Architecture & Design

This part of the documentation is about the architecture of Kolab Groupware. It outlines the various components included, and how they interact.

Note

If you are new to groupware environments in general, or Kolab Groupware specifically, we recommend you read the Introduction first.

How Kolab Groupware Works

• Introduction
  • Authentication and Authorization
  • Mail Exchanger
  • Data Storage Layer & Primary Access Protocol
  • Desktop Clients
  • Mobile Clients
  • Storage Layer Access Protocols
  • Web Interfaces
  • Instant Messaging
  • Voice (over IP) & Voice Conferencing
  • Video & Video Conferencing
  • Collaborative Document Editing
  • Overview of Functional Components
• Kolab Groupware and LDAP
  • kolabd
  • kolab-saslauthd
  • The Difference Between Accounts and Users
  • Parent, Alias and Child Domain Namespaces
  • Integration with 389 Directory Server
  • Integration with OpenLDAP
• Mail Exchangers for Kolab Groupware
  • Overview
  • Postfix
  • Wallace

Software Components

• The Kolab Daemon
  • Kolab User Creation
  • Kolab User Modification
  • Kolab User Deletion
  • Group Deletion
  • Resource Creation
  • Resource Modification
  • Resource Deletion
  • Shared Folder Creation
  • Shared Folder Modification
  • Shared Folder Deletion
• Kolab Web Administration Panel and API
  • Example for an API call from PHP
  • Example for an API call from Python
  • HTTP Method Convention
  • Service and Method Naming Convention
  • Standard Response Layout
  • Service Handlers
  • The domain Service
  • The domains Service
  • The domain_types Service
  • The form_value Service
  • The group Service
  • The groups Service
  • The system Service
  • The user Service
  • The user_types Service
  • Storage Format for an Object Type
  • The attributes Attribute Value Format
  • The users Service
• Hosted Kolab Customer Control Panel
  • Signup, Confirm, Payment
  • Configuration
  • Cost Factors
  • Invoice Calculations
  • Billing Account Permutations
• Kolab Freebusy Daemon
  • Running kolab-freebusyd as cron job
  • Running kolab-freebusyd as daemon
• Kolab Freebusy Service
  • Directories and Sources
  • Formatters
  • Configuration Options

General Documentation

• Glossary

Todo

Document the concepts of a sealed system.