1 WEBCIT for the Citadel System
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22 WebCit bundles the Prototype JavaScript Framework, writen by Sam
23 Stephenson [http://prototype.conio.net]. These components are licensed to
24 you under the terms of an MIT-style license.
26 WebCit bundles the script.aculo.us JavaScript library, written by
27 Thomas Fuchs [http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us]. These
28 components are licensed to you under the terms of an MIT-style license.
30 WebCit bundles the TinyMCE text editor, written by Moxiecode Systems AB
31 (http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/tinymce/docs/credits.html). This component
32 is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
35 Most of our Icons are taken from the "Essen" set by the people on
36 http://pc.de/icons/. We like to thank them for their astonishing work!
37 Their site explicitly states: "Free for commercial use as well."
39 One or more icons are from Milosz Wlazlo [http://miloszwl.deviantart.com]
40 whose license explicitly allows inclusion in open source projects on the
41 condition of this attribution.
43 WebCit bundles the CSS3PIE library [http://css3pie.com] which is offered
44 under both the Apache license and the GNU General Public License.
46 The Citadel logo was designed by Lisa Aurigemma.
52 Citadel is a sophisticated groupware platform which allows multiple
53 users to simultaneously access the system using a variety of user interfaces.
54 This package (WebCit) is a web based front end and user interface to the
57 What this means in practice is that after you've installed WebCit, users can
58 access all functions of your system using any web browser. Since this may be
59 the first Citadel experience for many new users, the screens have been designed
60 to be attractive and easy to navigate.
66 Unlike some web-based packages, WebCit contains its own standalone HTTP
67 engine. As a result, you can get it running quickly without all that tedious
68 mucking about with Apache configuration files and directories. WebCit is not
69 intended to be a general-purpose web server, however -- it *only* provides a
70 front end to Citadel. If you do not have another web server running, you may
71 run WebCit on port 80; however, if you have Apache or some other web server
72 listening on port 80, you must run WebCit on another port. If you do not
73 specify a port number, WebCit will bind to port 2000.
75 To compile from source, enter the usual commands:
76 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/webcit [or whatever directory you prefer]
80 Package/Ports Maintainers: to make webcit fit smart into LHFS-ified systems
81 read on at the end of this file, Advanced configure options.
83 Then to initialize it:
87 After running setup, you just point your web browser to whatever port you
92 (or if you specified some other port, such as 2000 in this example...)
94 http://your.host.name:2000
98 The included "setup" program is basically just an installation helper that
99 asks a series of questions and then adds the appropriate init files to
100 start WebCit. For most installations, this will do just fine. If you have
101 special circumstances, or if you'd prefer to configure WebCit manually, you
102 may skip the setup program. Instead, open /etc/inittab and add an entry
105 wc:2345:respawn:/usr/local/webcit/webcit
108 Several command-line options are also available. Here's the usage for
109 the "webcit" program:
111 webcit [-i ip_addr] [-p http_port] [-s] [-S cipher_suite]
112 [-g guest_landing_page]
113 [-c] [-f] [remotehost [remoteport]]
117 webcit [-i ip_addr] [-p http_port] [-s] [-S cipher_suite]
118 [-g guest_landing_page]
119 [-c] [-f] uds /your/citadel/directory
123 -> ip_addr: the IP address on which you wish your WebCit server to run.
124 You can leave this out, in which case WebCit will listen on all
125 available network interfaces. Normally this will be the case, but if
126 you are running multiple Citadel systems on one host, it can be useful.
127 You can also use this option to run Apache and WebCit on different IP
128 addresses instead of different ports, if you have them available.
130 -> http_port: the TCP port on which you wish your WebCit server to run. If
131 you are installing WebCit on a dedicated server, you can use the
132 standard port 80. Otherwise, if port 80 is already occupied by some
133 other web service (probably Apache), then you'll need to select a
134 different port. If you do not specify a port number, WebCit will attempt
137 -> The "guest landing page" is a location on your WebCit installation where
138 unauthenticated guest users are taken when they first enter the root of
139 your site. If guest mode is not enabled on your Citadel server, they will
140 be taken to a login page instead. If guest mode is enabled but no landing
141 page is defined, they will be taken to the Lobby.
143 -> The "-c" option causes WebCit to output an extra cookie containing the
144 identity of the WebCit server. The cookie will look like this:
145 Set-cookie: wcserver=your.host.name
146 This is useful if you have a cluster of WebCit servers sitting behind a
147 load balancer, and the load balancer has the ability to use cookies to
148 keep track of which server to send HTTP requests to.
150 -> The "-s" option causes WebCit to present an HTTPS (SSL-encrypted) web
151 service. If you want to do both HTTP and HTTPS, you can simply run two
152 instances of WebCit on two different ports.
154 -> The "-S" option also enables HTTPS, but must be followed by a list of
155 cipher suites you wish to enable. Please see http://openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html
156 for a list of cipher strings.
158 -> The "-f" option tells WebCit that it is allowed to follow the
159 "X-Forwarded-For:" HTTP headers which may be added if your WebCit service
160 is sitting behind a front end proxy. This will allow users in your "Who
161 is online?" list to appear as connecting from their actual host address
162 instead of the address of the proxy. In addition, the
163 "X-Forwarded-Host:" header from the front end proxy will also be honored,
164 which will help to make automatically generated absolute URL's (for
165 things like GroupDAV and mailing list subscriptions) correct.
167 -> remotehost: the name or IP address of the host on which your Citadel
168 server is running. The default is "localhost".
170 -> remoteport: the port number on which your Citadel server is running.
171 The default is port 504, the IANA-designated standard port for Citadel.
173 -> "uds" is a keyword which tells WebCit that you wish to connect to a
174 Citadel server running on the same computer, rather than using a TCP/IP
175 socket. /your/citadel/directory should be set to the actual name of the
176 directory in which you have Citadel installed
177 (such as /usr/local/citadel). If you run Citadel and WebCit on the same
178 computer, this is recommended, as it will run much faster.
184 WebCit contains graphics, templates, JavaScript code, etc. which are kept
185 in its "static" subdirectory. All site-specific graphics, however, are
186 fetched from the Citadel server.
188 The "images" directory on a Citadel system contains these graphics. The
189 ones which you may be interested in are:
191 -> background.gif: a background texture displayed under all web pages
192 -> hello.gif: your system's logo. It is displayed along with the logon
193 banner, and on the top left corner of each page.
195 If you would like to deploy a "favicon.ico" graphic, please put it in
196 the static/ directory. WebCit will properly serve it from there.
202 The default WebCit installation will create an empty directory called
203 "static.local". In this directory you may place a file called "webcit.css"
204 into the "styles" directory which, if present, is referenced *after* the
205 default stylesheet. If you know CSS and wish to customize your WebCit
206 installation, any styles you declare in static.local/styles/webcit.css
207 will override the styles found in static/styles/webcit.css -- and your
208 customizations will not be overwritten when you upgrade WebCit later.
210 You may also place other files, such as images, in static.local for
211 further customization.
217 WebCit contains support for calendaring and scheduling. In order to use it
218 you must have libical v0.26 (or newer) on your system.
220 WebCit also provides iCalendar format free/busy data for calendar clients.
221 Unlike with some other servers, there is no need for each user to "publish"
222 free/busy data -- it is generated on-the-fly from the server-side calendar
223 of the user being queried.
226 HTTPS (encryption) SUPPORT
227 --------------------------
229 WebCit now supports HTTPS for encrypted connections. When a secure server
230 port is specified via the "-s" flag, an HTTPS service is enabled.
232 The service will look in the "keys" directory for the following files:
234 citadel.key (your server's private key)
235 citadel.csr (a certificate signing request)
236 citadel.cer (your server's public certificate)
238 If any of these files are not found, WebCit will first attempt to link to the
239 SSL files in the Citadel service's directory (if Citadel is running on the
240 same host as WebCit), and if that does not succeed, it will automatically
241 generate a key and certificate.
243 It is up to you to decide whether to use an automatically generated,
244 self-signed certificate, or purchase a certificate signed by a well known
248 INTEGRATING INTO APACHE
249 -----------------------
251 It is best to run WebCit natively on its own HTTP port. If, however, you wish
252 to have WebCit run as part of an Apache web server installation (for example,
253 you only have one IP address and you need to stay on port 80 or 443 in order to
254 maintain compatibility with corporate firewall policy), you can do this with
255 the "mod_proxy" Apache module.
257 The preferred way to do this is to configure a NameVirtualHost for your WebCit
258 installation (for example, http://webcit.example.com) and then proxy that
259 virtual host through to WebCit. The alternative way, which does work but is not
260 quite as robust, is to "mount" the WebCit paths as directory aliases to your
263 Here is how to configure the NameVirtualHost method (recommended) :
265 <VirtualHost mydomain.com:443>
266 #here some of your config stuff like logging, serveradmin...
267 NameVirtualHost www.mydomain.com
271 ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:2000/
272 ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:2000/
273 # The following line is optional. It allows WebCit's static content
274 # such as images to be served directly by Apache.
275 alias /static /var/lib/citadel/www/static
278 Here is how to configure the "subdirectory" method (not recommended) :
280 <VirtualHost mydomain.com:443>
281 #here some of your config stuff like logging, serveradmin...
282 NameVirtualHost www.mydomain.com
292 <location /who_inner_html>
296 ProxyPass /webcit/ http://127.0.0.1:2000/webcit/
297 ProxyPassReverse /webcit/ http://127.0.0.1:2000/webcit/
298 ProxyPass /listsub/ http://127.0.0.1:2000/listsub/
299 ProxyPassReverse /listsub/ http://127.0.0.1:2000/listsub/
300 ProxyPass /groupdav/ http://127.0.0.1:2000/groupdav/
301 ProxyPassReverse /groupdav/ http://127.0.0.1:2000/groupdav/
302 ProxyPass /who_inner_html http://127.0.0.1:2000/who_inner_html
303 ProxyPassReverse /who_inner_html http://127.0.0.1:2000/who_inner_html
307 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
308 ------------------------------
310 If you are building packages and prefer not to have WebCit reside entirely in
311 a single directory, there are several compile-time options available.
313 --with-wwwdir defines where webcit should locate and search its templates and images.
314 --with-localedir defines where to put webcits locale files.
316 Also, there are possibilities to load the TinyMCE editor into a system-wide location. WebCit
317 uses this standard component to compose its messages for messages and postings. Several WebCit installations
318 that may differ in design but use the same TinyMCE (which is the default that WebCit ships with)
319 (set --with-editordir for that, it defaults to the dir the templates go)
321 Install targets have diversified to reflect these changes too:
323 locale: the webcit .mo files for gettext & locales.
324 tinymce: the editor. if your system brings one, just ommit this.
325 wwwdata: our templates.
326 setupbin: if you want to use webcits setup facility... but isn't needed in case you provide own init & config scripts.
333 That's all you need to know to get started. If you have any questions or
334 comments, visit the Citadel Support room on UNCENSORED! BBS, the home of Citadel:
335 http://uncensored.citadel.org/dotgoto?room=Citadel%20Support