Zimbra Collaboration Suite – Installation

1. Using Fedora Core 5, install the operating system with its default configuration i.e., default partition layout.

• Assign a live IP to the system along with the local IP.

• Hostname should be fully qualified i.e., mail.example.com.

• Make sure your FQDN is before your hostname in /etc/hosts e.g,

 
 
203.99.34.47 example.com mail

1. Configure the DNS with A and MX records of the mail server.

• Make sure the following ports are open:

 
 
25

1. Linux firewall and SELinux should be disabled.

 
Installing Zimbra:

1. Untar Zimbra to a new directory.

• Make sure sendmail, postfix and mysql services are not running during installation process.

• Pre-requisite packages for Zimra:

 
 
#NPTL
#sudo
#libidn
#cURL
#fetchmail
#GMP or compat-libstddcc++

1. Run ./install.sh from the new directory to start the installation.

• Select packages to install (Default should go fine)

• Create the admin password from the menu list (that’s mandatory).

• To start or stop Zimbra:

 
 
su -zimbra
zmcontrol start
zmcontrol stop
zmcontrol status

1. To access via web:

 
http://mail.example.com
Admin console
https://mail.example.com:7071