OX App Suite
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Product Overview
| OX App Suite | Open-Xchange Server 6 | |||
| OX App Suite | OX Server Edition | OX Web Edition | OX Hosting Edition | |
| Description | Need to revitalize business growth and increase your competitive advantage? OX App Suite integrates smoothly into existing infrastructures and massively scales across multi-tenant architectures securely and reliably. Offer your users a seamless messaging experience to deliver branded, app-economy services and take back the user experience. German engineered and designed for a mobile world, OX App Suite uses open API's to deliver device independent access to email and messaging, social collaboration and digital media via a rich web-based interface. Through a modular App-based portal, HTML5 interoperability gives providers a new basis to up-sell and cross-sell white-labeled services and mobile applications. | Open-Xchange Server Edition is a multi-tier, small footprint solution that integrates seamlessly into customers architectures enabling smooth start of operation based on flexible services. The Open-Xchange Server Edition provides all relevant additional software. | Open-Xchange Web Edition is a multi-tier, small footprint solution that integrates seamlessly into customers architectures enabling smooth start of operation based on flexible services. The Open-Xchange Web Edition provides Web Access and Mobile Web Interface | Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is a multi-tier, small footprint solution that integrates seamlessly into software service providers’ architectures enabling delivery of a Smart Collaboration™ SaaS |
| Target Customer not exclusive) | Open-Xchange´s software code can be used to set up an on-premise installation in educational institutions, public sector organizations and SME’s to deliver a cloud service currently used by over 60 million users. It gives the freedom to move data between providers or from a hosted solution into an on-premise installation. Open-Xchange expects the first cloud service providers to deploy OX App Suite to their customers by the end of Q1, 2013. Users of the commercial versions of OX6 are recommended to start planning and testing to move and upgrade with the OX App Suite v7.2, which is scheduled for release in April, 2013. | Open-Xchange Server Edition is designed for medium organizations, educational institutions and public administrations that are looking for a customizable communication solution | Open-Xchange Web Edition is designed for medium organizations, educational institutions and public administrations that are looking for a customizable communication solution | Organizations that want to provide an email and collaboration solution to their customers (Software as a Service) |
| Key Features (above email, calendar, contacts, tasks, document management) | Multi machine hosting, modular and fully customizable | Multi machine hosting, modular and fully customizable | Multi machine hosting, modular and fully customizable | Multi machine hosting, modular and fully customizable |
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Depending on infrastructure and backend |
Depending on infrastructure and backend |
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| Kind of configuration | Configuration Files | Configuration Files | Configuration Files | Configuration Files |
| Additional software and funtionality | OX TextConnector 2 for Microsoft Outlook Connector for Business Mobility (Active Sync)Open-Xchange Mobile Web InterfaceOX NotifierWebDAV for accessing OX FilesCalDAV for native Address BooksCardDAV for native Calendars
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Connector 2 for Microsoft OutlookConnector for Business Mobility (Active Sync)Open-Xchange Mobile Web InterfaceOX NotifierWebDAV for accessing InfoStoreCalDAV for native Address BooksCardDAV for native Calendars
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Open-Xchange Mobile Web InterfaceWebDAV for accessing InfoStoreCalDAV for native Address BooksCardDAV for native Calendars Connector 2 for Microsoft Outlook Connector for Business Mobility (Active Sync)OX Notifier |
All additional software are supported (based on individual custom packaging) |
Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview
The Open-Xchange software requirements page provides an overview about the supported components at the OX User Front-End, Connector for Microsoft Outlook, Connector for Business Mobility and OX Notifier. This overview makes no claim to be complete.
Versioning and Numbering of Open-Xchange Products
Available Languages for OX App Suite
OX App Suite
Quick Installation Guide
To download and install the software, please use the following Installation Guides:
- Download and Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (Squeeze)
- Download and Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
- Download and Installation Guide for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
- Download and Installation Guide for CentOS 6
Installing the latest Updates for OX App Suite
To get the latest features and bugfixes for OX App Suite, you need to have a valid license. The following article explains how that can be done:
Update from 6.22.x to OX App Suite
To update the software, please use the following Guides:
- Update Guide for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (Squeeze)
- Update Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
- Update Guide for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
- Update Guide for CentOS 6
Parallel Setup of OX App Suite UI and OX 6 UI
- Parallel Setup Guide for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (Squeeze)
- Parallel Setup Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and CentOS 6
- Parallel Setup Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Reporting Tool (Mandatory for Maintenance)
To receive maintenance in the future, the installation of the Open-Xchange Reporting Tool is mandatory. It documents the current state of your system installation. Furthermore, the tool runs a validity check for your current maintenance. Based on the reported detail information Open-Xchange will then be able to improve its own support and maintenance offerings for you. This article explains how that can be done:
Open-Xchange Additional Tools and Configurations
Open-Xchange Document Viewer
The OX Document Viewer will choose the best preview format depending on the users device on the OX App Suite Web Interface (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Open-Xchange Calendar synchronization with CalDAV
The Mac OS X, iOS and Thunderbird Lightning integration makes Open-Xchange appointments available to end users through their native applications.
Open-Xchange Contact Synchronization with CardDAV
The Mac OS X and iOS integration makes Open-Xchange contacts available to end users through their native applications.
Cluster-Setup
Multiple Open-Xchange servers can form a cluster with inter-OX-communication over a network.
HTTP based Connector via Grizzly
OX App Suite offers a second HTTP based connector for the communication between the HTTP server and the backend. This new connector is based on Oracle's Project Grizzly - a NIO and Web framework.
LDAP Contact Storage
Open-Xchange provides a new LDAP Contact Storage Integration Bundle. The new solution is available together with the current LDAP bundle.
Open-Xchange Additional Software
OX Text
OX Text, is a web-based word processor. Its main focus is on reducing the complexities of text editing while promoting collaborative document creation.
Open-Xchange Updater
The Open-Xchange Updater is a software tool by Open-Xchange that installs the latest version of Open-Xchange client software on computers running Windows (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Connector for Microsoft Outlook
The Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook® lets users keep their Outlook client even if the organization moves to an Open-Xchange Server. Users feel right at home working with their Outlook interface while in the background the Connector synchronizes E-Mails, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks, along with Public, Shared and System Folders. Real-time synchronization enables fast response times, so teams can work as efficiently as possible (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Connector for Business Mobility (ActiveSync)
Connector for Business Mobility enables you to securely manage emails, contacts, calendar and tasks on a mobile device. It is based on Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) standard (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface
Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface, lets you access data from Open-Xchange Server 6 with your smartphone running a webkit based browser like the iPhone or Android devices. Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface offers online and offline access to appointments, contacts and mails on the road using your smartphone (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Open-Xchange Notifier
OX Notifier informs the user about the current status of E-Mails and appointments without having to display the user interface or another clients such as Outlook. Additional the new tool will provide the possibility to mount the personal InfoStore directly in the OX Notifier settings (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Microsoft Outlook® Uploader
Open-Xchange provides Open-Xchange Microsoft Outlook® Uploader (short: OXUploader), a migration tool to export data from Microsoft Outlook® or from a Microsoft Exchange Server® to the Open-Xchange Server.
Connector for cPanel
Integration of Open-Xchange with cPanel makes deployment and billing of Open-Xchange simple for service providers. Web hosters can offer Open-Xchange to their shared-hosting customers as well as to users of Virtual Private Servers - just by installing a software package together with cPanel.
Installation Information
Information
Installation Requirements
OX App Suite
OX App Suite is a centralized cloud environment that lets you take control of your digital life from anywhere. It provides and centralizes email, contacts, calendar and tasks. A cloud based file storage and document management/viewing/editing. Additional a digital life management portal that lets you access all this and more regardless of device or operating system.
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| Japanese | Mexican |
| Polish | Spanish |
| Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese |
| Dutch |
Open-Xchange Additional Software
Connector for Microsoft Outlook
The Open-Xchange Connector for Microsoft Outlook® lets users keep their Outlook client even if the organization moves to an Open-Xchange Server. Users feel right at home working with their Outlook interface while in the background the Connector synchronizes E-Mails, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks, along with Public, Shared and System Folders. Real-time synchronization enables fast response times, so teams can work as efficiently as possible (valid Open-Xchange license required).
| German | English |
| French | Italien |
| Japanese | Polish |
| Spanish | Dutch |
Connector for Business Mobility
User Guides
Connector for Business Mobility enables you to securely manage emails, contacts, calendar and tasks on a mobile device. It is based on Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) standard (valid Open-Xchange license required).
| German | English |
| French | Italien |
| Japanese | Polish |
| Spanish | Dutch |
Client Configuration
| Windows Phone 7 | Windows Mobile |
| iPhone | BlackBerry |
| Nokia S60 | Android |
OX Text
OX Text, is a web-based word processor. Its main focus is on reducing the complexities of text editing while promoting collaborative document creation.
Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface
Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface, lets you access data from Open-Xchange Server 6 with your smartphone running a webkit based browser like the iPhone or Android devices. Open-Xchange Mobile Web Interface offers online and offline access to appointments, contacts and mails on the road using your smartphone (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Open-Xchange Notifier
OX Notifier informs the user about the current status of E-Mails and appointments without having to display the user interface or another clients such as Outlook. Additional the new tool will provide the possibility to mount the personal InfoStore directly in the OX Notifier settings (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Microsoft Outlook® Uploader
Open-Xchange provides Open-Xchange Microsoft Outlook® Uploader (short: OXUploader), a migration tool to export data from Microsoft Outlook® or from a Microsoft Exchange Server® to the Open-Xchange Server.
Open-Xchange Additional Tools and Configurations
Open-Xchange Document Viewer
The OX Document Viewer will choose the best preview format depending on the users device on the OX App Suite Web Interface (valid Open-Xchange license required).
Open-Xchange Calendar synchronization with CalDAV
The Mac OS X, iOS and Thunderbird Lightning integration makes Open-Xchange appointments available to end users through their native applications.
Open-Xchange Contact Synchronization with CardDAV
The Mac OS X and iOS integration makes Open-Xchange contacts available to end users through their native applications.
Advanced Documentation
Overview
OX App Suite Frontend Development
This page contains articles about the inner workings of the UI. It is aimed at software developers that want to improve on existing features, implement extensions or just gain a general understanding (Upsell, Theming, Extension Points)
Groupware Server customization
- How to make custom changes to existing plugins (Authentication plugin)
- Automatically delete users OX-Objects and OX-Folders
- Auto login, session handling, single sign on
Programming Interfaces
- The HTTP API is used by the Open-Xchange GUI and various 3rd party applications. It consists mainly of messages in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) sent over HTTP. Here is a general Introduction to the HTTP API.
- The WebDAV API is used by external clients to modify object on the OX Server. It based mainly on the webdav standard with some enhancements to handle OX objects.
- Provisioning API to access the Open-Xchange Admin Daemon
- The RMI API is used for data provisioning of Contexts, Users, Groups and Resources as well as for configuring Databases, Filestores and OX Servers. It is currently split into two parts,
- The Open-Xchange CLT are shell scripts that simplify groupware and service administration
- Create contexts/users with with Csv_import
- Provisioning using SOAP
- The Oxmapi is a windows library for programmers needed to communicate with the OX server
- Open-Xchange Mail Abstraction Layer
- The Plugin API for extending the GUI is described in two documents: an overview and the reference
- UDPPush Open-Xchange PUSH Interface for Groupware Objects
Testing and QA
Translations
- Available Language Translations
- Translate Open-Xchange to your community language
- Translate Open-Xchange to supported language
Installation based on source code
Integration
Open-Xchange Plugins
Open-Xchange is using the OSGi architecture to have maximum extensibility and flexibility. Many parts of Open-Xchange Server can be replaced by different OSGi components, which are called Bundles.
If you have further requests, this document describes the Open-Xchange feature prioritization process and the options for partners and customers to either feed feature requests into this process or to order custom feature implementations.