zimbra 8.5.0 install on centos and linux 7

This tutorial describes how to setup a local Yum repository on CentOS 7 system. Also, the same steps should work on RHEL and Scientific Linux 7 systems too.
If you have to install software, security updates and fixes often in multiple systems in your local network, then having a local repository is an efficient way. Because all required packages are downloaded over the fast LAN connection from your local server, so that it will save your Internet bandwidth and reduces your annual cost of Internet.
In this tutorial, I use two systems as described below:
Yum Server OS         : CentOS 7 (Minimal Install)
Yum Server IP Address : 192.168.0.53
Prerequisites
First, mount your CentOS 7 installation DVD. For example, let us mount the installation media on /mnt directory.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
Now the CentOS installation DVD is mounted under /mnt directory. Next install vsftpd package and let the packages available over FTP to your local clients.
To do that change to /mnt/Packages directory:
cd /mnt/Packages/
Now install vsftpd package:
rpm -ivh vsftpd-3.0.2-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Enable and start vsftpd service:
systemctl enable vsftpd
systemctl start vsftpd
We need a package called “createrepo”  to create our local repository. So let us install it too.
If you did a minimal CentOS installation, then you might need to install the following dependencies first:
rpm -ivh libxml2-python-2.9.1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh deltarpm-3.6-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh python-deltarpm-3.6-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
Now install “createrepo” package:
rpm -ivh createrepo-0.9.9-23.el7.noarch.rpm
Build Local Repository
It’s time to build our local repository. Create a storage directory to store all packages from CentOS DVD’s.
As I noted above, we are going to use a FTP server to serve all packages to client systems. So let us create a storage location in our FTP server pub directory.
mkdir /var/ftp/pub/localrepo
Now, copy all the files from CentOS DVD(s) i.e from /mnt/Packages/ directory to the “localrepo” directory:
cp -ar /mnt/Packages/*.* /var/ftp/pub/localrepo/
Again, mount the CentOS installation DVD 2 and copy all the files to/var/ftp/pub/localrepo directory.
Once you copied all the files, create a repository file called “localrepo.repo” under/etc/yum.repos.d/ directory and add the following lines into the file. You can name this file as per your liking:
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/localrepo.repo
Add the following lines:
[localrepo]
name=Unixmen Repository
baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/localrepo
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
Note: Use three slashes(///) in the baseurl.
Now, start building local repository:
createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub/localrepo/
Now the repository building process will start.
Sample Output:
Now, list out the repositories using the following command:
yum repolist
Sample Output:
repo id                                                                    repo name                                                                     status
base/7/x86_64                                                              CentOS-7 - Base                                                               8,465
extras/7/x86_64                                                            CentOS-7 - Extras                                                                30
localrepo                                                                  Unixmen Repository                                                            3,538
updates/7/x86_64                                                           CentOS-7 - Updates                                                              726
Clean the Yum cache and update the repository lists:
yum clean all
yum update
After creating the repository, disable or rename the existing repositories if you only want to install packages from the local repository itself.
Alternatively, you can install packages only from the local repository by mentioning the repository as shown below.
yum install --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="localrepo" httpd
Sample Output:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1 for package: httpd-2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /etc/mime.types for package: httpd-2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libaprutil-1.so.0()(64bit) for package: httpd-2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libapr-1.so.0()(64bit) for package: httpd-2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package apr.x86_64 0:1.4.8-3.el7 will be installed
---> Package apr-util.x86_64 0:1.5.2-6.el7 will be installed
---> Package httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1 will be installed
---> Package mailcap.noarch 0:2.1.41-2.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

===============================================================================================================================================================
 Package                              Arch                            Version                                         Repository                          Size
===============================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 httpd                                x86_64                          2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1                           localrepo                          2.7 M
Installing for dependencies:
 apr                                  x86_64                          1.4.8-3.el7                                     localrepo                          103 k
 apr-util                             x86_64                          1.5.2-6.el7                                     localrepo                           92 k
 httpd-tools                          x86_64                          2.4.6-17.el7.centos.1                           localrepo                           77 k
 mailcap                              noarch                          2.1.41-2.el7                                    localrepo                           31 k

Transaction Summary
===============================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package (+4 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 3.0 M
Installed size: 10 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]:
Disable Firewall And SELinux:
As we are going to use the local repository only in our local area network, there is no need for firewall and SELinux. So, to reduce the complexity, I disabled both Firewalld and SELInux.
To disable the Firewalld, enter the following commands:
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable firewalld
To disable SELinux, edit file /etc/sysconfig/selinux,
vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux
Set SELINUX=disabled.
[...]
SELINUX=disabled
[...]
Reboot your server to take effect the changes.







Usually, i am always using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as operating system for Zimbra Mail Server. But, starting from Zimbra 9.x.x, SLES has been deprecated (end of life) and may be will not supported by Zimbra. Therefore, i attempt to using CentOS as operating system for Zimbra. For easy understanding, this is my information system
Domain     : example.com
Hostname   : mail
IP Address : 192.168.0.53
# Configure Network
First, we must configure network on CentOS. Assuming name of your network interface is eth0
view sourceprint?
1.vi/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=no
BOOTPROTO=none
IPADDR=192.168.0.53
NETMASK=255.255.252.0
DNS1=192.168.0.53
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
DNS2=192.168.26.2
USERCTL=no
Restart network service and setup for automatic boot
1.service network restart
2.chkconfig network on
# Configure Disable Selinux & Firewall
Open file /etc/sysconfig/selinux and change SELINUX=enforcing become SELINUX=disabled. Also disable some service such as iptables, ip6tables and firewalld.
1.setenforce 0
2.service firewalld stop
3.service iptables stop
4.service ip6tables stop
5.systemctl disable firewalld
6.systemctl disable iptables
7.systemctl disable ip6tables
# Configure /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and hostname
Open file /etc/hosts and configure as follows
127.0.0.1     localhost
192.168.0.53 mail.example.com mail
Open file /etc/resolv.conf and configure as follows
search example.com
nameserver 192.168.0.53
nameserver 192.168.26.2
nameserver 8.8.8.8
Do the following command as root
1.hostname mail.example.com
2.echo "HOSTNAME=mail.example.com" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
# Disable service sendmail or postfix
Do the following command as root
1.service sendmail stop
2.service postfix stop
3.systemctl disable sendmail
4.systemctl disable postfix
# Update repo and install package dependency by Zimbra
1.yum update
2.yum -y install perl perl-core wget screenw3m elinks openssh-clients openssh-server bind bind-utils unzip nmap sednc sysstat libaio rsync telnet aspell
# Configure local DNS Server
Zimbra needed lookup to MX records on domain that used. For that purpose, we can configure dns server on machine of Zimbra mail server
Open file /etc/named.conf and add any on listen-on port 53 and allow-query as follows
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.0.53; };
allow-query     { localhost; 192.168.0.53; };
Create a zone on the bottom of file named.conf as follows
zone "example.com" IN {
type master;
file "db.example.com";
allow-update { none; };
};
Create database for new zone has been created on folder /var/named/
1.touch /var/named/db.example.com
2.chgrp named /var/named/db.example.com
3.vi /var/named/db.example.com
fill as follows
$TTL 1D
@       IN SOA  mail.example.com. root.. (
                                        0       ; serial
                                        1D      ; refresh
                                        1H      ; retry
                                        1W      ; expire
                                        3H )    ; minimum
@       IN      NS      mail.example.com.
@       IN      MX      0 mail.example.com.
mail    IN      A       192.168.0.53
# Restart Service & Check results configuring DNS Server
1.service named restart
2.systemctl enable named
3.nslookup mail.example.com
4.dig example.com mx
If results from above command as follows, your configuration dns has been success
[root@mail opt]# nslookup mail.example.com
Server:         192.168.0.53
Address:        192.168.0.53#53
Name: mail.example.com
Address: 192.168.0.53
Preparation for install Zimbra has been finished. Now we can install zimbra and will explained on next section 





1.cd /opt/
After finished download, extract Zimbra, cd to folder result of extract and install Zimbra
1.tar -zxvf zcs-8.5.0_GA_3042.RHEL7_64.20140828204420.tgz
2.cd zcs-8.5.0_GA_3042.RHEL7_64.20140828204420
3.sh install.sh
type Y if asking license agreement
Do you agree with the terms of the software license agreement? [N] Y
Select the packages to install like follows
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
Type Y if asked The system will be modified.  Continue?
if get message like follows, enter or type Yes and change domain name
DNS ERROR resolving MX for mail.example.com
It is suggested that the domain name have an MX record configured in DNS
Change domain name? [Yes] Yes
Create domain: [mail.example.com] example.com
if you not change domain name on above section, your domain name will become mail.example.com and email of account will become user@mail.example.com. Type 6 and then press key enter to change password of admin account and type again 4 and then press key enter. Insert your password that you want
   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@example.com            
******* +Admin Password                        UNSET                         
        +Anti-virus quarantine user:           virus-quarantine.dgnsq8ewc@example.com
......
......
Address unconfigured (**) items  (? - help) 6
Store configuration
 
   1) Status:                                  Enabled                       
   2) Create Admin User:                       yes                           
   3) Admin user to create:                    admin@example.com            
** 4) Admin Password                           UNSET                         
   5) Anti-virus quarantine user:              virus-quarantine.dgnsq8ewc@example.com
......
......
Select, or 'r' for previous menu [r] 4
 
Password for admin@example.com (min 6 characters): [s8eNUeOms] Verys3cr3t
After insert password, Select, or ‘r’ for previous menu. If all has been configured, apply configuration and wait a moment until zimbra finished install
*** 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.24648] 
Saving config in /opt/zimbra/config.24648...done.
The system will be modified - continue? [No] Yes
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup10052014-214606.log
Type Yes if asked Notify Zimbra of your installation? and if has been appear Configuration complete – press return to exit, your zimbra installation has been finished. Check Zimbra status with this command su – zimbra -c “zmcontrol status” and make sure all service running well. You can also trying access webmail via browser on url https://ZimbraServer
Congratulations, you have been finished install Zimbra 8.5 on CentOS 7. After install, you can improve anti spam 




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