Complete Migration Script

[Costa-101]

Hello,

I happily run Zimbra OpenSource Edition on a server in a remote data centre.

I have been running a backup email server at home where I sync all domains, accounts and emails.

As many others can relate I am sure, I frequently reinstall and mess about with different distros at home - on various machines.

Everytime I install a new linux distro I go through the procedure of downloading and installing the latest Zimbra version - then creating all the domains - then creating all the users - then installing imapsync - then syncing all users emails.

To save myself some time I wrote a script that will read in domains, user accounts and their passwords - and create the lot on-the-fly.

N.B. - you must have a working copy of zimbra and imapsync running and of course access to your remote source Zimbra server.

The files must stay in the same folder, but of course you are more than welcome to edit or do whatever you like with them.

Cheers and have fun

Costa

[Costa-101]

Hello again,

Once my backup server was complete - I needed to backup my users emails on a regular basis.

For that I wrote a script that I wanted to run as a cron job.

The outcome was a script that users the already completed list of users and their passwords.

The imapsync_crontab script requires editing, simply replace:

zimbra.server.com

with your source zimbra server
and

backup.server.com

with your backup zimbra server

Ensure this file is in the same directory as your imap_users file.

The Cron Job

The cron job is fairly straight forward, assuming the files from the previous posting and this file are all residing in /opt/zimbra_scripts, the following should set it up nicely:

crontab -e

(probably best as root)

this brings up your editor to insert the cron job

0 * * * * /opt/zimbra_scripts/imapsync_crontab

this tells the system to run the imapsync_crontab script on the hour, every hour.

Of course, I am open for suggestions to improve this as you are to amend it yourself.

Cheers and have fun

Costa

[dagar]

Can you please reattach the scripts or else put them on the wiki? (Maybe we need to have a section on useful scripts)
It is only showing up as 401 bytes and nothing is in the .tgz file.
Thanks

[jholder]

Try it now.

Great job Costa!

[Costa-101]

Hello,

I have re-uploaded the files, however i think it may be an issue with the file permissions on the website forum directory.

I have informed jholder who will no-doubt rectify this issue soon.

Please feel free to contact me directly if you need me to send them directly to you, or you have any questions - always happy to get involved with Zimbra setups.

Have fun !!

Big thanks to Zimbra once again for a great product, can't wait for version 5 in the autumn.

Costa

[dagar]

Can you create a wiki entry for them? That way we can start many different scripts for people to use.

[Costa-101]

Ok I will go and see what I can do.

Costa

[Costa-101]

I have created a Wiki entry to assist in implementing the scripts previously posted.

There is a lot more detail, explanation and examples on the Wiki page:

Link to Wiki page

Hope it helps and enjoy!!