[kronolith] Problems with Free/Busy URL

Sun Nov 17 21:09:24 UTC 2013

Zitat von Jens Grüntjes <jens.gruentjes at ebira.de>:

> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>> Jens Grüntjes <jens.gruentjes at ebira.de> wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Jens Grüntjes <jens.gruentjes at ebira.de>
>>
>>> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> Quoting Jens Grüntjes <jens.gruentjes at ebira.de>:
>>>>
>>>>> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Quoting Jens Grüntjes <jens.gruentjes at ebira.de>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello folks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm a bit confused about the free/busy URLs in Kronolith. I'm  
>>>>>>> using the latest PEAR packages of Horde Groupware 5.1.3 along  
>>>>>>> with Kronolith 4.1.4.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I enter an event in Kronolith and I want to invite a  
>>>>>>> colleague to this event the following happens:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The timeline of the whole day consists of nothing but black  
>>>>>>> diagonal lines for me and my colleague.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I see a yellow "popup" in the browser saying "Die  
>>>>>>> Frei/Gebucht-URL für user.xxxx at xxxx.xx konnte nicht gelesen  
>>>>>>> werden." (English: The free/busy url for user.xxxx at xxxx.xx  
>>>>>>> cannot be retrieved.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> According to this the logfile says:
>>>>>>> 2013-11-15T22:29:22+01:00 DEBUG: HORDE [kronolith] Die  
>>>>>>> Frei/Gebucht-URL für xxxxx.yyyy at yyyy.zz konnte nicht gelesen  
>>>>>>> werden. [pid 22637 on line 27 of  
>>>>>>> "/usr/share/php/Horde/Core/Notification/Handler/Decorator/Hordelog.php"]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The same message appears for my own user which is  
>>>>>>> automagically added as attendee.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have marked the entry for myself in a shared address book as  
>>>>>>> my own entry. Also I have added the Free/Busy URL for me and  
>>>>>>> my colleague in Turba.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I enter the address of my Free/Busy URL in the browser I  
>>>>>>> can download a file that looks like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BEGIN:VCALENDAR
>>>>>>> VERSION:2.0
>>>>>>> PRODID:-//The Horde Project//Kronolith H5 (4.1.4)//EN
>>>>>>> METHOD:PUBLISH
>>>>>>> BEGIN:VFREEBUSY
>>>>>>> ORGANIZER;CN="Jens ZZZZZ":mailto:xxxx.yyyy at xxxx.yy
>>>>>>> DTSTAMP:20131115T202200Z
>>>>>>> DTSTART:20131114T230000Z
>>>>>>> DTEND:20131214T230000Z
>>>>>>> URL:https://xxxx.xxxxx.xxx/horde/kronolith/fb.php?u=xxxx
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131118T170000Z/20131118T183000Z
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131121T070000Z/20131121T090000Z
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131125T183000Z/20131125T223000Z
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131126T100000Z/20131126T133000Z
>>>>>>> END:VFREEBUSY
>>>>>>> END:VCALENDAR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The same for my colleague:
>>>>>>> BEGIN:VCALENDAR
>>>>>>> VERSION:2.0
>>>>>>> PRODID:-//The Horde Project//Kronolith H5 (4.1.4)//EN
>>>>>>> METHOD:PUBLISH
>>>>>>> BEGIN:VFREEBUSY
>>>>>>> ORGANIZER;CN=Michael XXXXX:mailto:xxxxx.yyyy at xxx.yy
>>>>>>> DTSTAMP:20131115T212445Z
>>>>>>> DTSTART:20131114T230000Z
>>>>>>> DTEND:20131214T230000Z
>>>>>>> URL:https://xxxxx.yyy.zz/horde/kronolith/fb.php?u=zzzzz
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131115T093000Z/20131115T112900Z
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131116T080000Z/20131116T090000Z
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131116T093000Z/20131116T103000Z
>>>>>>> FREEBUSY:20131116T140000Z/20131116T150000Z
>>>>>>> END:VFREEBUSY
>>>>>>> END:VCALENDAR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could it be that Kronolith searches for the complete address  
>>>>>>> "xxxx.yyyy at xxxx.yyyy" instead of using only the username?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kronolith search Turba (or more accurately,the contacts/ api)  
>>>>>> for the contact entry using the full email address. Kronolith  
>>>>>> uses the freebusy url from the contact found by the contacts/  
>>>>>> api to request the freebusy information.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is what I expected. But I entered the freebusy url for my  
>>>>> colleague in the form  
>>>>> https://our.server.der/horde/kronolith/bf.php?u=mycollegue in  
>>>>> Turba. In the log files it looks as if Kronolith tries it with  
>>>>> https://our.server.der/horde/kronolith/bf.php?u=mycollegue.fullname@our.domain
>>>>> Maybe I'm blind but I don't see what I'm doing wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure then. Kronolith uses the results returned from the  
>>>> contacts/ api as-is. You can trace this yourself in  
>>>> Kronolith_Freebusy::getUrl().
>>>>
>>>> If you are an admin on the horde system, you can try putting this  
>>>> in the phpshell (admin->phpshell) be sure to select the  
>>>> "Calendar" scope in the drop down.
>>>>
>>>> var_dump(Kronolith_FreeBusy::getUrl('mycollegue.fullname at our.domain'));
>>>>
>>>> This will show you exactly what Turba is returning.
>>>>
>>>> This will show you the rest
>>>
>>> Unfortunately this only shows:
>>> PHP Code
>>>
>>> var_dump(Kronolith_FreeBusy::getUrl('mycollegue.fullname at our.domain'));
>>> Ergebnisse
>>>
>>> bool(false)
>>>
>>> (Of course I replaced the fake address with the real address)
>>>
>>> It seems like something else in my installation is strange.
>
>> Are you sure you choose the correct scope in the drop-down ?
>>
>> mike
>> Sent from mobile
>>
> Sorry, I chose Turba instead of Kronolith. This is the expected result:
>
> string(53) "https://mail.ebira.de/horde/kronolith/fb.php?u=mycolleague"
>
> When I enter this in the browser I get a download-link with the file  
> mycolleague.vfb with the contents I mentioned above.
>
> SO this looks correct to me.
> --
> Greetings Jens

There is not a problem with getting the URL from the address book, but  
with reading the URL. That you are able to download the FB information  
from your local browser, doesn't mean that the Horde server can  
download it too.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/