ZCS Administrator Guide 8.0

Open Source Edition

Zimbra System Directory Tree

The following table lists the main directories created by the Zimbra installation packages.

The directory organization is the same for any server in the VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server, installing under /opt/zimbra.

Note:

The directories not listed in this table are libraries used for building the core Zimbra software or miscellaneous third-party tools.

Parent	Directory	Description
/opt/zimbra/		Created by all VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server installation packages
	bin/	VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server application files, including the utilities described in Appendix A, Command -Line Utilities
	cdpolicyd/	Policy functions, throttling
	clamav/	Clam AV application files for virus and spam controls
	conf/	Configuration information
	contrib/	Third-party scripts for conveyance
	convertd/	Convert service
	cyrus-sasl/	SASL AUTH daemon
	data/	Includes data directories for LDAP, mailboxd, postfix, amavisd, clamav
	db/	Data Store
	docs/	SOAP txt files and technical txt files
	dspam/	DSPAM antivirus
	extensions-extra/	Server extensions for different authentication types
	extensions-network-extra/	Server extensions for different network version authentication types
	httpd/	Contains the Apache Web server. Used for both aspell and convertd as separate processes
	index/	Index store
	java/	Contains Java application files
	jetty/	mailboxd application server instance. In this directory, the webapps/zimbra/skins directory includes the Zimbra UI theme files
	lib/	Libraries
	libexec/	Internally used executables
	log/	Local logs for VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server server application
	logger/	RRD and SQLite data files for logger services
	mysql/	MySQL database files
	net-snmp/	Used for collecting statistics
	openldap/	OpenLDAP server installation, pre-configured to work with VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server
	postfix/	Postfix server installation, pre-configured to work with VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server
	redolog/	Contains current transaction logs for the VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server server
	snmp/	SNMP monitoring files
	ssl/	Certificates
	store/	Message store
	zimbramon/	Contains control scripts and Perl modules
	zimlets/	Contains Zimlet zip files that are installed with Zimbra
	zimlets-deployed/	Contains Zimlets that are available with the Zimbra Web Client
	zmstat/	mailboxd statistics are saved as .csv files