[horde] Installation Horde 6

Mon Jan 26 09:14:42 UTC 2026

Op 25-1-2026 om 23:50 schreef Brent:
>
> Ensure that your <installdir>/horde/* is writable by the web user, 
> typically apache. If it isn't, then obviously apache can't write the 
> conf.php file to disk.
>
yes it is. I realize I wasn't clear: I can change the conf.php from web 
interface only if I does not change the database settings. In the 
beginning I think I made an error with file ownership. At some point I 
did "chown -R www-data:www-data" for the whole filestructure. I did the 
first installation however as root.
>
> I have dovecot 2.4.1 and use it to auth Horde 6.
>
Same Dovecot version here. But I see no emails. Dovecot is working. I 
have a working Thunderbird client on distance and did a telnet test local.
>
> Webroot dir setup in apache would be <install-dir>/web...not just 
> <installdir>.
>
so have I
>
>
> So, I have /var/www/horde as my install dir, but my web root is 
> /var/www/horde/web
>
me too
>
>
> This is a little different than H5.
>
> The REAL conf.php is in:
>
> <install-dir>/var/config/horde/conf.php
>
> There will be a symlink to this in vendor...
>
> <install-dir>/vendor/horde/horde/config/conf.php  -> 
> <install-dir>var/config/horde/conf.php
>
<install-dir>/vendor/horde/horde/config/conf.php was missing. I think 
after the update procedure following the instructions from Ralf Lang - 
see below. However <install-dir>var/config/horde/conf.php is there. The 
error "Please create...." is coming from the index.php. The test in this 
file does not work correctly in my setup (after the Ralf Lang 
instructions). If I bypass this check and go directly to horde/index.php 
I get the login screen.

Even after adding the link the home page does not work.

ls -l  horde/vendor/horde/horde/config/conf.php
lrwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 63 Jan 25 17:19 
horde/vendor/horde/horde/config/conf.php -> 
/home/websites/webmail.tiswe.fr/horde/var/config/horde/conf.php

>
> $ ls -l  /var/www/horde/vendor/horde/horde/config/conf.php
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 40 Jul  3  2025 
> /var/www/horde/vendor/horde/horde/config/conf.php -> 
> /var/www/horde/var/config/horde/conf.php
>
> Here's the relevant sql stuff for my working config in conf.php:
>
> $conf['sql']['username'] = 'hordeuser';
> $conf['sql']['password'] = '****pass***';
> $conf['sql']['socket'] = 'localhost';
> $conf['sql']['port'] = 5432;
> $conf['sql']['protocol'] = 'unix';
> $conf['sql']['database'] = 'horde6';
> $conf['sql']['charset'] = 'utf-8';
> $conf['sql']['splitread'] = false;
> $conf['sql']['logqueries'] = false;
> $conf['sql']['phptype'] = 'pgsql';
>
I have some differences:

$conf['sql']['username'] = '<dba user>';
$conf['sql']['password'] = '******';
$conf['sql']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';
$conf['sql']['protocol'] = 'tcp';
$conf['sql']['database'] = 'horde6';
$conf['sql']['charset'] = 'utf-8';
$conf['sql']['splitread'] = false;
$conf['sql']['logqueries'] = false;
$conf['sql']['phptype'] = 'pgsql';

But my connection to the database works.

>
>
> brent
>
> Quoting R.J.Baart at prompt.nl:
>
>> All in all, I find it rather difficult. One of the problems I have is 
>> that the configuration horde/conf.php cannot be saved because every 
>> time I try, I get an error saying that the database details are 
>> incorrect, and then the error mentioned in my previous email appears 
>> in the logging.
>>
>> Not finding a solution for this problem, I decided to write the 
>> configuration myself in horde/conf.php. That works, and I then have a 
>> connection to the database. The database is also filled with tables, 
>> so that's fine.
>>
>> I can now also log in, so authentication via imp works.
>>     $conf[‘auth’][‘params’][‘app’] = ‘imp’;
>>     $conf[‘auth’][‘driver’] = ‘application’;
>> After the login screen looks pretty good, like with Horde 5.
>>
>> But still problems.
>>
>> - error writing conf.php it is not practical at all.
>>
>> - I can't read my email. Dovecot is the imap server. In Horde 5 that 
>> worked immediately, now it doesn't. I don't see why. Nog errors in 
>> the logfiles, on screen "error when communicating with the server". I 
>> suppose it is something between dovecot (2.4) and Horde 6.
>>
>> Desperate I followed some update procedures from Ralf Lang:
>>
>>     # Allow unreleased development code from branch
>>     composer config minimum-stability dev
>>     # Prefer released alpha, beta or stable code over less stable 
>> versions
>>     composer config prefer-stable true
>>     # Install the new version of the installer plugin
>>     composer require horde/horde-installer-plugin "^3 || 
>> dev-FRAMEWORK_6_0"
>>     # Update everything according to environment set above
>>     composer update
>>     # Transition from symlink mode to proxy mode and rewrite registry 
>> files
>>     composer horde:reconfigure --force
>>
>> That resulted in some updates but not the result I hoped for. In 
>> ended that the login screen says:
>>
>>     Please create a /<website 
>> directory>/horde/var/config/horde/conf.php file and then run 
>> 'composer horde-reconfigure' to activate Horde
>>
>> The file can't be created, it exists already and is read if login 
>> using the link
>>
>>     https://<myserver>/horde/index.php
>>
>> This way I skip the error. But still not see my mail.
>>
>> I think I'm close but pff....
>>
>> Op 25-1-2026 om 19:15 schreef Brent:
>>
>>>  I'd type in the port used for your database, just to be complete. I 
>>> had not setup postgresql before, so I just did it and it works for 
>>> me. A few things to test/check:
>>>
>>> Enable the test.php and ensure that you have all necessary php 
>>> modules installed, key would be php-pgsql
>>>
>>> Verify that you can connect to this db from the shell using this 
>>> user AND create a table.
>>>
>>> $ psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U mydatabase_user mydatabase_name
>>> (type in password)
>>>
>>> If that also works, then be sure you can create a table as that user:
>>>
>>> mydatabase_name->   create table test123 (testname varchar(255)  );
>>>
>>> If that works, then the database is operational.
>>>
>>> Next up would be the verify that you have the right stuff installed 
>>> via composer. Critical could be the DB package:
>>>
>>> $ sudo -u apache composer show | grep -i db
>>> horde/db                     3.0.0alpha6   Database abstraction library
>>>
>>> See if any of that helps you.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> brent
>>>
>>> Quoting Ruud Baart <r.j.baart at prompt.nl>:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Hope anyone can help.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to Brent's brief instructions, I have now made considerable 
>>>> progress with the installation of Horde 6 on my new Debian trixie 
>>>> server (PHP8.4, Posgresql 17, nginx). I can now configure the 
>>>> server. It's pretty similar to Horde 5, so I think I understand it 
>>>> reasonably well. However, I'm going around in circles because I'm 
>>>> getting an error message that I can't resolve.
>>>>
>>>> The message is:
>>>>
>>>>     Undefined variable $results [pid 329592 on line 1242 of "/<my 
>>>> webroot 
>>>> dir>/horde/vendor/horde/db/lib/Horde/Db/Adapter/Postgresql/Schema.php"]
>>>>
>>>> This message appears when I configure the “SQL Database Settings”:
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][phptype] PostgreSQL
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][username] mydatabase_user
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][password] ****
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][protocol] tcp/ip
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][hostspec] localhost
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][port] <empty>
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][database] mydatabase_name
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][charset] utf-8
>>>>
>>>> $conf[sql][splitread] Disabled
>>>>
>>>> Nothing fancy there, I think.
>>>>
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