[horde] Horde 6 upgrade Windows

Wed Oct 28 07:33:00 UTC 2026

>>Yes, of course. :-)
>>
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>>------ Original Message ------
>>From "Ralf Lang" <ralf.lang at gmail.com>
>>To admin at wap.dynu.net
>>Cc "horde" <horde at lists.horde.org>
>>Date 10/28/2026 4:43:11 AM
>>Subject Re: [horde] Horde 6 upgrade Windows
>>
>>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 outes.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	hemes 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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