Local installation

[jefrey_mina]

hi guys, i am a new member of Zimbra during when i read all treads i cant see if it is possible install the Zimbra and test its functionality in a Locan Area Network without using internet..

hope you can help me guys, thanks in advance..

[phoenix]

If you don't want any mail delivery to/from external servers then yes, it's possible. Just install ZImbra and don't enable 'use DNS lookups' in the admin ui.

[jefrey_mina]

Thanks Bill, hope i can do this..

[phoenix]

If I can do it, anyone can.

[jefrey_mina]

hi bro, the manual says like this: "During the installation process ZCS cheLocal installationcks to see if you have an MX record correctly configured. If it is not an error is displayed suugesting that the domain name have an MX record configured in DNS"

do i ignore the error and proceed installation? or what else shoud i do?

thanks again..

Jef

[phoenix]

The easiest thing is to set-up a local dns server with a local (i.e. non internet) domain name and point that towards your zimbra server. Check the forums & wiki for some set-up instructions.

[jefrey_mina]

so i need to setup a another server for DNS as DNS server..

thanks Bill

[phoenix]

You don't need another machine, you just need to install BIND and you can install it on the same machine as Zimbra.

[jefrey_mina]

Hi Bill,

Hope you have a lot of patience with my question, can you help me how to setup a local DNS, i already installed BIND

Thanks...

Jef

[phoenix]

There's a thread called 'DNS in a nutshell' that will tell you what you need to know, search the forums for it. There's also some information in the wiki.