Zimbra collaboration suite has two flavors- Network edition and open source edition. In this tutorial we will explore quickest and easiest way to install zimbra ( free edition ) mail server along with other components like LDAP, antivirus, antispam, Amavis (amavisd-new) - Content checker, Aspell - Spell checker, MySQL and other collaboration features and a ajax webmail client. Zimbra recommends to disable firewall in the installation process, once installation has been successfully completed, enable the firewall and add the firewall rules to allow traffic to zimbra mailserver. It is also recommended to install ZCS in a fresh system.
System requirements
Ubuntu 16.04 with atleast 4 GB of RAM
Ubuntu Server IP - 172.31.26.109
Ubuntu Server FQDN - mail.zimbra-demo.com
DNS Server IP - 172.31.26.109 ( Same server , advisable to keep it in a separate server in your network )
Gateway IP - 172.31.0.2
Domain name - zimbra-demo.com
1. Configure hostname
Edit /etc/hosts and add the line 172.31.26.109 mail.zimbra-demo.com mail. Change 172.31.26.109 with the IP you want to use.
root@mail:~# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 172.31.26.109 mail.zimbra-demo.com mail
Also edit /etc/hostname and the line 'mail'
root@mail:~# cat /etc/hostname mail
Reboot the system and test the FQDN of your server with the command hostname -f and hostname.
root@mail:~# hostname -f mail.zimbra-demo.com root@mail:~# hostname mail
If you are using any cloud based hosting service then make sure you have set the value of parameter preserve_hostname to true.
2. Install / Configure BIND DNS
We will install BIND name server in the same system where ZCS will be installed. You are free to install BIND name server in another system in your internal network.
Install bind9 by executing following command in the terminal.
# sudo apt-get install bind9 bind9utils
Now edit the file /etc/bind/named.conf and remove '//' from forwarders and add DNS server IP address like below.
forwarders {
8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4;
};
root@mail:~# cat /etc/bind/named.conf.options
options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";
forwarders {
8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4;
};
dnssec-validation auto;
auth-nxdomain no; # conform to RFC1035
listen-on-v6 { any; };
};
Edit /etc/bind/named.conf.local and add the following.
zone "zimbra-demo.com" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.zimbra-demo.com";
};
zone "1.31.172.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.1.31.172";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.0.0.127";
};
Create and edit the file /etc/bind/db.zimbra-demo.com and add the following. Change the filename according to your domain name.
$TTL 604800 @ IN SOA mail.zimbra-demo.com. admin.zimbra-demo.com. ( 030512 ; Serial 604800 ; Refresh 86400 ; Retry 2419200 ; Expire 604800 ); Negative Cache TTL ; @ IN NS mail IN MX 10 mail IN A 172.31.26.109 mail IN A 172.31.26.109
Create and edit the file /etc/bind/db.0.0.127 and add the following.
$TTL 3D @ IN SOA mail.zimbra-demo.com. admin.zimbra-demo.com. ( 2 ; Serial 8H ; Refresh 2H ; Retry 4W ; Expire 1D) ; Minimum TTL NS mail.zimbra-demo.com. 1 PTR localhost.
Create and edit the file /etc/bind/db.1.31.172 and add the following.
$TTL 3D @ IN SOA mail.zimbra-demo.com. admin.zimbra-demo.com. ( 1 ; Serial 8H ; Refresh 2H ; Retry 4W ; Expire 1D) ; Minimum TTL NS zimbra-demo.com. 10 PTR zimbra-demo.com.
Restart bind service
# /etc/init.d/bind9 restart
To configure static IP, Edit /etc/network/interfaces and add the following. Change the values according to your network configuration.
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.cfg auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 172.31.26.109 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 172.31.0.0 broadcast 172.31.0.255 gateway 172.31.0.2 dns-search zimbra-demo.com dns-nameservers 172.31.26.109
Also edit the file /etc/resolv.conf and add the following.
nameserver 172.31.26.109 search zimbra-demo.com
Now test your nameservers dns record with dig
root@mail:~# dig zimbra-demo.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> zimbra-demo.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33646 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;zimbra-demo.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: zimbra-demo.com. 604800 IN A 172.31.26.109 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: zimbra-demo.com. 604800 IN NS mail.zimbra-demo.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mail.zimbra-demo.com. 604800 IN A 172.31.26.109 ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 172.31.26.109#53(172.31.26.109) ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 04 04:30:43 UTC 2016 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 95
root@mail:~# dig facebook.com
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> facebook.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22708 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;facebook.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: facebook.com. 27 IN A 173.252.89.132 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 2574 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 2574 IN NS j.root-servers.net. ;; Query time: 11 msec ;; SERVER: 172.31.26.109#53(172.31.26.109) ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 04 04:32:04 UTC 2016 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 268
Up to this point, we have configured FQDN of the server and a nameserver.
3. Download / Install Zimbra
First disable the firewall by executing the following command in the terminal..
# sudo service ufw disable OR # sudo service iptables stop
Download zimbra using wget, extract it and run the installer inside the extracted directory.
# cd ~ # wget https://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.7.0_GA/zcs-8.7.0_GA_1659.UBUNTU16_64.20160628202554.tgz # tar xf zcs-8.7.0_GA_1659.UBUNTU16_64.20160628202554.tgz # cd zcs-8.7.0_GA_1659.UBUNTU16_64.20160628202554/ # ./install.sh
Now the installation will start. Read carefully and answer Yes/No or other values according to your configuration.
WARNING: ZCS is currently only supported on Ubuntu Server 12.04 and 14.04 LTS. You are attempting to install on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS which may not work. Support will not be provided if you choose to continue. Do you wish to continue? [N] y Operations logged to /tmp/install.log.4P2y60cn Checking for existing installation... zimbra-ldap...NOT FOUND zimbra-logger...NOT FOUND zimbra-mta...NOT FOUND zimbra-dnscache...NOT FOUND zimbra-snmp...NOT FOUND zimbra-store...NOT FOUND zimbra-apache...NOT FOUND zimbra-spell...NOT FOUND zimbra-convertd...NOT FOUND zimbra-memcached...NOT FOUND zimbra-proxy...NOT FOUND zimbra-archiving...NOT FOUND zimbra-core...NOT FOUND ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. SYNACOR, INC. ("SYNACOR") WILL ONLY LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE TO YOU IF YOU FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE, OR USING THE PRODUCT, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE PRODUCT. License Terms for this Zimbra Collaboration Suite Software: https://www.zimbra.com/license/zimbra-public-eula-2-6.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you agree with the terms of the software license agreement? [N] y Checking for installable packages Found zimbra-core Found zimbra-ldap Found zimbra-logger Found zimbra-mta Found zimbra-dnscache Found zimbra-snmp Found zimbra-store Found zimbra-apache Found zimbra-spell Found zimbra-memcached Found zimbra-proxy Use Zimbra's package repository [Y] y Configuring package repository Select the packages to install Install zimbra-ldap [Y] y Install zimbra-logger [Y] y Install zimbra-mta [Y] y Install zimbra-dnscache [Y] n Install zimbra-snmp [Y] y Install zimbra-store [Y] y Install zimbra-apache [Y] y Install zimbra-spell [Y] y Install zimbra-memcached [Y] y Install zimbra-proxy [Y] y Checking required space for zimbra-core Checking space for zimbra-store Checking required packages for zimbra-store zimbra-store package check complete. Installing: zimbra-core zimbra-ldap zimbra-logger zimbra-mta zimbra-snmp zimbra-store zimbra-apache zimbra-spell zimbra-memcached zimbra-proxy The system will be modified. Continue? [N] y Removing /opt/zimbra Removing zimbra crontab entry...done. Cleaning up zimbra init scripts...done. Cleaning up /etc/security/limits.conf...done. Finished removing Zimbra Collaboration Server. Installing packages Local packages zimbra-core zimbra-ldap zimbra-logger zimbra-mta zimbra-snmp zimbra-store zimbra-apache zimbra-spell zimbra-proxy selected for installation Monitor /tmp/install.log.4P2y60cn for package installation progress Remote package installation started Installing zimbra-core-components zimbra-ldap-components zimbra-mta-components zimbra-snmp-components zimbra-store-components zimbra-apache-components zimbra-spell-components zimbra-memcached zimbra-proxy-components.... Local package installation started Installing zimbra-core zimbra-ldap zimbra-logger zimbra-mta zimbra-snmp zimbra-store zimbra-apache zimbra-spell zimbra-proxy... done Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1514, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1557, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1686, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1727, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1736, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1745, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1754, <DATA> line 755. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE zimbra_home}/ at /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmupgrade.pm line 1763, <DATA> line 755. Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.20160804-170455.log Installing LDAP configuration database...done. Setting defaults... DNS ERROR resolving MX for mail.zimbra-demo.com It is suggested that the domain name have an MX record configured in DNS Re-Enter domain name? [Yes] yes Create domain: [mail.zimbra-demo.com] zimbra-demo.com MX: mail.zimbra-demo.com (172.31.26.109) Interface: 172.31.26.109 Interface: 127.0.0.1 Interface: ::1 done. Checking for port conflicts Main menu 1) Common Configuration: 2) zimbra-ldap: Enabled 3) zimbra-logger: Enabled 4) zimbra-mta: Enabled 5) zimbra-snmp: Enabled 6) zimbra-store: Enabled +Create Admin User: yes +Admin user to create: admin@zimbra-demo.com ******* +Admin Password UNSET +Anti-virus quarantine user: virus-quarantine.h4n6gggw@zimbra-demo.com +Enable automated spam training: yes +Spam training user: spam.wv02wfpi@zimbra-demo.com +Non-spam(Ham) training user: ham.c4zyg7r9m@zimbra-demo.com +SMTP host: mail.zimbra-demo.com +Web server HTTP port: 8080 +Web server HTTPS port: 8443 +Web server mode: https +IMAP server port: 7143 +IMAP server SSL port: 7993 +POP server port: 7110 +POP server SSL port: 7995 +Use spell check server: yes +Spell server URL: http://mail.zimbra-demo.com:7780/aspell.php +Enable version update checks: TRUE +Enable version update notifications: TRUE +Version update notification email: admin@zimbra-demo.com +Version update source email: admin@zimbra-demo.com +Install mailstore (service webapp): yes +Install UI (zimbra,zimbraAdmin webapps): yes 7) zimbra-spell: Enabled 8) zimbra-proxy: Enabled 9) Default Class of Service Configuration: s) Save config to file x) Expand menu q) Quit Address unconfigured (**) items (? - help) 6
Now, you must configure the items marked with a couple of stars(****) in front of them. As you see in the above output, the ‘admin password’ item is not configured. This item is found under Zimbra Store module, which is number 6. To setup the admin password, enter number 6.
Store configuration
1) Status: Enabled
2) Create Admin User: yes
3) Admin user to create: admin@zimbra-demo.com
** 4) Admin Password UNSET
5) Anti-virus quarantine user: virus-quarantine.h4n6gggw@zimbra-demo.com
6) Enable automated spam training: yes
7) Spam training user: spam.wv02wfpi@zimbra-demo.com
8) Non-spam(Ham) training user: ham.c4zyg7r9m@zimbra-demo.com
9) SMTP host: mail.zimbra-demo.com
10) Web server HTTP port: 8080
11) Web server HTTPS port: 8443
12) Web server mode: https
13) IMAP server port: 7143
14) IMAP server SSL port: 7993
15) POP server port: 7110
16) POP server SSL port: 7995
17) Use spell check server: yes
18) Spell server URL: http://mail.zimbra-demo.com:7780/aspell.php
19) Enable version update checks: TRUE
20) Enable version update notifications: TRUE
21) Version update notification email: admin@zimbra-demo.com
22) Version update source email: admin@zimbra-demo.com
23) Install mailstore (service webapp): yes
24) Install UI (zimbra,zimbraAdmin webapps): yes
Select, or 'r' for previous menu [r] 4
Now set password for the admin user.
Password for admin@zimbra-demo.com (min 6 characters): [gbjep4Py1] zimbra.123 Store configuration 1) Status: Enabled 2) Create Admin User: yes 3) Admin user to create: admin@zimbra-demo.com 4) Admin Password set 5) Anti-virus quarantine user: virus-quarantine.h4n6gggw@zimbra-demo.com 6) Enable automated spam training: yes 7) Spam training user: spam.wv02wfpi@zimbra-demo.com 8) Non-spam(Ham) training user: ham.c4zyg7r9m@zimbra-demo.com 9) SMTP host: mail.zimbra-demo.com 10) Web server HTTP port: 8080 11) Web server HTTPS port: 8443 12) Web server mode: https 13) IMAP server port: 7143 14) IMAP server SSL port: 7993 15) POP server port: 7110 16) POP server SSL port: 7995 17) Use spell check server: yes 18) Spell server URL: http://mail.zimbra-demo.com:7780/aspell.php 19) Enable version update checks: TRUE 20) Enable version update notifications: TRUE 21) Version update notification email: admin@zimbra-demo.com 22) Version update source email: admin@zimbra-demo.com 23) Install mailstore (service webapp): yes 24) Install UI (zimbra,zimbraAdmin webapps): yes Select, or 'r' for previous menu [r] r
Now, enter ‘r’ to return to previous menu.
Main menu 1) Common Configuration: 2) zimbra-ldap: Enabled 3) zimbra-logger: Enabled 4) zimbra-mta: Enabled 5) zimbra-snmp: Enabled 6) zimbra-store: Enabled 7) zimbra-spell: Enabled 8) zimbra-proxy: Enabled 9) Default Class of Service Configuration: s) Save config to file x) Expand menu q) Quit
Configuration is complete now. Press ‘a’ to apply and type ‘yes’ to complete the setup.
*** CONFIGURATION COMPLETE - press 'a' to apply Select from menu, or press 'a' to apply config (? - help) a Save configuration data to a file? [Yes] yes Save config in file: [/opt/zimbra/config.31029] Saving config in /opt/zimbra/config.31029...done. The system will be modified - continue? [No] yes Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.20160804-170455.log Setting local config values...done. Initializing core config...Setting up CA...done. Deploying CA to /opt/zimbra/conf/ca ...done. Creating SSL zimbra-store certificate...done. Creating new zimbra-ldap SSL certificate...done. Creating new zimbra-mta SSL certificate...done. Creating new zimbra-proxy SSL certificate...done. Installing mailboxd SSL certificates...done. Installing MTA SSL certificates...done. Installing LDAP SSL certificate...done. Installing Proxy SSL certificate...done. Initializing ldap...done. Setting replication password...done. Setting Postfix password...done. Setting amavis password...done. Setting nginx password...done. Setting BES searcher password...done. Creating server entry for mail.zimbra-demo.com...done. Setting Zimbra IP Mode...done. Saving CA in ldap...done. Saving SSL Certificate in ldap...done. Setting spell check URL...done. Setting service ports on mail.zimbra-demo.com...done. Setting zimbraFeatureTasksEnabled=TRUE...done. Setting zimbraFeatureBriefcasesEnabled=TRUE...done. Checking current setting of zimbraReverseProxyAvailableLookupTargets Querying LDAP for other mailstores Searching LDAP for reverseProxyLookupTargets...done. Adding mail.zimbra-demo.com to zimbraReverseProxyAvailableLookupTargets Setting TimeZone Preference...done. Initializing mta config...done. Setting services on mail.zimbra-demo.com...done. Adding mail.zimbra-demo.com to zimbraMailHostPool in default COS...done. Creating domain zimbra-demo.com...done. Setting default domain name...done. Creating domain zimbra-demo.com...already exists. Creating admin account admin@zimbra-demo.com...done. Creating root alias...done. Creating postmaster alias...done. Creating user spam.wv02wfpi@zimbra-demo.com...done. Creating user ham.c4zyg7r9m@zimbra-demo.com...done. Creating user virus-quarantine.h4n6gggw@zimbra-demo.com...done. Setting spam training and Anti-virus quarantine accounts...done. Initializing store sql database...done. Setting zimbraSmtpHostname for mail.zimbra-demo.com...done. Configuring SNMP...done. Setting up syslog.conf...done. Starting servers...done. Installing common zimlets... com_zimbra_mailarchive...done. com_zimbra_srchhighlighter...done. com_zimbra_viewmail...done. com_zimbra_attachmail...done. com_zimbra_url...done. com_zimbra_ymemoticons...done. com_zimbra_cert_manager...done. com_zimbra_proxy_config... com_zimbra_url...done. com_zimbra_ymemoticons...done. com_zimbra_cert_manager...done. com_zimbra_proxy_config...done. com_zimbra_adminversioncheck...done. com_zimbra_tooltip...done. com_zimbra_date...done. com_zimbra_webex...done. com_zimbra_email...done. com_zimbra_bulkprovision...done. com_zimbra_attachcontacts...done. com_zimbra_phone...done. com_zimbra_clientuploader...done. Finished installing common zimlets. Restarting mailboxd...done. Creating galsync account for default domain...done. You have the option of notifying Zimbra of your installation. This helps us to track the uptake of the Zimbra Collaboration Server. The only information that will be transmitted is: The VERSION of zcs installed (8.7.0_GA_1659_UBUNTU16_64) The ADMIN EMAIL ADDRESS created (admin@zimbra-demo.com) Notify Zimbra of your installation? [Yes] Notifying Zimbra of installation via http://www.zimbra.com/cgi-bin/notify.cgi?VER=8.7.0_GA_1659_UBUNTU16_64&MAIL=admin@zimbra-demo.com Notification complete Setting up zimbra crontab...done. Moving /tmp/zmsetup.20160804-154559.log to /opt/zimbra/log Configuration complete - press return to exit
Zimbra installation is now complete. Access admin console using your favorite web browser at https://mail.zimbra-demo.com:7071
Click 'Sign In', You will be redirected to Zimbra admin dashboard.
Access web console using your favorite web browser at https://mail.zimbra-demo.com:7071
Click 'Sign In', you will be inside admin mailbox.
You may get the following error while trying to access the above URLs.
Problem accessing ZCS upstream server. Reason: Cannot connect to the ZCS upstream server. Connection timeout. Possible reasons: upstream server is blocked by a firewall upstream server is failing to send back the response in time upstream server is down Please contact your ZCS administrator to fix the problem. Powered by Nginx-Zimbra://
Access the URL using curl results in same 504 gateway time-out error
zimbra@mail:/root$ curl -I -k https://mail.zimbra-demo.com HTTP/1.1 504 Gateway Time-out Server: nginx Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 01:45:12 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 1193 Connection: keep-alive ETag: "5760599a-4a9"
This is due to upstream server is taking more time than the configured timeout value and as a result client closed the upstream connection. Change the timeout values to a higher value. Execute the following two command to ignore failures that disconnects to mailbox servers and also to immediately reconnect to all mailbox server on any failure.
root@mail:~$ su zimbra zimbra@mail:~$ cd /opt/zimbra/bin zimbra@mail:~/bin$ ./zmprov mcf zimbraMailProxyReconnectTimeout 0 zimbra@mail:~/bin$ ./zmprov mcf zimbraMailProxyMaxFails 0
Restart proxies to regenerate the nginx config files with the updated values for 'fail_timeout' & 'max_fails'.
zimbra@mail:~/bin$ zmproxyctl restart
Stopping proxy...done.
Starting proxy...done.
Try to access the mail URL using CURL.
zimbra@mail:~/bin$ curl -I -k https://mail.zimbra-demo.com HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 02:17:16 GMT Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 0 Connection: keep-alive X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN Expires: -1 Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0 Pragma: no-cache Content-Language: en-US Set-Cookie: ZM_TEST=true;Secure Vary: User-Agent X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge
Now you will be able to connect to the mail server .
4. Configure firewall
ZCS uses a lot of ports to offer its services. It is upon you to decide which services you want to restrict from public domain or which are offered to public. A full list of port number used by ZCS can be found here https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Ports Lets say you want to access zimbra admin console from outside your network i.e from public domain then you are going to add the following rules depending on which firewall you are using.
# sudo ufw allow 7071/tcp OR # sudo iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 7071 -j ACCEPT
By default you want open the following ports for public access.
25 80 110 143 443 465 587 993 995 3443 9071
Now start the firewall.
# service ufw enable OR # service iptables start
5. Zimbra commands
You can control zimbra server using command zmcontrol for starting/stopping zimbra server.
Stop the server using following command.
zimbra@mail:~$ zmcontrol stop Host mail.zimbra-demo.com Stopping zmconfigd...Done. Stopping zimlet webapp...Done. Stopping zimbraAdmin webapp...Done. Stopping zimbra webapp...Done. Stopping service webapp...Done. Stopping stats...Done. Stopping mta...Done. Stopping spell...Done. Stopping snmp...Done. Stopping cbpolicyd...Done. Stopping archiving...Done. Stopping opendkim...Done. Stopping amavis...Done. Stopping antivirus...Done. Stopping antispam...Done. Stopping proxy...Done. Stopping memcached...Done. Stopping mailbox...Done. Stopping logger...Done. Stopping dnscache...Done. Stopping ldap...Done.
Start the server using following command.
root@mail:~# su zimbra
zimbra@mail:/root$ zmcontrol start
Host mail.zimbra-demo.com Starting ldap...Done. Starting zmconfigd...Done. Starting logger...Done. Starting mailbox...Done. Starting memcached...Done. Starting proxy...Done. Starting amavis...Done. Starting antispam...Done. Starting antivirus...Done. Starting opendkim...Done. Starting snmp...Done. Starting spell...Done. Starting mta...Done. Starting stats...Done. Starting service webapp...Done. Starting zimbra webapp...Done. Starting zimbraAdmin webapp...Done. Starting zimlet webapp...Done.
Find the status of zimbra server.
zimbra@mail:/root$ zmcontrol status
Host mail.zimbra-demo.com amavis Running antispam Running antivirus Running ldap Running logger Running mailbox Running memcached Running mta Running opendkim Running proxy Running service webapp Running snmp Stopped zmswatch is not running. spell Running stats Running zimbra webapp Running zimbraAdmin webapp Running zimlet webapp Running zmconfigd Running
zmbackup – Takes full backups and incremental backups of mail host.
zmclamdctl – Start, stop and find the status of Clam AV.
zmlocalconfig – To set or get the local configuration of a Zimbra server for tuning zimbra.
zmloggerctl – Start, stop, reload and find the status of the Zimbra logger service.
Conclusion
Although zimbra comes with lot of features, it consumes a lot of server resources. So it is advisable to install it in a server that matches the basic requirements like at least 4GB RAM, 2GHz. processor speed etc. The advantages of using zimbra are many - zimbra is open source, it has powerful admin tool, reliable message threading, BES support, extends zimbras's functionality with zimlets, spam protection, virus protection and above all you are retaining the data. So whatever is the requirement for mail server in a business environment, zimbra is likely to deliver efficiently.
Thank you very much, it was very useful.
By the way, it only worked until I changed the file /etc/bind/db.x.x.x and replaced:
NS mail..
1 PTR localhost.
I hope this helps.
This actually was really confusing, as it assumes you already have all the knowledge to create the server.
For instance bind9's configs, they were specific to the environment, however that entire piece of information was left out
Thank you, i can install it now can u make another tutorial for this ubuntu