Tiki Suite component interoperability
Interoperability is the hardest part. By working together, here are examples of things we can achieve.
This is being tested on
- http://tikisuite.org
(Tiki 6.x LTS)
The basics
Before we get into fancy things, let's make the basics work with standard protocols.| What | with what | why? | protocol | expected status | current status at tikisuite.org |
| Cyberduck | Tiki File Gallery | to edit files with as if it was a desktop file with LibreOffice or any desktop software | WebDAV | Should work out of the box: WebDAV. Editing of SVG & ODF that are in Tiki File Gallery will not only be possible via WebDAV, but also via SVG-edit and WebODF. | Works when upgrading to PHP 5.2 and lib-xml. Also, Tiki7 has better WebDAV support than Tiki6
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| Tiki user & group system | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | use ClearOS/OpenLDAP user system instead of Tiki (for users and groups) | LDAP | Should work out of the box, needs documentation. See LDAP | Works for user logins. Next step: groups |
| Jitsi | ejabberd | chatting | XMPP | Should work out of the box with documentation | Miranda works if you uncheck "Use TLS", but Jitsi doesn't work (not sure if a different set of options would make it happy) |
| Jitsi | FreeSWITCH SIP/PBX server | SIP call | SIP | Should work out of the box, needs documentation | |
| Jitsi | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | access address book from Jitsi | LDAP | Should work out of the box, needs documentation | Jitsi is able to connect to ClearOS-LDAP anonymously when ClearOS/OpenLDAP is set to Publish Policy = Enabled but we haven't figured out how to securely access address book |
| ejabberd | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | LDAP XMPP Integration | LDAP | users and rosters | Done for user logins |
| FreeSWITCH SIP/PBX server | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | Realtime LDAP user integration (ie: LDAP integrated PBX) | LDAP | (Small proof of concept for FreeSwitch) Blue.box feature request FusionPBX feature request | |
| FreeSWITCH SIP/PBX server | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | Single sign-on for PBX | LDAP | Needs work | |
| Thunderbird or SeaMonkey | ClearOS mail server | IMAP | Should work out of the box, needs documentation | Done Thunderbird5 sending & receiving | |
| Thunderbird or SeaMonkey | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | access address book from Thunderbird or SeaMonkey | LDAP | Should work out of the box, needs documentation | not working out of the box Thunderbird 5.0
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| Horde IMP, Roundcube or Tiki webmail | ClearOS mail server | Webmail | IMAP | Should work out of the box, needs documentation | Horde IMP 3.2.5 (released in July 2004) comes with ClearOS 5.2 and sending mail is not working. Can we try IMP v5?
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| Horde IMP, Roundcube or Tiki webmail | ClearOS/OpenLDAP | access address book from webmail | LDAP | Roundcube: Should work out of the box, with documentation; Tiki webmail: needs development. | Horde 3.2.5: no interface in current install. Can we try IMP v5? |
| BigBlueButton | Tiki | SSO via Tiki | HTTP | All relevant APIs are already supported Tiki will support the new ones as they become available BigBlueButton | Works when upgrading to PHP 5.2 and lib-xml
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| Kaltura | Tiki | SSO via Tiki and basic video management | HTTP | A basic integration is done, but needs to be updated to latest version of Kaltura and tested more. Kaltura | It works. |
| Piwik | Tiki | Better stats for Tiki | HTTP | Already functional: Piwik |
Important
| What | with what | why? | protocol | current status | |
| ClearOS | Tiki | A Tiki installer package for ClearOS | ClearOS packaging ClearOS app format | needs to be done | |
| LibreOffice | Tiki | A way to edit File Gallery meta data directly in LibreOffice (ex.: status of document in workflow) | TBD | needs work | |
| FreeSWITCH SIP/PBX server | Tiki | The Tiki CRM should interact with the audio component in SIP/PBX (to make a call for example or to show customer profile based on caller ID) | Robert has code for this for Asterisk | ||
| Jitsi | Tiki | For Tiki to be the Provisioning server for Jitsi. The connection info to the shared OpenLDAP address book should be included | HTTP | ||
Nice to have
| What | with what | why? | protocol | expected status | current status on tikisuite.org |
| Jitsi | BigBlueButton | to use a desktop client to access BBB (at least receive notifications that there is some action in the room and I should log in) | TBD | Needs to be developped | |
| Cyberduck | Tiki Wiki pages | to edit wiki pages with as if it was a desktop file with LibreOffice or any desktop software (ex.: translation memory) | WebDAV | Should work out of the box: WebDAV access to Wiki Pages | (We should upgrade to PHP 5.2 and Tiki8 and retry)
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| Cyberduck | ClearOS File Server | Securely share files without a VPN | WebDAV | Should work out of the box | |
| BigBlueButton | Android phone | BigBlueButton on Android Phone | alpha | ||
| Mail server | Tiki | categorize or tag emails as any object in Tiki | IMAP | idea stage | |
| Tiki Search | Mail server | Integrate search, so user can search in their webmail via Tiki search | IMAP | idea stage | |
| BigBlueButton | Tiki Calendar | to schedule BigBlueButton conference calls | CalDAV | idea stage | |
| BigBlueButton | Tiki | A BigBlueButton presentation could be taken from a File Gallery or a S5 Slideshow | idea stage | ||
| Kaltura | BigBlueButton | A recorded BigBlueButton session could be saved to Tiki File Gallery, from which it could plucked for editing in Kaltura | this will be interesting! | ||
| Tiki | FreeSWITCH SIP/PBX | A call-back system: You click a contact in TikiCRM and the system calls your mobile and the contact. Thus, getting a better rate than if you call with your mobile | SIP/AMI | idea stage | |
| Tiki | Jitsi | Make a PluginJitsi the same way we have a PluginSkype, which would offer to install Jitsi if it's not installed | HTTP | idea |
Uncategorized
- LDAP backend for contacts with SabreDAV (which could be included in Tiki)
- Screen capture and upload to File Gallery to be annotated with Draw and then promoted with Share
- More BigBlueButton integration ideas
- Groups in Tiki can be used as mail aliases
- Tight Forum and Mailing List Synchronization synchronization
- Users can update their email account info (password, full name, etc.) via their Tiki account.
- Admins could access web server control panel in SSO
- Error and access logs from the server could be made available to the Tiki instance
- Android client camera to File Gallery or Wiki page
- This could be doc via Mail-in or a plugin
- VoiceMail forwarded to Email or to file gallery
- With speech to text conversion
- Uploading of files from XMPP
- Voicemail and VoIP integration in XMPP (ie receiving notices in XMPP, being able to download messages, change settings like DND and FollowMe, etc)
- From Tiki, users could manage their email settings (filters, redirects, vacation messages, etc. ) or at least, there is a link to the interface.
- Jitsi Systray
- New message in chatroom
- New email received
- New dent/tweet
- Play voice mail, audio and video podcasts
- Could Jitsi I act as a batch file uploader?
- etc. (many more ideas will emerge as we use more)
- More encryption for everything (LDAP GPG directory, imaps, HTTPS, VPN, zRTP/SIPS, etc)
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I appreciate my comments being left in. It is a testimony to he openness of TikiWiki. I'm not a coder, and I both appreciate, fully support the work of the people that brought this fine software into being.