Zimbra in VMware

[maketo]

Hello all

I've searched on the forums for stuff related to zimbra and VMware server but have not found what i'm looking for...

I have installed the OpenSource version of Zimbra into a VM hosted on a CentOS5.2 (x86) host.
Zimbra starts and i can get to the admin page on port 7071.

I'm forwarding the port 25 traffic to the VMware guest but its not getting delivered to the zimbra server.

If i recieve the emails to the host server I DO recieve the emails but when I begin to forward the port 25 traffic to zimbra I get nothing...

I have created the same users as i have on the hosts email server.
I have disabled the fireall completly on the guest os.

Is there a howto on configuring zimbra for usage? (on a single domain?)

Thanks in advance.

[phoenix]

There's no difference in setting up Zimbra on VMware than there is on bare hardware. You've probably got a firewall, SELinux, hosts file and/or DNS problem. What error messages are you getting in the log files?

[Dirk]

My home zimbra install runs in a VM with no special configuration needed. FYI.

[uxbod]

snap - no issues under Xen at all

[dspillett]

Originally Posted by Dirk

My home zimbra install runs in a VM with no special configuration needed. FYI.

The OP said that port 25 is being forwarded in from the host, so he probably need to setup split DNS config (Split DNS - Zimbra :: Wiki) or forward in the other ports the Zimbra uses. Zimbra expects to see parts itself on the IP address its hostname resolves to. You probably find the mail got through without error, but is sat in the "deferred" queue.

This isn't specific to VMs, as you say. Any Zimbra setup stuck behind a NAT/PAT arrangement needs a split DNS arrangement.

[emmaylots]

I ran Zimbra successfully on VMWARE with ubuntu installed as the GUEST OS.
It worked fine. You may need to specify a bridged network, disable all firewall and SELInux. It will work just fine.

[maketo]

I will check the Split - DNS info

on the other comments, I do have bridged network specified and I did state on my first post that the firewall was disabled (and SELinux disabled)

I can verify (from a box in the internet) that traffic gets to the zimbra box.

$ -->telnet testest.com 25
Trying xx.xx.xx.xx
Connected to testest.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.testest.com ESMTP Postfix
helo
501 Syntax: HELO hostname
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.

[phoenix]

........ and as I asked earlier, what error messages do you see in the logs?

[maketo]

Oops I forgot about the logs...

Anyways, I'm able to recieve messages now BUT can't send...

[maketo]

Here is a tail -f of /var/log/zimbralog

After attempting to reply to a recieved email.

Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/smtpd[15003]: connect from Lela-PC.TESTDOMAIN.com[192.168.1.222]
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/smtpd[15003]: setting up TLS connection from Lela-PC.TESTDOMAIN.com[192.168.1.222]
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/smtpd[15003]: TLS connection established from Lela-PC.TESTDOMAIN.com[192.168.1.222]: TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail saslauthd[5024]: zmauth: authenticating against elected url 'https://mail.TESTDOMAIN.com:7071/service/admin/soap/' ...
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail saslauthd[5024]: zmpost: url='https://mail.TESTDOMAIN.com:7071/service/admin/soap/' returned buffer->data='0_5a5e204618f2e8167ff4ce88ffd6b657be807c8f_69643d33363a34353239613837652d353734322d343737322d623234662d3434376538663461356638383b6578703d31333a313231363635303036313236343b747970653d363a7a696d6272613b6d61696c686f73743d31373a3139322e3136382e312e3232363a3830303b172800000bones', hti->error=''
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail saslauthd[5024]: auth_zimbra: TEST auth OK
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/smtpd[15003]: 5104D8550: client=Lela-PC.TESTDOMAIN.com[192.168.1.222], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=TEST
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/cleanup[15010]: 5104D8550: message-id=<48823119.5080407@TESTDOMAIN.com>
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/qmgr[5006]: 5104D8550: from=, size=738, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail postfix/smtpd[15003]: disconnect from Lela-PC.TESTDOMAIN.com[192.168.1.222]
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail amavis[4055]: (04055-02) /opt/zimbra/data/amavisd/tmp/amavis-20080716T145453-04055/email.txt no longer exists, can't re-use it
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail amavis[4055]: (04055-02) ESMTP::10024 /opt/zimbra/data/amavisd/tmp/amavis-20080716T145453-04055:  ->  SIZE=738 Received: from mail.TESTDOMAIN.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.TESTDOMAIN.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
Jul 19 10:21:01 mail amavis[4055]: (04055-02) Checking: B9BXa1ekFX8T [192.168.1.222]  -> 
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/smtpd[15014]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/smtpd[15014]: 628E88555: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/cleanup[15010]: 628E88555: message-id=<48823119.5080407@TESTDOMAIN.com>
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail amavis[4055]: (04055-02) FWD via SMTP:  -> ,BODY=7BIT 250 2.6.0 Ok, id=04055-02, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 628E88555
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail amavis[4055]: (04055-02) Passed CLEAN, LOCAL [192.168.1.222] [192.168.1.222]  -> , Message-ID: <48823119.5080407@TESTDOMAIN.com>, mail_id: B9BXa1ekFX8T, Hits: 0.275, size: 738, queued_as: 628E88555, 15052 ms
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/smtp[15011]: 5104D8550: to=, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=15, delays=0.06/0.02/0.02/15, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 628E88555)
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/smtpd[15014]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/qmgr[5006]: 5104D8550: removed
Jul 19 10:21:16 mail postfix/qmgr[5006]: 628E88555: from=, size=1339, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 19 10:21:46 mail postfix/smtp[15017]: connect to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.45.114]: Connection timed out (port 25)
Jul 19 10:22:01 mail zmmailboxdmgr[15320]: status requested
Jul 19 10:22:01 mail zmmailboxdmgr[15320]: status OK
Jul 19 10:22:06 mail zmmailboxdmgr[15447]: status requested
Jul 19 10:22:06 mail zmmailboxdmgr[15447]: status OK
Jul 19 10:22:09 mail zmmailboxdmgr[15639]: status requested
Jul 19 10:22:09 mail zmmailboxdmgr[15639]: status OK
Jul 19 10:22:11 mail zimbramon[15337]: 15337:info: 2008-07-19 10:22:02, STATUS: mail.TESTDOMAIN.com: antispam: Running 
Jul 19 10:22:16 mail postfix/smtp[15017]: connect to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.45.27]: Connection timed out (port 25)
Jul 19 10:22:46 mail postfix/smtp[15017]: connect to alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[64.233.185.27]: Connection timed out (port 25)