[horde] Transfer of Horde

[Grouchy Sysadmin]

On 09/17/2017 06:21 AM, Ralph Ballier wrote:
>  ----- Nachricht von Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de> ---------
>   Datum: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:06:33 +0200
>     Von: Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de>
> Betreff: Re: [horde] Transfer of Horde
>      An: horde at lists.horde.org
>
>> ----- Nachricht von Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de> ---------
>>   Datum: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:47:14 +0200
>>     Von: Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de>
>> Betreff: Re: [horde] Transfer of Horde
>>      An: horde at lists.horde.org
>>
>>> ----- Nachricht von Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de> ---------
>>>   Datum: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 22:21:38 +0200
>>>     Von: Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de>
>>> Betreff: Re: [horde] Transfer of Horde
>>>      An: horde at lists.horde.org
>>>
>>>> ----- Nachricht von Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> ---------
>>>>   Datum: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:00:16 +0000
>>>>     Von: Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
>>>> Betreff: Re: [horde] Transfer of Horde
>>>>      An: horde at lists.horde.org
>>>>
>>>>> Zitat von Ralph Ballier <ballier at mail.schule.de>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> I have horde from an old Linux server under Slackware to a server 
>>>>>> under Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS transfer. Also the database should run 
>>>>>> on the new server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far I have proceeded as follows:
>>>>>> - On the new server: apt install horde (I think that was ok)
>>>>>> - On the old server I have with phpMyAdmin the whole database 
>>>>>> exported except the table horde_vfs (since there was a problem 
>>>>>> with the later import)
>>>>>> - On the new server I have imported the exported database again
>>>>>> - I have the entire old directory /www/htdocs/horde transferred 
>>>>>> and some data in config/conf.php adjusted
>>>>>> - When I called afterwards with the webbrowser Horde, the error 
>>>>>> message "PHP Fatal error: Can not use 'string' as classname as it 
>>>>>> is reserved in 
>>>>>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Css/Parser/vendor/sabberworm/php 
>>>>>> -css-parser/lib/Sabberworm/CSS/Value /String.php on line 5 "
>>>>>> What should I do? Or should I proceed quite differently?
>>>>>
>>>>> You are running an old Horde version on a server with a much newer 
>>>>> PHP version. You need to update Horde too.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Jan Schneider
>>>>> The Horde Project
>>>>
>>>> Now I tried a new installation, but it does not work. Either files 
>>>> are missing or there are other error messages.For this I see the 
>>>> following tworeasons: - The server is running php7.0 - I have tried 
>>>> to install with both "apt-get install ..." and "pear install ...." 
>>>> and also mmit "pear install -f ...". Maybe this is not good? How 
>>>> can I start all over again? Or is it not at all because of php7.0?
>>>> -- 
>>>
>>> I now managed to install with "webmail-install" error-free. But 
>>> after the first call, the message "Class Content_Tagger is not 
>>> found. Please make sure the content application is installed."
>>> What can I do?
>>> -- 
>>
>> also the "content" problem is now fixed.
>>
>> Because of some error messages I have deleted the database, which I 
>> had taken from the old server, again. The program "webmail-install" 
>> thus completely re-created the database.
>>
>> If I call: http://horde.xxxxx.de, then the login screen appears and 
>> above: "The e-mail server is not available at the moment." This is 
>> clear because I have not configured the mailserver. But which user 
>> should I enter and with which password? In the old system we had an 
>> LDAP query, but here I have not configured this yet.
>>
>> My first installation is a long time ago. As far as I can remember, I 
>> have configured a screen with many tabs. But I can not get there.
>>
>
> Excuse me for the many mails, but I try again and again, to go further.
>  Now I am so far that I can call as Admin the configuration menu. LDAP 
> also works. Now I am looking in vain for the place where I can enter 
> the standard IMAP server. I can not find the place, even if I go 
> through the configuration files of our previous installation.
>
>  Unfortunately, Java still does not exist or is not activated. What to 
> do?

The IMAP server is setup in the backends.local.php configuration file 
under the imp/config folder. See the backends.php file for an example.