I upgraded the server to debian bookworm and that did the trick, latest version of citadel is up an running

thx a lot

regards robert

I'm using docker via calima on MacBook Pro M1. Works fine on the initial run but not working after stopping and starting.

Did the following.

mkdir /usr/local/citadel

docker run -d --restart=unless-stopped --network host --volume=/usr/local/citadel:/citadel-data --name=citadel citadeldotorg/citadel

# Stopped citadel

docker stop citadel

# Start citadel

docker start citadel

# Result when trying to connect from browser

This program was unable to connect or stay connected to the Citadel server. Please report this problem to your system administrator.

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Am I stopping and starting Citadel wrong?

Does Citadel have a search function?

Solved the issue by using OrbStack instead of Colima

ShinyToaster

Neither did i, looked it up, seems like a alternative to 'docker desktop' for OSX devices. 

Sun Jun 28 2026 14:17:28 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: How to stop and start Citadel in docker

I'm glad you figured it out because I have no idea what any of those things are. :)

Hello! I'm looking at Citadel as software to host on my domain for a small group of my friends and I to use. Having included chat functionality is one of the features I'm looking at, so I created this account to test XMPP chatting. However, when logging into a client like converse.js, I cannot send messages outward to my XMPP account on a different server.

My question is this;

If I set up my own Citadel instance, will the XMPP messages sent federate with other XMPP servers?

Thank you,

  --ftest

XMPP Clients will work with Citadel, but not in SSL and I don't recommend to use it. XMPP Service is not federated, its stand alone. Its better to install a free XMPP Server or Service without Citadel. 

Greetings

Mike

Di Jul 07 2026 16:36:56 EDT von ftest Betreff: General Question (XMPP/Jabber)

Hello! I'm looking at Citadel as software to host on my domain for a small group of my friends and I to use. Having included chat functionality is one of the features I'm looking at, so I created this account to test XMPP chatting. However, when logging into a client like converse.js, I cannot send messages outward to my XMPP account on a different server.

My question is this;

If I set up my own Citadel instance, will the XMPP messages sent federate with other XMPP servers?

 

Thank you,

  --ftest

OpenFire is pretty easy to setup, and is federated.  I know citadel will become federated someday, but unsure about xmpp federation, may just be mastodon style instead.  

I recommend Prosody as XMPP Server.

Di Jul 07 2026 16:36:56 EDT von ftest Betreff: General Question (XMPP/Jabber)

Hello! I'm looking at Citadel as software to host on my domain for a small group of my friends and I to use. Having included chat functionality is one of the features I'm looking at, so I created this account to test XMPP chatting. However, when logging into a client like converse.js, I cannot send messages outward to my XMPP account on a different server.

My question is this;

If I set up my own Citadel instance, will the XMPP messages sent federate with other XMPP servers?

 

Thank you,

  --ftest

Tue Jul 07 2026 18:34:32 EDT from Motobike Subject: Re: General Question (XMPP/Jabber)

XMPP Clients will work with Citadel, but not in SSL and I don't recommend to use it. XMPP Service is not federated, its stand alone. Its better to install a free XMPP Server or Service without Citadel. 

Greetings

Mike

 

Di Jul 07 2026 16:36:56 EDT von ftest Betreff: General Question (XMPP/Jabber)

Hello! I'm looking at Citadel as software to host on my domain for a small group of my friends and I to use. Having included chat functionality is one of the features I'm looking at, so I created this account to test XMPP chatting. However, when logging into a client like converse.js, I cannot send messages outward to my XMPP account on a different server.

My question is this;

If I set up my own Citadel instance, will the XMPP messages sent federate with other XMPP servers?

 

Thank you,

  --ftest

 

Ah well. I appreciate the answer none the less.

Hi there,

i installed LLDAP to my Citadel Server for local LDAP autehtication with RFC. 

After switching to LDAP, there’s no link between the user and the existing mailbox, and all admin roles are lost. Could this be due to a BASE DN misconfiguration? Is there a schema layout for a proper user transfer to LDAP?

Citadel -> LDAP -> User authentication works fine. The only thing I notice is the schema. Is there any documentation for this??

Greetings 

Mike

Group schema

User defined schema

Hello,

  I haven't found any way of import calendar files from other servers via .ics files.  Could someone point in the direction on how to do this?  I've been searching, but haven't found anything yet.

Thanks,

Harlan...

Hello,

  I haven't found any way of import calendar files from other servers via .ics files.  Could someone point in the direction on how to do this?  I've been searching, but haven't found anything yet.

Thanks,

Harlan...

 After switching to LDAP, there’s no link between the user and the existing mailbox, and all admin roles are lost. Could this be due to a BASE DN misconfiguration? Is there a schema layout for a proper user transfer to LDAP?

Citadel -> LDAP -> User authentication works fine. The only thing I notice is the schema. Is there any documentation for this??

Funny you mention that, I just pushed a change into the code a few days ago that lets you specify an LDAP group whose membership conveys administrator privileges to Citadel users.  That'll be available soon.

However, the LDAP authentication system isn't really built to be able to switch over to it if you already have self-contained authentication.  It doesn't look for a user who has a matching name or email address.  It looks for a user with a matching uid (uid is set to -1 for self contained auth).  I suppose you could dump your database and edit the uid's and then reload it.  

Hello,

  How I change the timezone for individual users?  So far, I haven't found any way of changing it for users.  I found only one timezone option, but it seemed to be a fall-back option.  It didn't change anything for users.

Thanks,

Harlan...

Mo Jul 13 2026 09:12:19 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar Betreff: Re: Prepareing

 After switching to LDAP, there’s no link between the user and the existing mailbox, and all admin roles are lost. Could this be due to a BASE DN misconfiguration? Is there a schema layout for a proper user transfer to LDAP?

Citadel -> LDAP -> User authentication works fine. The only thing I notice is the schema. Is there any documentation for this??

Funny you mention that, I just pushed a change into the code a few days ago that lets you specify an LDAP group whose membership conveys administrator privileges to Citadel users.  That'll be available soon.

However, the LDAP authentication system isn't really built to be able to switch over to it if you already have self-contained authentication.  It doesn't look for a user who has a matching name or email address.  It looks for a user with a matching uid (uid is set to -1 for self contained auth).  I suppose you could dump your database and edit the uid's and then reload it.  

Interesting, maybe it’s faster to export the mailboxes, switch to LDAP, and import the mailboxes via Mailstore. That’s the approach I’ll test. Do you have a link to the LDAP group schema so I can try it with admin rights? ;)

Mi Jul 15 2026 09:23:21 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar Betreff: Re: Prepareing

Better yet, I'll give you a cheat code :)

Go to freeipa.org and check out their demo server. Point your Citadel LDAP to it and go !

I want use my own local LDAP. Its a very secure setup and productive server. I'll wait for a schema down build it inside my lldap.