ZCS OS 7.1.2 x64 on Centos 6 x64 note

[malayo]

On minimal install (tested on VMware Workstation 8):

make sure have at least 2506 MB of RAM

make sure dns had been setup to point to this server in mx record (sample provided at the end of this post)

stop and disable postfix at boot time

service postfix stop
chkconfig postfix off

run visudo and comment in Defaults requiretty

install perl, systat, libstdc++.i686

yum install perl systat libstdc++.i686

install with --platform-override

cd extracted-installer's-folder
./install.sh --platform-override

when asked for domain, make sure to type in domain.tld (zimbra.com if you copied my dns configs sample below)

sample /etc/named.conf

zone "zimbra.com." IN {
        type master;
        file "/var/named/zimbra.com";
};

zone "234.16.172.in-addr.arpa." IN {
        type master;
        file "/var/named/172.16.234.rev";
};

sample /var/named/zimbra.com (forward zone)

$ORIGIN zimbra.com.
$TTL 1W
@                       IN SOA  zimbra.com. root.zimbra.com. (
                                01              ; serial
                                2D              ; refresh
                                4H              ; retry
                                6W              ; expiry
                                1W )            ; minimum
                        
                        IN A    172.16.234.128
                        IN NS   ns01
                        IN MX   0 mail01.zimbra.com.

ns01                    IN A    172.16.234.128
mail01                    IN A    172.16.234.128

sample /var/named/172.16.234.rev (reverse zone)

$ORIGIN 234.16.172.in-addr.arpa.
$TTL    1W
@                       IN SOA  zimbra.com. root.zimbra.com. (
                                01              ; serial
                                2D              ; refresh
                                4H              ; retry
                                6W              ; expiry
                                1W )            ; minimum

                        IN NS                   ns01.zimbra.com.

128                     IN PTR                  ns01.zimbra.com.
128                     IN PTR                  mail01.zimbra.com.

[Wasowski]

Hi,

tx for your notes.

You prefer Bind over dnsmasq ?

Also , you dont use any forwarders ?

[malayo]

Originally Posted by Wasowski

Hi,

tx for your notes.

You prefer Bind over dnsmasq ?

Also , you dont use any forwarders ?

yes, but if dnsmasq works for you, why not?

this setup is for testing/PoC only, so i don't set forwarders. If you care to share your settings with dnsmasq + forwarding, that'll be benificial to everyone.

[umarz]

Hi,

This is good stuff, thank you...

does this setup is behind nat and firewall?

[malayo]

yes, both on same network