[kronolith] Problems with Free/Busy URL

Mon Nov 18 08:58:49 UTC 2013

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

> Zitat von Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> 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/
>
> Can someone advise me how to track this down? I first thought of my  
> firewall but everything concerning Horde is running on the same host.
> --
> Greetings Jens

That doesn't necessarily mean that you can resolve that host name on  
localhost. Use wget or curl to retrieve the FB URL *on* the Horde  
server.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/