So Zimbra requires the DNS in place and working before it is set up?
I am building these systems on a different network than where they will be deployed, so I have no way to assign them the IP address they will actually be on in the end.
That brings up another matter, which is whether it is better to NAT the Zimbra machine and configure it to recognize that it is acting as the external address in the DNS despite being configured as the NATted address, or just do a pass-through on the router (still with the firewall rules blocking all ports except as needed to run Zimbra and remotely administer the server) and configure the machine with the IP address in the DNS. There are no clients in this NATted network, only servers, and they do not need to talk to one another.
- Misty |