How to install zimbra with centos 5.4

[scpimis]

I am new to linux world and i've got some information regarding the zimbra which successfully installed to linux centos v?? from a friend but i want to have a detail instruction regarding the installation or from the scratch... with centos 5.4.

hope some one could help me setting up my server... thanks

[uxbod]

Welcome to the forums

Have a read through Community Edition Quick Start Guide and also you will need to understand the concept of Wiki :: Split DNS if you server will be on a private IP address.

[Krishopper]

The instructions should be identical to the instructions for RedHat. I used to run Zimbra on CentOS by those instructions, but moved to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to remain on a supported platform. Plus I kinda like Ubuntu better anyways.

[scpimis]

Hi, i already installed the zimbra zcs-5.0.2 with centos 5.4 and already access the application but there is an error 192.168.1.231 connection refused when sending mails.

i am providing the details hope you could help me with this needed this mail server badly i will also going to help others in order to promote zimbra, thanks.

This is my local ip address:
ip address: 192.168.1.231
subnet: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.1.1
dns: 192.168.1.1

vi /etc/hosts
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
192.168.1.231 mail.riverbankscenter.com mail


vim /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf

options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
forwarders { 192.168.1.1 ; };
};
include "/etc/rndc.key";
// We are the master server for mail.riverbankscenter.com
zone "mail.riverbankscenter.com" {
type master;
file "db.mail.riverbankscenter.com";
};


dig mx riverbankscenter.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> mx riverbankscenter.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38642
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;riverbankscenter.com. IN MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
riverbankscenter.com. 83632 IN MX 10 mail.riverbankscenter.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
riverbankscenter.com. 921 IN NS ns1.tridel.net.
riverbankscenter.com. 921 IN NS ns.sysads.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.riverbankscenter.com. 19315 IN A 120.28.76.223
ns.sysads.com. 86334 IN A 203.167.0.17
ns1.tridel.net. 14334 IN A 203.167.0.16

;; Query time: 25 msec
;; SERVER: 202.126.40.5#53(202.126.40.5)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 20 03:35:23 2010
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 159


dig a riverbankscenter.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> a riverbankscenter.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18637
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;riverbankscenter.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
riverbankscenter.com. 25839 IN A 120.28.76.223

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
riverbankscenter.com. 145 IN NS ns.sysads.com.
riverbankscenter.com. 145 IN NS ns1.tridel.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.tridel.net. 107 IN A 203.167.0.16
ns.sysads.com. 107 IN A 203.167.0.17

;; Query time: 25 msec
;; SERVER: 202.126.40.5#53(202.126.40.5)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 20 03:35:40 2010
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 138

[uxbod]

zone "mail.riverbankscenter.com" {
type master;
file "db.mail.riverbankscenter.com";
};

Your zone should be riverbankscenter.com and at the moment you have set it to be the FQDN of your Zimbra server. If you have installed BIND on your Zimbra server then resolv.conf should point to your Zimbra IP.

[scpimis]

i already did change zone


i do changes MTA relay i was able to send internal but when sending mail outside i've got error.

my Relay MTA for external delivery: 192.168.1.231

Mar 20 19:35:11 mail postfix/qmgr[10786]: 758641E002FD: from=, size=1858, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 20 19:35:11 mail postfix/smtp[10853]: warning: relayhost configuration problem
Mar 20 19:35:11 mail postfix/smtp[10854]: warning: relayhost configuration problem
Mar 20 19:35:11 mail postfix/smtp[10853]: 4C3F51E00312: to=, relay=none, delay=308, delays=308/0.02/0/0, dsn=4.3.5, status=deferred (mail for 192.168.1.231 loops back to myself)
Mar 20 19:35:11 mail postfix/smtp[10854]: 758641E002FD: to=, relay=none, delay=130, delays=130/0/0/0, dsn=4.3.5, status=deferred (mail for 192.168.1.231 loops back to myself)


i can receive mail from out side but it is in the JUNK folder.

[uxbod]

If you are using a relay host ensure that you have disabled DNS lookups in the Admin GUI.

[scpimis]

Hi Uxbod,

Thanks for your prompt response your very kind. considering i am new here felt like im already pro...admin?

i think it's almost near to success because internally i can send mail and receive from external like yahoo and etc... but i'd receive it to JUNK folder i was able to determine why because my IP is in the spamhaust list / RBL and PBL list...

but another problem is my outgoing mail is really not working???

Here are my settings and output log for your reference, thanks so much...
i am really focusing in this mail server just to prove and implement aleast one server out of 3.


Server Settings:

Web mail MTA Hostname:192.168.1.1
Web mail MTA Port: 25
Relay MTA for external delivery: 192.168.1.231
Web mail MTA timeout (s):
MTA Trusted Networks: 127.0.0.0/8 192.168.1.0/24
[ ] Enable DNS lookups


Global settings:

Web mail MTA Hostname: mail.riverbankscenter.com
Web mail MTA Port: 25
Relay MTA for external delivery: 192.168.1.1
[ ]Enable DNS lookups



Output log:

Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/cleanup[6911]: 03D931E00300: message-id=<3486913.121269173727205.JavaMail.root@mail.riverba nkscenter.com>
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/qmgr[3439]: 03D931E00300: from=, size=2411, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/smtpd[6917]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail amavis[3244]: (03244-02) FWD via SMTP: -> ,BODY=7BIT 250 2.6.0 Ok, id=03244-02, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 03D931E00300
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/smtp[6912]: warning: relayhost configuration problem
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/smtp[6912]: 03D931E00300: to=, relay=none, delay=0.01, delays=0.01/0/0/0, dsn=4.3.5, status=deferred (mail for 192.168.1.231 loops back to myself)
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail amavis[3244]: (03244-02) Passed CLEAN, LOCAL [127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1] -> , Message-ID: <3486913.121269173727205.JavaMail.root@mail.riverba nkscenter.com>, mail_id: WtARZuxr3-ug, Hits: 2.396, size: 1951, queued_as: 03D931E00300, 793 ms
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/smtp[6914]: 33AA51E002FE: to=, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=91146, delays=91145/0.01/0/0.79, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 03D931E00300)
Mar 22 21:35:54 mail postfix/qmgr[3439]: 33AA51E002FE: removed
Mar 22 21:36:03 mail zmmailboxdmgr[7105]: status requested
Mar 22 21:36:03 mail zmmailboxdmgr[7105]: status OK

[weigenmann]

Unfortunately you don't say if you are on a static or dynamic IP. At least I did not see.
Since you say your IP are on spamhaust list / RBL and PBL list, I assume it is an Dynamic IP address.

Following you should change:

/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf


// DNS 203.0.178.191 (dns.iinet.net.au)
// DNS 64.102.255.44 (ns2.cisco.com)
forwarders { 203.0.178.191; 64.102.255.44; };

Forwarder should be your ISP Domain server. You can add more than one.



Settings in Admin GUI:

Server Settings:

Web mail MTA Hostname:mail.riverbankscenter.com
Web mail MTA Port: 25
Relay MTA for external delivery: Your ISP mail server name (not IP address) IE: mail.iinet.net.au
Web mail MTA timeout (s): 60
MTA Trusted Networks: 127.0.0.0/8 192.168.1.0/24
[ ] Enable DNS lookups


Global settings:

Web mail MTA Hostname: mail.riverbankscenter.com
Web mail MTA Port: 25
Relay MTA for external delivery: Your ISP mail server name (not IP address) IE: mail.iinet.net.au
[ ]Enable DNS lookups


You must make sure that your ISP is not blocking port 25.
Also check your firewall if you have and router setting. IE. I have a NAT configuration, therefore I port forward port 25 on
on mail host IP protocol TCP. Yours would be IP 192.168.1.231

Regards,
William

[scpimis]

my ip address: 120.28.76.223 - dynamic

still i will try your solution thanks for your time i will be inform what will be the output, thanks