The document provides instructions for configuring GroupWise 2014R2 to support native calendar, contacts, and email synchronization for Mac clients using CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP, SMTP, and LDAP. It outlines requirements for the server configuration including installing specific software packages and certificates. It also describes the steps to install and configure the GroupWise calendar server, set up IMAP, SMTP, and LDAP, and finally add the accounts to the Mac mail, contacts, and calendar applications.

1. Robin Redgrave
Klaus Hild
GroupWise Native Mac Client Support

2. GroupWise 2014R2 and native Mac clients
• Uses CalDAV
– Synchronises appointments
• Uses CardDAV
– Synchronises contacts
– Also LDAP for system address book
• Uses IMAP/SMTP
– For mail sending and

3. Requirements
• The CalDAv/CardDAV Server install is only
supported on a Linux server.
• The GroupWise Admin Service must be installed
on the same server as the Calendar Server.
• You need a certificate for the Calendar Server.
• Novell Push Notification Service certificate to
push notifications to Mac devices.
– can be created at novell.com/npns.

4. Creating NPNS certificates
• Login with your Novell credentials
• Select ‘Create a key and certificate’
• Check details
• Generate the certificate
• Download ‘Private key and certificates’
• Extract on the Calendar Server

5. Also needs to be configured beforehand
• IMAP: Provides incoming mail server
• SMTP: Provides outgoing mail server
• LDAP Server: Provides GroupWise System
Address Book lookups
• Create a ‘lookup’ user in GroupWise
– Suggest that visibility is set to none
– Does not use a license

6. Installation
• Change directory to the installation directory
– <gwinstall>/webapps/calsvr/linux
• Run
– rpm -i novell-groupwise-calsvr-webapp-
version_number.rpm

7. Configuration
• Change to /opt/novell/groupwise/calsvr
• Run ./configure
• Enter address and port used by the primary
domain server.
• Launch URL
– Fill in configuration information

8. Configure Mac applications
• Add accounts to
– Mail
– Contacts
– Calendar
• Add LDAP account to Contacts
– Gives global address book look up

9. Thank you!