Admin Console does not let me login until I restart Zimbra Services

[abacabb]

After zimbra runs for a bit, I noticed that at times when I want to login to the zimbra admin console, it tries to load but then doesn't go past the zimbra logo. It just freezes there.

Its not until I restart zimbra services that it lets me back in.

Everything else seems to be ok. Zimlets seem to work perfectly fine.

Any ideas?

I'm running 6.0.8 on CentOS 5.5

[abacabb]

Originally Posted by abacabb

After zimbra runs for a bit, I noticed that at times when I want to login to the zimbra admin console, it tries to load but then doesn't go past the zimbra logo. It just freezes there.

Its not until I restart zimbra services that it lets me back in.

Everything else seems to be ok. Zimlets seem to work perfectly fine.

Any ideas?

I'm running 6.0.8 on CentOS 5.5

I'm wondering if this has something to do with the SSL certificate it uses by default. Everything else is still working fine.

[redpeppers]

Originally Posted by abacabb

I'm wondering if this has something to do with the SSL certificate it uses by default. Everything else is still working fine.

Did you check to make sure that no service is conflicting with the same port zimbra is using for https?

[abacabb]

Originally Posted by redpeppers

Did you check to make sure that no service is conflicting with the same port zimbra is using for https?

No I did not. What would be the best way to check that?

Also.....it let's me get to the login screen......the issue happens after it tries to login. It won't display the admin console. It just hangs at the zimbra logo.

[redpeppers]

Originally Posted by abacabb

No I did not. What would be the best way to check that?

well to start post what the server replys when running netstat | grep 80

also depending on your OS post the reply the server gives when running service httpd status

[y@w]

Are you trying this in the same browser or does it not work across browsers/computers?

[abacabb]

Originally Posted by y@w

Are you trying this in the same browser or does it not work across browsers/computers?

When the issue happens, its across all browsers and computers.
I tested it from ie and FireFox from multiple machines. It seems to be random. And while It's happening, everything else works fine. I'm able to send and receive mail and perform all user functions. I'll screen shot it next time.

One more thing....I just want to make sure that my hosts file isn't the issue again. The quick starts states that the format goes:

Ip.address. FQDN HOSTNAME


in my case.....the hostname of my machine and FQDN are identical. So I have:

10.0.0.37 mail.mymailhost.com mail.mymailhost.com

Would that still be a correct configuration since my hostname is actually that?

The zimbra install went through without any weird warnings or errors with that configuration.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by abacabb

in my case.....the hostname of my machine and FQDN are identical. So I have:

10.0.0.37 mail.mymailhost.com mail.mymailhost.com

Would that still be a correct configuration since my hostname is actually that?

That format is incorrect, your hostname & FQDN are not the same. The hostname of your server is 'mail', the domain name is 'mymailhost.com' those two items give you the Fully Qualified Domain Name of 'mail.mymailhost.com'. So, the format of your hosts file should be:

10.0.0.37   mail.mymailhost.com mail

[abacabb]

Originally Posted by phoenix

That format is incorrect, your hostname & FQDN are not the same. The hostname of your server is 'mail', the domain name is 'mymailhost.com' those two items give you the Fully Qualified Domain Name of 'mail.mymailhost.com'. So, the format of your hosts file should be:

10.0.0.37   mail.mymailhost.com mail

So even though I entered mail.mymailhost.com as the host name during my centos install....I would still use mail in the hostname portion of hosts?

And does this mean I need to reinstall zimbra or can I just modify the hosts file and move on?

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by abacabb

So even though I entered mail.mymailhost.com as the host name during my centos install....I would still use mail in the hostname portion of hosts?

Do you mean you entered that as the Domain Name during the installation?

Originally Posted by abacabb

And does this mean I need to reinstall zimbra or can I just modify the hosts file and move on?

That depends on the answer to the above question plus a few supplemental questions.