NethServer Enterprise 6.10

WebTop 4

WebTop is a full-featured groupware which implements ActiveSync protocol.

Access to web interface is: https://<server_name>/webtop.

Authentication

Web interface

The login to the web application is always with simple user name and password, no matters how many mail domains are configured.

Example

  • Server name: mymail.mightydomain.com
  • Alternative mail domain: baddomain.net
  • User: goofy
  • Login: goofy

Active Sync

Login to Active Sync account is with <username>@<domain> where <domain> is the domain part of server FQDN.

Example

  • Server name: mymail.mightydomain.com
  • Alternative mail domain: baddomain.net
  • User: goofy
  • Login: goofy@mightydomain.com

When configuring an Active Sync account, make sure to specify the server address and leave the domain field empty.

Note

Active Sync protocol is supported only on Android and iOS devices. Outlook is not supported. Mail synchronization is currently not supported.

Admin user

After installation, WebTop will be accessible with an administrator user. The administrator user can change global settings and login as all other users, but it’s not a system users and can’t access any other services like Mail, Calendar, etc.

Default credentials are:

  • User: admin
  • Password: admin

Admin user password must be changed from WebTop interface.

Warning

Remember to change the admin password just after installation.

To check the mail of the system user admin use the following login: admin@<domain> where <domain> is the domain part of server FQDN.

Example

WebTop vs SOGo

WebTop and SOGo can be installed on the same machine.

ActiveSync is enabled by default on SOGo and WebTop, but if both packages are installed, SOGo will take precedence.

To disable ActiveSync on SOGo:

config setprop sogod ActiveSync disabled
signal-event nethserver-sogo-update

To disable ActiveSync on WebTop:

config setprop webtop ActiveSync disabled
signal-event nethserver-webtop4-update

All incoming mail filters configured within SOGo, must be manually recreated inside WebTop interface. The same apply if the user is switching from WebTop to SOGo.

Active Directory authentication

After performing the join to Active Directory domain, access WebTop administration page, then from tree menu on the left, select Domain -> NethServer.

Edit the following fields:

  • Authentication Uri: select ldapAD mode and insert the full FQDN of the server and port 389. Example: w2k8.nethserver.org:389
  • Admin LDAP: user name of AD domain administrator
  • LDAP Password: user password of AD domain administrator

After saving, the page Users will display users from Active Directory.

Importing from SOGo

You can migrate some data from SOGo to WebTop using the following script:

  • Calendars: /usr/share/webtop/doc/sogo2webtop_cal.php
  • Address books: /usr/share/webtop/doc/sogo2webtop_card.php

Before using the scripts you need to install this package:

yum install php-mysql -y

When launching the scripts, indicate the user name you want to import from SOGo:

php /usr/share/webtop/doc/sogo2webtop_cal.php <user>
php /usr/share/webtop/doc/sogo2webtop_card.php <user>

Where user can be a username or all.

Examples

Import all address books from SOGo:

php /usr/share/webtop/doc/sogo2webtop_card.php all

Import the calendar of user “foo”:

php /usr/share/webtop/doc/sogo2webtop_cal.php foo

Note

If the script is executed multiple times, both calendars and address books will be imported multiple times. Import of distribution lists and recurring events are not currently supported.

Importing from Outlook PST

You can import email, calendars and address books from an Outlook PST archive.

Before using followings scripts, you will need to install libpst package:

yum install libpst -y

Mail

Initial script to import mail messages: /usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop.sh

To start the import, run the script specifying the PST file and the system user:

/usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop.sh <filename.pst> <user>

All mail messages will be imported. Contacts and calendars will be saved inside a temporary files for later import. The script will list all created temporary files.

Contacts

Script for contacts import: /usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop_card.php.

The script will use files generated from mail import phase:

/usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop_card.php <user> <file_to_import> <phonebook_category>

Example

Let us assume that the pst2webtop.sh script has generated following output from mail import:

Contacts Folder found: Cartelle personali/Contatti/contacts
 Import to webtop:
./pst2webtop_card.php foo '/tmp/tmp.0vPbWYf8Uo/Cartelle personali/Contatti/contacts' <foldername>

To import the default address book (WebTop) of foo user:

/usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop_card.php foo '/tmp/tmp.0vPbWYf8Uo/Cartelle personali/Contatti/contacts' WebTop

Calendars

Script for calendars import: /usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop_cal.php

The script will use files generated from mail import phase:

/usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop_cal.php <user> <file_to_import> <foldername>

Example

Let us assume that the pst2webtop.sh script has generated following output from mail import:

Events Folder found: Cartelle personali/Calendario/calendar
 Import to webtop:
./pst2webtop_cal.php foo '/tmp/tmp.0vPbWYf8Uo/Cartelle personali/Calendario/calendar' <foldername>

To import the default calendar (WebTop) of foo user:

/usr/share/webtop/doc/pst2webtop_cal.php foo '/tmp/tmp.0vPbWYf8Uo/Cartelle personali/Calendario/calendar' WebTop

Note

The script will import all events using the timezone selected by the user inside WebTop, if set. Otherwise system timezone will be used.

Google and Dropbox integration

Users can add their own Google Drive and Dropbox accounts inside WebTop. Before proceeding, the administrator must create a pair of API access credentials.

Google API

  • Access https://console.developers.google.com/project and create a new project

  • Create new credentials by selecting “OAuth 2.0 clientID” type and remember to compile “OAuth consent screen” section

  • Insert new credentials (Client ID e Client Secret) inside WebTop configuration

    From shell, access webtop database:

    su - postgres -c "psql webtop"

    Execute the queries, using the corresponding value in place of __value__ variable:

    INSERT INTO settings (idsetting,value) VALUES ('main.googledrive.clientid', '__value__');
INSERT INTO settings (idsetting,value) VALUES ('main.googledrive.clientsecret', '__value__');

Dropbox API

  • Access https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps and create a new app

  • Insert the new credential key pair (App key e App secret) inside WebTop configuration

    From shell, access webtop database:

    su - postgres -c "psql webtop"

    Execute the queries, using the corresponding value in place of __value__ variable:

    INSERT INTO settings (idsetting,value) VALUES ('main.googledrive.clientsecret', '__value__');
INSERT INTO settings (idsetting,value) VALUES ('main.dropbox.appsecret', '__value__');

If you need to raise the user limit, please read the official Dropbox documentation.

Note

The Enterprise version is already integrated with Google and Dropbox.