Step By Step Tutorial On How to Install Zimbra on CentOS 7

No doubt, the Mail Server is a foremost and crucial liability for any organization to run a smooth business email communication.

In the open-source world, there are a couple of free email servers.

However, Zimbra or ZCS (Zimbra Collaboration Suite) wins the race.

Therefore, in today’s article, we will provide a comprehensive step-by-step tutorial on Zimbra installation on CentOS 7.

Let’s Begin!

Prerequisites of Zimbra Mail Server (ZCS)

1. Minimal CentOS 7
2. 8 GB RAM
3. FQDN (Fully Qualifies Domain Name)
4. A & MX Record for your server

Guide to Install Zimbra 8.8.10 on CentOS 7

 

This tutorial comprises of multiple steps that need to be followed to accomplish the same.

Step 1: Login to CentOS 7

• Login to your CentOS 7 Server and implement the latest updates using the below-mentioned command.

~]# yum update -y ; reboot

 

• Provide the hostname of your server after the reboot process. For example – xyz.abc.com

~]# hostnamectl set-hostname "xyz.abc.com"

~]# exec bash

• Afterward, include the following lines /etc/hosts file.

192.168.0.108 xyz.abc.com mail

 

• After the configuration of hostname, ensure that A and MX is configured for your domain through dig command.

[root@mail ~]# dig -t A mail.xyz.abc.com

[root@mail ~]# dig -t MX abc.com

Step 2: Install Zimbra Dependencies Using Yum

 

• Execute the below command to install Zimbra/ ZCS dependencies.

[root@mail ~]# yum install unzip net-tools sysstat openssh-clients perl-core libaio nmap-ncat libstdc++.so.6 wget -y

Step 3: Download Latest Version of Zimbra (ZCS 8.8.10) Via. wget Command

• First of all, make a folder named ‘Zimbra’

[root@mail ~]# mkdir zimbra && cd zimbra

• Run the below wget command to download the latest version of ZCS 8.8.10 from the terminal;

root@mail zimbra]# wget https://files.zimbra.com/downloads/8.8.10_GA/zcs-8.8.10_GA_3039.RHEL7_64.20180928094617.tgz –no-check-certificate

Step 4: Install Zimbra / ZCS 8.8.10

 

• Extract the files from the downloaded tgz file of ZCS 8.8.10 using the below command;

[root@mail zimbra]# tar zxpvf zcs-8.8.10_GA_3039.RHEL7_64.20180928094617.tgz

• Go to the extracted folder and execute the install script;

[root@mail zimbra]# cd zcs-8.8.10_GA_3039.RHEL7_64.20180928094617

[root@mail zcs-8.8.10_GA_3039.RHEL7_64.20180928094617]# ./install.sh

• Once the above script execution completed, you will receive a text-based installation wizard, to Accept the license, press Y.

• Now configure the Zimbra package repository and select all Zimbra components to install.

• Press Y to modify the System.

• After pressing Y, it will download the Zimbra related packages.

• Once all the Zimbra package are installed in the backend, press 7 and then 4 to set the admin user password.

• Time to press ‘r’ to go to the previous menu and then press ‘a’ to implement the changes.

• Once all the changes are applied and Zimbra related services are started, open the ports in the firewall in case CentOS firewall is running on your server

[root@mail ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port={25,80,110,143,443,465,587,993,995,5222,5223,9071,7071}/tcp

success

[root@mail ~]# firewall-cmd --reload

success

[root@mail ~]#

Step 5: Access Zimbra Admin Portal

 

• Get the Zimbra admin portal access by typing the hostname on the server. For example – https://abc.ayx.com:port/ZimbraAdmin/

Final Say!

 

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