Setup Zimbra 8.8.6 on CentOS 7

dbeato

I setup a Zimbra VM in Google Cloud Compute as below:

Firewall rules as below now:

Login to your CentOS 7 Server
Run the following command

yum -y install unzip net-tools sysstat openssh-clients perl-core libaio nmap-ncat wget libreoffice-headless libreoffice bind-utils libstdc++.so.6

Setup the Hostname of the server

hostnamectl set-hostname mail

Setup local hostname for external server

echo "10.0.4.x mail.domain.com mail " >> /etc/hosts

Download Zimbra Installer

 wget https://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.8.6_GA/zcs-8.8.6_GA_1906.RHEL7_64.20171130041047.tgz

Extract and access the installer

tar xzvf zcs-8.8.6_GA_1906.RHEL7_64.20171130041047.tgz
cd zcs-8.8.6_GA_1906.RHEL7_64.20171130041047

Start the install process

sudo ./install.sh

Go through the installation settings

 Operations logged to /tmp/install.log.y1YeCSI5
Checking for existing installation...
    zimbra-chat...NOT FOUND
    zimbra-drive...NOT FOUND
    zimbra-imapd...NOT FOUND
    zimbra-network-modules-ng...NOT FOUND
    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

- Then slect the packages you want to use
Checking for installable packages
Found zimbra-core (local)
Found zimbra-ldap (local)
Found zimbra-logger (local)
Found zimbra-mta (local)
Found zimbra-dnscache (local)
Found zimbra-snmp (local)
Found zimbra-store (local)
Found zimbra-apache (local)
Found zimbra-spell (local)
Found zimbra-convertd (local)
Found zimbra-memcached (repo)
Found zimbra-proxy (local)
Found zimbra-archiving (local)
Found zimbra-chat (repo)
Found zimbra-drive (repo)
Found zimbra-imapd (local)
Found zimbra-network-modules-ng (local)

Use Zimbra's package repository [Y] y
Use internal development repo [N] n
Configuring package repository
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-convertd [Y] y
Install zimbra-memcached [Y] y
Install zimbra-proxy [Y] y
Install zimbra-archiving [N] y
Install zimbra-chat [Y] n
Install zimbra-drive [Y] n
Install zimbra-imapd [Y] n

Checking required space for zimbra-core
Checking space for zimbra-store
Checking required packages for zimbra-store

Installing:
    zimbra-core
    zimbra-ldap
    zimbra-logger
    zimbra-mta
    zimbra-snmp
    zimbra-store
    zimbra-apache
    zimbra-spell
    zimbra-convertd
    zimbra-memcached
    zimbra-proxy
    zimbra-archiving


The system will be modified.  Continue? [N] y

Then add the domain you will be using such as domain.com

Select option 6 for setting up the Admin user password

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: [email protected]
******* +Admin Password UNSET
  +Anti-virus quarantine user: [email protected]
  +Enable automated spam training: yes
  +Spam training user: [email protected]

  +Non-spam(Ham) training user: [email protected]

  +SMTP host: mail.domain.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.domain.com:7780/aspell.php
  +Enable version update checks: TRUE
  +Enable version update notifications: TRUE
  +Version update notification email: [email protected]

  +Version update source email: [email protected]

  +Install mailstore (service webapp): yes
  +Install UI (zimbra,zimbraAdmin webapps): yes
******* +License filename: UNSET

  7) zimbra-spell: Enabled
  8) zimbra-convertd: Enabled
  9) zimbra-proxy: Enabled
  10) Default Class of Service Configuration:
  11) Enable default backup schedule: yes
  s) Save config to file
  x) Expand menu
  q) Quit

Address unconfigured (**) items (? - help)
Type r to return to the Main menu.

The store configuration menu displays.

Select the following from the store configuration menu:

Type 4 to set the Admin Password. The password must be six or more characters. Press Enter.
Type r to return to the Main menu.

If no other defaults need to be changed, type a to apply the configuration changes. Press Enter

*** CONFIGURATION COMPLETE - press 'a' to apply
Select from menu, or press 'a' to apply config (? - help

- Save configuration data to a file? [Yes]
- Save config in file: [/opt/zimbra/config.16039]
- Saving config in /opt/zimbra/config.16039...done.

The system will be modified - continue? [No] y
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.20160711-234517.log
Setting local config values...done.

Moving /tmp/zmsetup.20160711-234517.log to /opt/zimbra/log

Configuration complete - press return to exit

If behind NAT and on my case, setup MTA to do HostLookup Native

zmprov ms mtaserver.com zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native
zmprov mcf zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native
zmmtactl restart

Your ZImbra Server should be all set to be accessible and receive emails.

black3dynamite

If I were to set this up at home behind a Comcast gateway modem, I would need to setup MTA to do HostLookup Native?

black3dynamite

Does SELinux needs to be configured for Zimbra to work correctly?

dbeato

@black3dynamite said in Setup Zimbra 8.8.6 on CentOS 7:

If I were to set this up at home behind a Comcast gateway modem, I would need to setup MTA to do HostLookup Native?

Yes.

dbeato

@black3dynamite said in Setup Zimbra 8.8.6 on CentOS 7:

Does SELinux needs to be configured for Zimbra to work correctly?

My SELinux is setup as below:

dbeato

@black3dynamite said in Setup Zimbra 8.8.6 on CentOS 7:

If I were to set this up at home behind a Comcast gateway modem, I would need to setup MTA to do HostLookup Native?

And to clarify, that is if you don't want to do split DNS.