How to install and configure zimbra multi server

In small system, to install zimbra All-in-one in single server mail .In medium and large system zimbra mail server, to install and configure multi server (the more ldap, mta , mailbox install in server separate). in this my post, the tutorial install and configure zimbra multi server and  use demo zimbra 8.6 Let's go!





My Lab:

Zimbra ldap
Hostname: ldap.huuphan.local
ip address: 192.168.131.11

Zimbra MTA
Hostname: mta.huuphan.local
ip address: 192.168.131.12

Zimbra Mailbox
Hostname: mailbox.huuphan.local
ip address: 192.168.131.13


Zimbra Proxy
Hostname: proxy.huuphan.local
ip address: 192.168.131.14

The requirement zimbra mail server

*The DNS  mx records point to zimbra mail server to recive mail from internet. A records to resolve hostnames.

*Firewall allow to ports of zimbra or disable firewall the example use to iptable.

*Note: In this my post, using dns bind the external server for zimbra mail server. How To Install the BIND DNS Server on CentOS 6. 

To prepare for all servers ( ldap, mta, mailbox server )

To configrue ip address static.

# vim /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

The output:

DEVICE=eth1
TYPE=Ethernet
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=no
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.131.11
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.131.2
DNS=192.168.131.10 (ex: my dns)
DNS1=8.8.8.8
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no

To configrue /etc/resolv.conf file.

#vim /etc/resolv.conf

The output:

; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
search huuphan.local
nameserver 192.168.131.10 (IP address of DNS server)

To configrue /etc/sysconfig/network file.

# vim /etc/sysconfig/network

The output:

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=ldap (hostname of server. ex: ldap or mailbox)

To configure /etc/hosts file.

# vim /etc/hosts

The output:

192.168.131.10 ns1.huuphan.local ns1
192.168.131.11 ldap.huuphan.local ldap
192.168.131.12 mta.huuphan.local mta
192.168.131.13 mailbox.huuphan.local mailbox
192.168.131.14 proxy.huuphan.local proxy

To restart services and reboot server.

# service network restart
# reboot

The first, installing the package for server all ( ldap, mta, mailbox)

To install the dependency.

#yum -y update
#yum -y install perl perl-core wget screen w3m elinks openssh-clients openssh-server unzip nmap sed nc sysstat libaio rsync telnet aspell ntp openssh-clients

Disable service sendmail, postfix or SELINUX.

#sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/' /etc/sysconfig/selinux
#setenforce 0
#service iptables stop
#service ip6tables stop
#chkconfig iptables off
#chkconfig ip6tables off
#service sendmail stop
#service postfix stop
#chkconfig sendmail off
#chkconfig postfix off

To configure NTP server for syn clock the zimbra server

# ntpdate pool.ntp.org
# date -u
# service ntpd start
# chkconfig ntpd on

*Note: Firewall allow to ports of zimbra or disable firewall the example use to iptable how to.

Installing zimbra LDAP.

Installing zimbra MTA.

Installing zimbra mailbox.
Installing zimbra proxy.

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