How to install Zimbra mail Server?

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Zimbra single server environment, all services are on one server, and during installation the computer is configured to partition the disk to accommodate each of the services. The Zimbra server is a dedicated server that manages all of the mailbox contents, including messages, contacts, calendar, and attachments. Messages are received from the Zimbra MTA server and then passed through any filters that have been created. Messages are then indexed and deposited into the correct mailbox.

• Install/update the system, prepare required files

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[root@ljsh ~]#yum update
[root@ljsh ~]#yum install curl fetchmail libxml2 openssl perl sysstat sqlite sudowget nc libstdc++.i686

• Stop postfix and disable it from auto run on boot:

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[root@ljsh ~]#/etc/init.d/postfix stop
[root@ljsh ~]#service iptables stop
[root@ljsh ~]#chkconfig postfix off

• To Disable SElinux:

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[root@ljsh ~]#vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux
SELINUX=disabled

• Edit the following file to include mail.yourdomain.com for IP address(xx.xx.xx.xx)

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[root@ljsh ~]#vi /etc/hosts

xx.xx.xx.xx    mail.yourdomain.com  mail

[root@ljsh ~]#vi /etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=mail.servermates.com

• Comment out the following lines in /etc/sudoers file using “visudo” command

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Defaults    requiretty
Defaults:zimbra !requiretty

• Installing Zimbra 8.0.1 Opensource

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[root@ljsh ~]#cd /usr/local/src
[root@ljsh ~]#wget http://files2.zimbra.com/downloads/8.0.1_GA/zcs-NETWORK-8.0.1_GA_5438.RHEL6_64.20121105164510.tgz
[root@ljsh ~]#tar -zxvf zcs-NETWORK-8.0.1_GA_5438.RHEL6_64.20121105164510.tgz
[root@ljsh ~]#cd zcs-NETWORK-8.0.1_GA_5438.RHEL6_64.20121105164510
[root@ljsh ~]#./install.sh --platform-override
NOTE: The Zimbra installation script checks if the distro is RHEL. To ignore that and install on CentOS, you must use “–platform-override”

If you have an zimbra license use the following command:

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[root@ljsh ~]#./install.sh --platform-override -l ZCSLicense.xml

• To Check zimbra status:

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[root@ljsh ~]#su - zimbra
[root@ljsh ~]#zmcontrol status

• To stop and start zimbra:

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[root@ljsh ~]#su - zimbra
[root@ljsh ~]#zmcontrol stop
[root@ljsh ~]#zmcontrol start

• To access the admin console:

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https://yourdomain.com:7071  OR  https://yourip:7071

• To access Zimbra web client:

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https://yourdomain.com

• To reset the Zimbra Admin password:

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[root@ljsh ~]#su - zimbra
[root@ljsh ~]#zmprov sp admin@mail.servermates.com new_password

• To get a list of all administrators:

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[root@ljsh ~]#su - zimbra
[root@ljsh ~]#zmprov gaaa

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