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)
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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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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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