certificate for the site:
```bash
sudo certbod -d cal.$DOMAIN
```
Start or restart both services:
```bash
sudo systemctl start radicale
sudo systemctl restart nginx
```
You should now be able to log into your calendar, and add it to a phone.
**NB:** you don't need the port number.