Install Zimbra 8.6 on Ubuntu 15.04 Server

Install Zimbra 8.6 on Ubuntu 15.04

The Zimbra Collaboration Server is a mail server, collaborative web application and a web based mail server admin console in a single application. It provides LDAP, antivirus, antispam, collaboration features and a ajax webmail client. Zimbra is easy to use for administrators as well as end users due to its fast Ajax based web interface.

Prerequisites
• Ubuntu Server 15.04 - 64bit
• root privileges
• Free space 25 GB
• RAM 4 GB

My zimbra Server profile used in this Lab

Domain : faceitnet.com.au
IP : 192.168.200.10
Mail : mail.faceitnet.com.au


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Installation of prerequisites

connect to your server, get root privileges and install this package.

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apt-get install libgmp10 libperl5.18 unzip pax sysstat sqlite3 dnsmasq wget

Configure hostname and DNS Server

Step 1 - Edit hostname and hosts

vim /etc/hostname

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change your hostname with this 'zimbramail.faceitnet.com.au'.

vim /etc/hosts

add this line:

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192.168.200.10   zimbramail.faceitnet.com.au zimbramail

Step 2 - Edit dnsmasq configuration

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vim /etc/dnsmasq.conf

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server=192.168.200.10

domain=faceitnet.com.au

mx-host=faceitnet.com.au, zimbramail.faceitnet.com.au, 5

mx-host= zimbramail.faceitnet.com.au, zimbramail.faceitnet.com.au, 5

listen-address=127.0.0.1

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Reboot

Installing Zimbra

Step 1 - Download Zimbra and extract it

Download using the following command if Download doesn’t work then download manually and upload to server using FTP service. (Need to configure FTP)

--> wget https://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.6.0_GA/zcs-8.6.0_GA_1153.UBUNTU14_64.20141215151116.tgz

Extract the file using the following command:

Change the directory to extracted directory:

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cd zcs*

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Now install the package by run the ./install.sh command

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Continue the installation by Pressing Y

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You need to wait, because this installation takes some time.

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next step is configure "zimbra-store" for getting admin password.

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In my configuration you could see my Master DNS IP address was not configured, so I had to configure it to finish the configuration, Until that you will not be permitted to Apply configuration ( a to apply Configuration )

It will take some time to finalize all the configuration

Testing Zimbra

To test your zimbra server is running, you can type a command

su - zimbra

zmcontrol status

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try to access zimbra from web browser.  https://192.168.200.10/

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or try admin page " https://192.168.200.10:7071/ ".

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Once you have configured the Zimbra mail server, test the server by sending mails from two acceounts that you have created.

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Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355) is not applicable to your computer

Unable to install Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355) on your server 2012R2 ( installing Sharepoint 2016) Even if you’ve enabled automatic update in Windows, you might find out that KB2919355 doesn’t appear in the list of available updates. 

If you download KB2919355 directly from Microsoft’s online website and then install it manually, Windows Update Standalone Installer will fail with the error message “The update is not applicable to your computer“.

So what we can do now???? 

What is KB2919355???

Windows 8.1 Update is a cumulative set of security updates, critical updates and updates. You must install Windows 8.1 Update to ensure that your computer can continue to receive future Windows Updates, including security updates. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

How to Install Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355) Successfully?

In Windows Update window, click on the Check for updates link in the left pane. The search may take some time, depending on how many updates are waiting.

When the search is finished, click the link that says how many important updates are available.

In the list of available updates, select the update KB2919355, then click Install and you’re done! However, if the update KB2919355 doesn’t appear in the list of available updates, check ALL important updates and click Install.

After installing all available important updates, open your Web browse to download the Windows 8.1 Update from Microsoft’s website:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42334

Now double-click on the update KB2919355 you’ve downloaded and it should be able to be installed successfully.

Installing  successfully, it would take time to finish as its even though Microsoft doesn't call its Service Pack but its a Service Pack....

Thanks 

Multi Tenant Email Server Configuration

Multi Tenant Email Server Configuration

In this tutorial I am going to explain how to host multiple email domains on one Domain controller and Exchange server. 

Say for example , A company have two Branches and they are namely Dandenong and Mulgrave. The company doesn't want to have common email address. They want to have emails specifically branches 

So the users in Dandenong will have their mail address as user@dande.mks.com.au and the user in Mulgrave will have user@mul.mks.com.au. We can do the same to even different domains , Lets see how we can do this...

First of all to do this we need to have UPN ( user principle names ) and OU ( organizational units ) to create emails and user account. Lets see how we can do this 

Create OUs

1.    . Navigated to ‘Active Directory Users and Computers’ and created OUs for Dandenong and Mulgrave:

2.    Created two users in each OU, Mulgrave One and Two for the Mulgrave OU, and Dandenong One and Two for the Dandenong OU:

       Create UPNs: 

       Navigated to ‘Active Directory Domains and Trusts’:

           Right-clicked ‘Active Directory Domains and Trusts’ and selected ‘Properties’. Added ‘mulgrave.mks.com’ and ‘dandenong.mks.com’ as alternate UPN suffixes and clicked ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’:

       On the Exchange server : 

   Navigated to ‘Accepted Domains’ and added the        ‘dandenong.mks.com’ and 'Mulgrave.mks.com' UPN as an accepted        domain on the Exchange server:

Create Email Policy     

Navigated to the Exchange Administration Centre, and went to ‘Mail Flow > Email Address Policies’:

     Under ‘Email Address Format’, changed the address format to      ‘dandenong.mks.com’

Under ‘Apply to’, added a new rule and selected ‘Recipient Container’. Selected the previously created ‘Dandenong’ OU and clicked ‘Save’

Created a new email policy named ‘Mulgrave’ and repeated Steps for the ‘Mulgrave’ OU:

Created Users Email

     Navigated to ‘Recipients’ on the Exchange Admin Centre and added the Dandenong One, Dandenong Two, Mulgrave One and Mulgrave Two users from the OUs previous created:

   Noted that each user had the proper sub-domain applied as their email address, so the Email Policies had been applied successfully:

** Thanks Tim Rees  **