re-IP of Zimbra box

I've had a couple people ask me how to change the IP address of a Zimbra box; here's a tidbit originally from MarcMac.

We're using iptables for port redirection. This allows us to start the various server processes on non-privileged ports.

Consequently, after you re-ip the box, you need to run the following commands:

As zimbra:
zmcontrol shutdown

As root:
zmiptables -u
zmiptables -i

As zimbra:
zmcontrol startup

- Ari

I just installed zimbra using the FC3 binary on a FC4 box. It was wiped, and it currently has FC4 and Zimbra, and nothing else. I originally had the ip as 192.168.1.104, and I changed the ip to 192.168.1.3, and then followed your instructions for updating the zimbra iptables rulesets. Now, when I start the zimbra server using zmcontrol start, I get the following message:

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Response:(Zimbra::Mon::serviceInfo)
    host
        ip        192.168.1.3
        name    mail.(mydomain).com

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I am perplexed. Is this a message that makes any sense to someone? I have searched for the message in the documentation and in the forums, but I haven't seen anyone else with this message.

Some additional information:

When I start up the server using zmcontrol start, the zimbra log adds this message:

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Oct 28 13:55:03 mail Zimbramon[10952]: 10952:info Process 2375 not found - removing /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/FIFO/zm.pid

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Seems the pid got mixed up there. Can you run "ps -ef | grep zimbra" to see what processes have started?

Ok, I am not the smartest tool in the toolshed... I forgot that I had change my ip with ifconfig, but then I never went in and changed the ipcfg-eth0 file, so when I kept doing zmiptables - i then -u, it would change the ip back in the iptables file to 192.168.1.104...

I guess this is just a good thing to check at first. Make sure that your ip address is set permanently... and that your iptables file is showing the correct address.

Thanks for the quick response. :D

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Originally Posted by ari

I've had a couple people ask me how to change the IP address of a Zimbra box; here's a tidbit originally from MarcMac.

We're using iptables for port redirection. This allows us to start the various server processes on non-privileged ports.

Consequently, after you re-ip the box, you need to run the following commands:

As zimbra:
zmcontrol shutdown

As root:
zmiptables -u
zmiptables -i

As zimbra:
zmcontrol startup

- Ari

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Since M4 doesn't use zmiptables, what's the new procedure? Or does Zimbra now just pickup whatever IP you are on?

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Originally Posted by hofo

Since M4 doesn't use zmiptables, what's the new procedure? Or does Zimbra now just pickup whatever IP you are on?

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It should just pick up the new IP.