[horde] Horde 6 upgrade Windows

Wed Oct 28 03:43:11 UTC 2026

Hello,

I will look into the problems reported. May I use your instructions on the
website?

admin at wap.dynu.net <admin at wap.dynu.net> schrieb am Di., 27. Okt. 2026,
13:48:

> Hi, everyone. I don't have any problems - everything is working as
> expected so far. I finally upgraded to Horde 6 and since I'm on Windows,
> I thought I'd share the quirks I ran into. Claude AI helped me upgrade
> and after finishing I asked for this summary below. Problems A & D are
> kind of serious because every update will break Horde. Maybe one of the
> maintainers can look at those. I'm not sure if D is windows specific.
>
> And 1 milliion thanks to the Horde devs. I've been using it for years,
> on Windows no less, and its always been rock solid. Great software.
>
> -----------------
> Subject: Horde 6 on Windows (XAMPP Apache 2.4 + mod_fcgid, PHP 8.5):
> working setup, and the Windows-specific problems I hit
>
> ENVIRONMENT
>
> Windows 11, Apache 2.4.54 with mod_fcgid, PHP 8.5.12 (CLI and FastCGI),
> MariaDB, Composer 2, Git. I migrated an existing Horde 5 install (PHP 7)
> to a fresh Horde 6 deployment, reusing the Horde 5 database. The wiki
> lists PHP 8.1/8.2. I used 8.5, and everything below works with the
> workarounds listed.
>
> Installed versions: horde/horde 6.2.1, core 3.3.0, imp 7.2.0, kronolith
> 5.0.3, turba 5.0.2, nag 5.0.0, mnemo 5.0.0, ingo 4.0.1, content 3.0.0,
> routes 3.0.1, horde-installer-plugin 2.7.3, plus gollem 5.0.0beta3,
> passwd 6.0.0RC3 and timeobjects 3.0.0beta4.
>
> Tested and working: web login, IMP mailbox, Kronolith/Nag/task data from
> the migrated database, scheduled horde-alarms, CalDAV discovery from eM
> Client, ActiveSync from two Android clients (Nine and Samsung Mail). I
> have not tested every app.
>
> INSTALL
> git clone https://github.com/maintaina-com/horde-deployment.git horde6
> cd horde6
> composer install
> composer require horde/imp horde/ingo horde/turba horde/kronolith
> horde/nag horde/mnemo horde/content horde/timeobjects horde/gollem
> horde/passwd
>
> In php.ini the gettext extension must be enabled (Composer fails without
> it). Also enable intl, mbstring, openssl, pdo_mysql, mysqli, curl,
> fileinfo, sodium, zip, gd and exif. iconv is built in on the Windows
> builds.
>
> DATABASE (MIGRATING FROM HORDE 5)
> Work on a copy. Dump the old database, import it into a new database and
> user, and set the sql database name, username and password in
> var\config\horde\conf.php. Then run:
>
> vendor\bin\horde-db-migrate up
>
> This upgraded my Horde 5 schema without errors (horde 0 to 2, kronolith
> 23 to 29, turba 11 to 13, nag 14 to 18, token 1 to 2).
>
> CONFIG
> Copy the old generated conf.php (and backends.local.php and similar
> files) into var\config<app>. Fix any hard-coded paths (log, cache, temp)
> and create those directories. I kept these Horde 5 lines and they work:
>
> $conf['server']['name'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] ?? 'mail.example.com';
> $conf['cookie']['domain'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] ??
> 'mail.example.com';
>
> The configuration lives in var\config. The command "composer
> horde-reconfigure" copies it into web<app>\config ("copy" mode). Until
> that is run you get "Please create a .../var/config/horde/conf.php file
> and then run 'composer horde-reconfigure'", even though the file exists.
>
> APACHE
> DocumentRoot is ...\horde6\web, with AllowOverride All and Require all
> granted. The apps are then at /horde/, /imp/, /kronolith/ and so on.
>
> For DAV and ActiveSync on a separate hostname I aliased rpc.php, one
> Alias line per path:
>
> FcgidPassHeader Authorization
> Alias /horde/rpc.php "<horde6>/web/horde/rpc.php"
> Alias /rpc.php "<horde6>/web/horde/rpc.php"
> Alias /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync "<horde6>/web/horde/rpc.php"
> Alias /autodiscover/autodiscover.xml "<horde6>/web/horde/rpc.php"
> <Directory "<horde6>/web/horde">
> Require all granted
> </Directory>
>
> FcgidPassHeader is only allowed at server or vhost level, not inside
> Directory. The aliased script must run under the same PHP handler as the
> rest of Horde. CalDAV/CardDAV URL: https://host/horde/rpc.php/
>
> SCHEDULED ALARMS
> C:\php85\php.exe <horde6>\vendor\horde\horde\bin\horde-alarms
>
> Run every 5 minutes from Task Scheduler (it reports exit code 0). The
> CLI scripts print "The system cannot find the path specified." a few
> times, which is harmless.
>
> PROBLEMS I HIT (WINDOWS-SPECIFIC OR VERSION MISMATCHES)
>
> A. The installer writes a PHP syntax error on Windows. The generated
> registry.d/-location-.php files contain paths like 'X:...\horde' and the
> trailing backslash escapes the closing quote. This breaks every request
> and horde-db-migrate. Workaround, to be repeated after every composer
> install, update or horde-reconfigure (PowerShell):
>
> Get-ChildItem <root> -Recurse -File -Filter "0*-location-*.php" |
> ForEach-Object {
> $t = Get-Content $.FullName -Raw
> $n = $t -replace "\';", "/';"
> if ($n -ne $t) { Set-Content $.FullName -Value $n -NoNewline }
> }
>
> B. The JavaScript tree is not deployed when Composer runs as a normal
> user. web\js was created but stayed empty ("Linking javascript tree"
> fails silently, probably because symlinks need privileges). Symptoms:
> mail stuck on "loading", and 404s such as /js/horde/sidebar.js. Running
> "composer horde-reconfigure" from an Administrator prompt created a
> junction for web\js\horde. prototype.js and scriptaculous live in
> vendor\horde\core\js, so they also had to be copied into web\js\horde.
> The apps' JavaScript had to be copied manually into web\js<app>.
>
> C. Trean 2.0.2 breaks everything routed through rampage.php. Its
> config\routes.php calls connect(), which the GroupMapper in horde/routes
> 3.0.1 rejects ("connect() is not supported by GroupMapper. Use
> buildRoute() instead"). The fatal error hits any request that loads all
> apps' routes. I removed Trean with "composer remove horde/trean".
>
> D. DAV fails with "Call to undefined method
> Horde\Content\Api::methods()". The Content 3.0.0 Api class implements
> only getApiInterfaceList(), but Registry.php in core 3.3.0 (lines 1107,
> 1193 and 1247) calls $api_ob->methods() on every app's API object, so
> rpc.php returns a 500. My workaround was to add this method to
> vendor/horde/content/src/Api.php; it is lost whenever Content is
> updated:
>
> public function methods(): array { return []; }
>
> E. Cosmetic: script URLs for the base app come out as
> /js/horde//prototype.js (the registry's jsuri has a trailing slash and
> another is appended). It works once the files exist.
>
> F. Unresolved: warnings 'Undefined array key "horde"' from lines 12 and
> 14 of each generated 02-location-<app>.php (the horde webroot is not set
> yet), logged on rampage.php and rpc.php requests. They look harmless,
> but I don't know the cause.
>
> QUESTIONS FOR THE LIST
>
> Is there a supported way to deploy the web\js, web\themes and config
> trees on Windows without symlinks or Administrator rights?
> Is Trean expected to work with horde/routes 3.0.1, and is Content meant
> to provide methods() for the current Registry?
> Should the trailing-backslash path problem be fixed in
> horde-installer-plugin? (A newer 3.6.0 is available; I have not tried
> it.)
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