Installing Zimbra on VServer

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Installation on VServer

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

WARNING - Upgrading Zimbra will overwrite all of these files - you must patch them after installing and each upgrade.

Debian and VServers

Gotchas

Unix file(1) utility

A base Debian vserver doesn't have a "file" utility installed by default. This is needed by amavis. Install it by typing:

apt-get install file

/etc/hosts

Make sure you have a localhost entry and also an entry with your primary IP. For example:

127.0.0.1       localhost
123.123.123.123 mail.somehost.zimbra

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.

Postfix

In postfix/conf/master.cf

1.2.3.4:10025 inet n  -       n       -       -  smtpd
 -o mynetworks=127.0.0.1/8,1.2.3.4

Where 1.2.3.4 is your real IP number (not 127.0.0.1).

In postfix/conf/main.cf

content_filter = smtp-amavis:[1.2.3.4]:10024

Recently you also have to change zmmta.conf in /opt/zimbra/conf

POSTCONF content_filter smtp-amavis:[203.18.242.10]:10024

or your changes will keep getting overwritten.

Security limits (SuSE OSS 10.0 vserver)

Edit /etc/security/limits.conf and comment the last two lines - otherwise the su command won't work and the installation will fail.

# End of file
#zimbra soft nofile 10000
#zimbra hard nofile 10000

Rerun /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmsetup.pl to complete the setup.

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...

You may also need to change BIND address and the two services back to postfix (10025 port). Basically look for 127.0.0.1.

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