Lightning for Thunderbird

Create and Modify real Calendar in Thunderbird Calendar Client

This page assumes three conditions:

1. Radicale is running on Server (localhost [loopback], 192.168.1.20 [locally], 111.222.333.444 [public IP])
2. You have already created a CalDAV calendar collection ("fakeusercalDAV01") via browser
   • You visited http://localhost:5232, https://192.168.1.20:5232, or https://111.222.333.444:5232
3. You know the URL of your CalDAV calendar collection

How to meet these three conditions?

Create New Calendar in Thunderbird

• Open Thunderbird
  • Click "Events and Tasks > Calendar"
  • Click "File > New > Calendar" [or right-click "Calendar Pane > Calendar List" area and select "New Calendar"]
• Select "On the Network" in the dialog box and click "Next"
• Select a Format and Location and click "Next"
  • Format: CalDAV
  • Location: Copy and paste fakeusercalDAV01's URL (all of it)
    • e.g., http://localhost:5232/fakeuser/775e38a1-32eg-9e0x-e3tn-fax92930uskl/
    • e.g., https://192.168.1.20:5232/fakeuser/775e38a1-32eg-9e0x-e3tn-fax92930uskl/
    • e.g., https://111.222.333.444:5232/fakeuser/775e38a1-32eg-9e0x-e3tn-fax92930uskl/
• Enter a Name, Color, and Thunderbird email account and click "Next"
  • Name: TB Real Radicale Calendar (TBRRC)
  • Color: [color you would like to indicate an event on TBRRC]
  • Email: [default]
• Click "Finish"

Modify TB Real Radicale Calendar

• Click "Events and Tasks > New Event"
  • Select Title, Location, Start and End Time, and Calendar and click "Save and Close"
    • Title: Radicale New Event
    • Location: 123 Main Street
    • Start and End Time: 01 Jan 2000 15:00 to 01 Jan 2000 18:00
    • Calendar: TB Real Radicale Calendar

Hopefully, you do not see a yellow triangle with black "!" in "Calendar Pane > Calendar List" next to TB Real Radicale Calendar. Hopefully, "TB Real Radicale Calendar" text is not greyed out. Hopefully, no error message upon "Save and Close."

Verify Modification of CalDAV backend

• Return to browser, http://localhost:5232, https://192.168.1.20:5232, or https://111.222.333.444:5232
• Click URL for "fakeusercalDAV01" and save .ics file
• Go to folder with .ics file and open .ics file with a text editor
• Enjoy ~50 lines that represent your "Radicale New Event" in your "TB Real Radicale Calendar"