My Linux assignment

Zimbra Mail Server
Linux Basic Script

How to Install Zimbra on RedHat Enterprise 5

1-Disable your firewall and SELinux
2-stop service sendmail and httpd(if you had installed these services)
#service sendmail stop
#service httpd stop
#chkconfig --level 2345 sendmail off
#chkconfig --level 2345 httpd off
3-configure the hosts file
#vi /etc/hosts (enter text below)

       127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

       192.168.74.106 mailServer.not-late.com mailserver

4- configure resolv.conf file
#vi /etc/resolv.conf (enter text below, then save and exit)

nameserver 192.168.74.106

5- configure DNS or named.conf file (see this link: http://not-late.blogspot.com/2010/11/dns-bind-on-red-hat-linux-enterprise-5.html) make sure you can start and stop your named service
6- add record to named.conf file
#vi /etc/named.conf (enter text below at the bottom of your named file, then save and exit)

        zone "not-late.com" IN {

                type master;

                file "not-late.fz.db";

        };

        zone "74.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {

               type master;

               file "not-late.rev.db";

       };

7- create database zone file in /var/named/
7.a- create forward zone file

#vi /var/named/not-late.fz.db (enter text below, then save and exit)

$TTL 86400   @ IN SOA mailserver.not-late.com.    root.not-late.com. (

                                              42 ; serial (d. adams)

                                             3H ; refresh

                                          15M ; retry

                                            1W ; expiry

                                           1D ) ; minimum

          IN NS not-late.com.

          IN A 192.168.74.106

          IN MX 10 not-late.com.

7.b create reverse zone file
#vi /var/named/not-late.rev.db (enter text below, then save and exit)

$TTL 86400 @ IN SOA mailserver.not-late.com.     root.localhost. (

                                                         1997022700 ; Serial

                                                         28800 ; Refresh

                                                         14400 ; Retry

                                                         3600000 ; Expire

                                                         86400 ) ; Minimum

           IN NS not-late.com.

    106 IN PTR not-late.com.

8-Restart named service ( the result must be OK)

#service named restart

9- Testing your DNS to make sure it works

#dig not-late.com mx (Answer must be 1)

     ; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> not-late.com mx

    ;; global options: printcmd

    ;; Got answer:

    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18904

    ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:

    ;not-late.com. IN MX

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:

      not-late.com. 86400 IN MX 10 not-late.com.

    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

      not-late.com. 86400 IN NS not-late.com.

    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:

     not-late.com. 86400 IN A 192.168.74.107

    ;; Query time: 32 msec

    ;; SERVER: 192.168.74.100#53(192.168.74.100)

    ;; WHEN: Tue Dec 14 22:08:03 2010

    ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 76

10-Testing Reverse DNS
#host 192.168.74.106 (result look similar below)

106.74.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer not-late.com.

11- Download Zimbra from zimbra web site:

http://www.zimbra.com/downloads/

12- unpacking the file you just downloaded to wherever you want

#tar -xzvf zcs-6.0.8_GA_2661.RHEL5_64.20100820052503.tgz -C /tmp

13-From within the /tmp directory there is a file called install.sh. This is the file that will launch the installer for Zimbra.

#./install.sh

14- Follow the installation instruction will go through to the end of setup.