[💡 Guide] External Nextcloud with OpenID / Social Login - Calendar CalDav synchronization
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TL;DR
Create an app password in Nextcloud and use that.Below is a more in detail explanation of the problem and the solution.
Requirements
You have:
- an external Nextcloud with the social login app using Cloudron OpenID
- within that Nextcloud the calendar app
- an urge to use the calendar in your favorite Client e.g. Thunderbird, mobile phone google calendar
The predicament explained.
Since CalDav needs authentication (username and password) you would use that. Easy.
But now, since we login with Cloudron via. OpenID the User in Nextcloud has no "password" and can also not be set.So what to do?
Get into your Nextcloud and copy your internal calendar url:
Step 1 - click your calendar
Step 2 - share your calendar / view the calendar sharing information
Step 3 - Copy the internal link
Link should look something like this:
https://YOUR.DOMAIN.TLD/remote.php/dav/calendars/my.DOMAIN.tld-USER.NAME/hackradt/please note thathackradtis the name of the calendar.Save this into a notepad, you will need it later.
Get credentials for your User.
Like above explained our User has no password, but we can set an App password!
Step 1 - click your user profile icon (top right)
Step 2 - click "personal settings" (in the dropdown menu)
Step 3- click "security" (left side)
In the bottom of that page you got "Devices & sessions".
Enter a new app name, I choose "SyncMyDav"
Click "Create new app password"
Note down theUsernameandPasswordand be 100% sure to clickDone- if you forget theDonepart it will not work!Now you can use these credentials and the URL to configure your Thunderbird or DAVx⁵ for your Android phone.
Finally you can use your external Nextcloud with your Cloudron login, with en extra app password for your calendar.
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@jdaviescoates Thank you
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TL;DR
Create an app password in Nextcloud and use that.Below is a more in detail explanation of the problem and the solution.
Requirements
You have:
- an external Nextcloud with the social login app using Cloudron OpenID
- within that Nextcloud the calendar app
- an urge to use the calendar in your favorite Client e.g. Thunderbird, mobile phone google calendar
The predicament explained.
Since CalDav needs authentication (username and password) you would use that. Easy.
But now, since we login with Cloudron via. OpenID the User in Nextcloud has no "password" and can also not be set.So what to do?
Get into your Nextcloud and copy your internal calendar url:
Step 1 - click your calendar
Step 2 - share your calendar / view the calendar sharing information
Step 3 - Copy the internal link
Link should look something like this:
https://YOUR.DOMAIN.TLD/remote.php/dav/calendars/my.DOMAIN.tld-USER.NAME/hackradt/please note thathackradtis the name of the calendar.Save this into a notepad, you will need it later.
Get credentials for your User.
Like above explained our User has no password, but we can set an App password!
Step 1 - click your user profile icon (top right)
Step 2 - click "personal settings" (in the dropdown menu)
Step 3- click "security" (left side)
In the bottom of that page you got "Devices & sessions".
Enter a new app name, I choose "SyncMyDav"
Click "Create new app password"
Note down theUsernameandPasswordand be 100% sure to clickDone- if you forget theDonepart it will not work!Now you can use these credentials and the URL to configure your Thunderbird or DAVx⁵ for your Android phone.
Finally you can use your external Nextcloud with your Cloudron login, with en extra app password for your calendar.
@BrutalBirdie Maybe something for https://docs.cloudron.io/guides/community/
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Yes I will add it
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