Installing Zimbra on VServer

Installation on VServer

These instructions are specifically for Debian VServers, but should be able to be applied to just about any system

Gotchas

localhost

The Zimbra logger process doesn't seem to startup. "zmcontrol status" on my system shows:

vserver:~# /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol status Host vserver.somedomain

       antispam                Stopped
       antivirus               Stopped
       ldap                    Running
       logger                  Stopped
       mailbox                 Stopped
       mta                     Stopped
       snmp                    Stopped
       spell                   Running

vserver:~#

The logger uses MySQL. I'm guessing there is some problem with privileges and/or connecting to localhost in the "mysql" database. Just a hunch though.

Amavis

Edit /opt/zimbra/amavisd/sbin/amavisd (main Perl script) and explicitly add the IP address of the Zimbra VServer to the "inet_acl" line. I.e:

@inet_acl = qw( 127.0.0.1 123.123.123.123 [::1] ); # allow SMTP access only from localhost

Postfix should then be able to talk to Amavis...