In this tutorial we are going to provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure Zimbra mail server on a CentOS 7 VPS. Zimbra is an enterprise-class open source email collaboration software.
Before we start with the installation procedure, we need to install the required packages:
yum install sudo openssh-clients libaio unzip net-tools sysstat perl-core nmap-ncat libstdc++.so.6
Install Zimbra:
Download the latest version of Zimbra from the official website at https://www.zimbra.com/downloads/zimbra-collaboration-open-source/archives/ , then extract it:
cd /opt wget https://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.7.10_GA/zcs-8.7.10_GA_1829.RHEL7_64.20170524161336.tgz tar xfz zcs-8.7.10_GA_1829.RHEL7_64.20170524161336.tgz
Run the install script:
cd zcs-8.7* ./install.sh
Follow the easy instructions and install Zimbra packages:
Do you agree with the terms of the software license agreement? [N] Y Use Zimbra's package repository [Y] Y install the zimbra packages, press Y to install the packages you need, e.g.: Select the packages to install Select the packages to install Install zimbra-ldap [Y] y Install zimbra-logger [Y] y Install zimbra-mta [Y] y Install zimbra-dnscache [Y] y Install zimbra-snmp [Y] n 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 Install zimbra-chat [Y] n Install zimbra-drive [Y] n
The system will be modified. Continue? [N] y
Main menu
1) Common Configuration:
2) zimbra-ldap: Enabled
3) zimbra-logger: Enabled
4) zimbra-mta: Enabled
5) zimbra-dnscache: 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.yourdomain.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.yourdomain.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
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
Please note, when configuring Zimbra, you need to use the actual hostname of your server, not ‘mail.yourdomain.com’.
Store configuration 1) Status: Enabled 2) Create Admin User: yes 3) Admin user to create: [email protected] ** 4) Admin Password UNSET 5) Anti-virus quarantine user: [email protected] 6) Enable automated spam training: yes 7) Spam training user: [email protected] 8) Non-spam(Ham) training user: [email protected] 9) SMTP host: mail.yourdomain.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.yourdomain.com:7780/aspell.php 19) Enable version update checks: TRUE 20) Enable version update notifications: TRUE 21) Version update notification email: [email protected] 22) Version update source email: [email protected] 23) Install mailstore (service webapp): yes 24) Install UI (zimbra,zimbraAdmin webapps): yes Select, or 'r' for previous menu [r] 4
Set an administrator password:
Password for [email protected] (min 6 characters): [3GsHkCmZF] Enter a strong password
Select, or 'r' for previous menu [r] r
Main menu 1) Common Configuration: 2) zimbra-ldap: Enabled 3) zimbra-logger: Enabled 4) zimbra-mta: Enabled 5) zimbra-dnscache: 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 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.5540] Saving config in /opt/zimbra/config.5540...done. The system will be modified - continue? [No] Yes Configuration complete - press return to exit
Configure memcached to listen on localhost only:
su - zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmprov ms 'zmhostname' zimbraMemcachedBindAddress 127.0.0.1 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmprov ms 'zmhostname' zimbraMemcachedClientServerList 127.0.0.1
Restart memcached for the changes to take effect:
zmmemcachedctl restart exit
Log in to the Zimbra administration back-end at https://yourdomain.com:7071:
Once logged in, install a new SSL certificate (a self-signed or commercially signed certificate), add your domain and create a new user account/accounts, email accounts etc.
That is it. Zimbra is successfully installed on CenOS 7.
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Thanks, it’s very usefull for me although I use Zimbra 8.8.7! please make tutorial about Zimbra 8.8.7! 🙂