1 WEBCIT for the Citadel System
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13 This program is open source software released under the terms of the GNU
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17 WebCit bundles the Prototype JavaScript Framework, writen by Sam
18 Stephenson [http://prototype.conio.net]. These components are licensed to
19 you under the terms of an MIT-style license.
21 WebCit bundles the script.aculo.us JavaScript library, written by
22 Thomas Fuchs [http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us]. These
23 components are licensed to you under the terms of an MIT-style license.
25 WebCit bundles the TinyMCE text editor, written by Moxiecode Systems AB
26 (http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/tinymce/docs/credits.html). This component
27 is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
30 The Citadel logo was designed by Lisa Aurigemma.
36 Citadel is a sophisticated groupware and BBS package which allows multiple
37 users to simultaneously access the system using a variety of user interfaces.
38 This package (WebCit) is a "middleware" package which presents an HTML/HTTP
39 user interface to the Citadel system.
41 What this means in practice is that after you've installed WebCit, users can
42 access all functions of your system using any web browser. Since this may be
43 the first Citadel experience for many new users, the screens have been designed
44 to be attractive and easy to navigate.
50 Unline some web-based packages, WebCit contains its own standalone HTTP
51 engine. As a result, you can get it running quickly without all that tedious
52 mucking about with Apache configuration files and directories. WebCit is not
53 intended to replace your Apache server, however -- it *only* provides a front
54 end to Citadel. If you do not have another web server running, you may run
55 WebCit on port 80; however, in the more likely situation that you have Apache
56 or some other web server listening on port 80, you must run WebCit on another
57 port. The default is port 2000.
59 To compile from source, enter the usual commands:
60 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/webcit [or whatever directory you prefer]
64 Then to initialize it:
68 After running setup, you just point your web browser to whatever port you
71 http://your.host.name:2000
75 The included "setup" program is basically just an installation helper that
76 asks a series of questions and then adds the appropriate line to inittab to
77 start WebCit. For most installations, this will do just fine. If you have
78 special circumstances, or if you'd prefer to configure WebCit manually, you
79 may skip the setup program. Instead, open /etc/inittab and add an entry
82 wc:2345:respawn:/usr/local/webcit/webserver
85 Several command-line options are also available. Here's the usage for
86 the "webserver" program:
88 webserver [-i ip_addr] [-p http_port] [-s] [-t tracefile]
89 [-c] [-f] [remotehost [remoteport]]
93 webserver [-i ip_addr] [-p http_port] [-s] [-t tracefile]
94 [-c] [-f] uds /your/citadel/directory
98 -> ip_addr: the IP address on which you wish your WebCit server to run.
99 You can leave this out, in which case WebCit will listen on all
100 available network interfaces. Normally this will be the case, but if
101 you are running multiple Citadel systems on one host, it can be useful.
103 -> http_port: the TCP port on which you wish your WebCit server to run. If
104 you are installing WebCit on a dedicated server, you can use the
105 standard port 80. Otherwise, if port 80 is already occupied by some
106 other web service (probably Apache), then you'll need to select a
107 different port. If you do not specify a port number, WebCit will attempt
110 -> tracefile: where you want WebCit to log to. This can be a file, a
111 virtual console, or /dev/null to suppress logging altogether.
113 -> The "-c" option causes WebCit to output an extra cookie containing the
114 identity of the WebCit server. The cookie will look like this:
115 Set-cookie: wcserver=your.host.name
116 This is useful if you have a cluster of WebCit servers sitting behind a
117 load balancer, and the load balancer has the ability to use cookies to
118 keep track of which server to send HTTP requests to.
120 -> The "-s" option causes WebCit to present an HTTPS (SSL-encrypted) web
121 service. If you want to do both HTTP and HTTPS, you can simply run two
122 instances of WebCit on two different ports.
124 -> The "-f" option tells WebCit that it is allowed to follow the
125 "X-Forwarded-For:" HTTP headers which may be added if your WebCit service
126 is sitting behind a front end proxy. This will allow users in your "Who
127 is online?" list to appear as connecting from their actual host address
128 instead of the address of the proxy.
130 -> remotehost: the name or IP address of the host on which your Citadel
131 server is running. The default is "localhost".
133 -> remoteport: the port number on which your Citadel server is running.
134 The default is port 504, the IANA-designated standard port for Citadel.
136 -> "uds" is a keyword which tells WebCit that you wish to connect to a
137 Citadel server running on the same computer, rather than using a TCP/IP
138 socket. /your/citadel/directory should be set to the actual name of the
139 directory in which you have Citadel installed
140 (such as /usr/local/citadel). If you run Citadel and WebCit on the same
141 computer, this is recommended, as it will run much faster.
147 WebCit contains graphics, templates, JavaScript code, etc. which are kept
148 in its "static" subdirectory. All site-specific graphics, however, are
149 fetched from the Citadel server.
151 The "images" directory on a Citadel system contains these graphics. The
152 ones which you may be interested in are:
154 -> background.gif: a background texture displayed under all web pages
155 -> hello.gif: your system's logo. It is displayed along with the logon
156 banner, and on the top left corner of each page.
158 If you would like to deploy a "favicon.ico" graphic, please put it in
159 the static/ directory. WebCit will properly serve it from there.
165 WebCit contains support for calendaring and scheduling. In order to use it
166 you must have libical v0.24 (or newer) on your system. You must also be
167 running a Citadel server with calendaring support. The calendar service will
168 be automatically configured and installed if your host system supports it.
170 WebCit also provides Kolab-compatible free/busy data for calendar clients.
171 Unlike the Kolab server, however, there is no need for each user to "publish"
172 free/busy data -- it is generated on-the-fly from the server-side calendar
173 of the user being queried. Note: in order to support Kolab clients, you must
174 have WebCit running in HTTPS mode on port 443, because that is what Kolab
175 clients will be expecting.
178 HTTPS (encryption) SUPPORT
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181 WebCit now supports HTTPS for encrypted connections. When a secure server
182 port is specified via the "-s" flag, an HTTPS service is enabled.
184 The service will look in the "keys" directory for the following files:
186 citadel.key (your server's private key)
187 citadel.csr (a certificate signing request)
188 citadel.cer (your server's public certificate)
190 If any of these files are not found, WebCit will first attempt to link to the
191 SSL files in the Citadel service's directory (if Citadel is running on the
192 same host as WebCit), and if that does not succeed, it will automatically
193 generate a key and certificate.
195 It is up to you to decide whether to use an automatically generated,
196 self-signed certificate, or purchase a certificate signed by a well known
203 That's all you need to know to get started. If you have any questions or
204 comments, please visit UNCENSORED! BBS, the home of Citadel, at
205 uncensored.citadel.org.