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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Zimbra Mail Server installation on linux Centos 7 with configuration of ldap dns and dhcp step by step with screenshots

Zimbra Mail Server Installation on Linux Centos 7 with Configuration of LDAP  DNS and DHCP with Complete step by step Screenshots (PART II) 



   1.8  Install the Zimbra Mail Server

         1.8.1  Set the Configurations to Install Zimbra Mail Server

First you have to login as a root. Then give this following command.
# yum -y install unzip net-tools sysstat openssh-clients perl-core libaio nmap-ncat libstdc++.so.6
Then disable the SELINUX 

#getenforce
# setenforce 0





 You can permanently disable the selinux by editing the config file
To do that go to the “/etc/selinux/config” and edit the configurations in this figure.




To install the Zimbra in the internet your server must install the “WGET” package

# yum install wget




The centos7 have some services incompatible with Zimbra So you must erase otherwise Zimbra service will not run properly.
 Disable and erase the postfix daemon

# systemctl stop postfix
# systemctl disable postfix
# yum remove postfix






           1.8.2  Download and Unzip the Zimbra Install File

Give this link to download the Zimbra installer. You can download any place you want
To create the directory give “MKDIR temp”

#wgethttps://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.6.0_GA/zcs-8.6.0_GA_1153.RHEL7_64.20141215151110.tgz






Then Unzip the downloaded file
# tar xfz zcs-8.6.0_GA_1153.RHEL7_64.20141215151110.tgz



Then go to the directory
# cd zcs-8.6.0_GA_1153.RHEL7_64.20141215151110


        1.8.3  Install the Zimbra Mail Server

After the unzipping the file inside that directory you can find “install.sh” then run it

#./install.sh

Then it will start the installation. Do the installation as below figures shown.





Give yes to install the Zimbra ldap


 Installation prompt to install packages give “Y” to install





Installation will show you summary of the Zimbra configuration.









After successfully installed Zimbra you must log to the Zimbra user and give this command to start the Zimbra service.

# su Zimbra

#Zmcontrol start



You can log into your mail server using host name or IP address if you want to log into using hostname must enable the named service and add the MX record to the forward file.

https://10.0.2.5:7071


Then give the admin password and name to login the admin page of the Zimbra mail server.








              1.8.4  Create a New Mail User

Log into the admin control and select the “Add account”
Then give the name and password to create the new email user account in Zimbra.








            1.8.5  Add the MX Record to the Forward File

To log to the Zimbra using hostname you must add record to the forward file in named directory.

# cd/var/named/
#vim forward.csa.lk

Centos7-server.csa.lk IN MX 10 10.0.2.5



    1.9  Set up the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) 

This is the ldap structure i am going to add to the configurations.You can change the this structure if you want.




LDAP is software protocol to share directory information passwords to the different location clients.

         1.9.1  Configure Zimbra Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Give this command to install the necessary packages to install the Zimbra ldap

# yum -y install epel-release
# yum install -y phpldapadmin






Then change the configurations in this figure shown.


# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpldapadmin.conf







Then configure the Config.php


# vim /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php














             1.9.2  Creating LDAP Accounts

                       1.9.2.1   Creating Main City’s






                      1.9.2.2   Creating User Accounts to the City’s














              1.9.3  Create New Domain for LDAP












            1.9.4   Set the New Users Using LDAP














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