Installation of zimbra 8.06 Collaboration Server Open Source on a hyper-v vm<\/p>\n
March 2014 – ken lombardi Well – I thought I would jot down some notes while I was installing ZCS – Open Source on a Hyper-V cluster. Single server installation. <\/p>\n In the short time since this installation we have all been confronted with the Heartbleed exploit so right up front I am going to say – make sure when you are done check the version of openssl that you are running.<\/p>\n openssl version -a<\/em><\/p>\n You will want to take a look at the build date – make sure it is equal to or greater than April 7 of 2014<\/p>\n I hope this helps someone get this pretty straight forward installation up and running. What a great email server. <\/p>\n Here goes.<\/p>\n First I built vm with 4gb ram and 20gb hd I set a static ip during installation<\/p>\n 192.168.x.2.99\/24 – why does it take sooooo long to install? – <\/p>\n *** sudo su <\/em> (yeah I know we are supposed to sudo each command but I am old and what’s the worst thing that could happen? – so just remember as you look at the commands during the installation – unless I specify otherwise I am running them in an elevated state – as root)<\/p>\n apt-get update wait awhile for this to finish – good to go<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n set hostname to zimbra2b hostname –fqdn<\/em> = zimbra2b.2bridgestacoma.com<\/p>\n I am going to use bind9 instead of dnsmasq (because Chris hates dnsmasq sooooo much) apt-get install bind9<\/em><\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Now edit \/etc\/bind\/named.conf.options options { \/\/ If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want \/\/ If your ISP provided one or more IP addresses for stable Now add a zone to named.conf.local<\/p>\n klombardi@zimbra2b:\/etc\/bind# vi named.conf.local \/\/ \/\/ Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your zone “2bridgestacoma.com” { You can store your zone files where ever you want – if you are going to do lots with bind you might want to change the location – your call. I was lazy and just put them in with the other config files. Note that in the named.conf.options you can change this directory<\/p>\n Then create the data file<\/p>\n vi \/etc\/bind\/db.2bridgetacoma.com<\/p>\n <\/em> root@zimbra2b:\/etc\/bind# more db.2bridgestacoma.com<\/p>\n ; Keep in mind that there are lots of ways to do this…try whatever works for you. Then I edit the \/etc\/network\/interfaces to put the name server ip for this machine in 1st place. I used 127.0.0.1 because I know that I am going to be moving this box to a different IP when it is put into service.<\/p>\n root@zimbra2b:\/etc# more network\/interfaces<\/p>\n # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # The loopback network interface # The primary network interface You may want to hand edit the \/etc\/resolv.conf file by hand to reflect this change. root@zimbra2b:\/etc# service bind9 restart<\/em><\/p>\n you could use *** ***<\/p>\n Now you will want to test your configuration…missed semi-colons can cause \u2018issues\u2019
\nklombardi@2bridgestech.com
\nwww.2bridgestech.com\/mediawiki<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSet network card to vlan2 (adjust to your needs) – we use vlans to manage ip space – if you are doing this on your local box or? you most likely won’t be using vlans. YMMD
\nInstalled ubuntu 12.04
\nOnly included open ssh server in addition to core components (see note above – confirm safe version when done)<\/p>\n
\n192.168.x.2 gw
\nSet name servers to 192.168.x.3 8.8.8.8
\n(of course all of these types of things need to be changed to meet your needs)<\/p>\n
\nLogged in as me <\/p>\n
\napt-get upgrade<\/em><\/p>\n
\ndomain 2bridgestacoma.com
\n(again edit to suit your needs – we own that domain so I just used it for testing)<\/p>\n
\ndnsmasq may be a little lighter weight and easier to config – but maybe you want to use this computer as a full fledged DNS server for your domain(s) as well as a mail server…<\/p>\n
\nAdd the forwarder dns server ip address – I used 8.8.8.8 and changed to default directory to “\/etc\/bind”
\nI used vi – you use the editor of your choice. This is what it looked like when I was done.<\/p>\n
\n directory “\/etc\/bind”;<\/p>\n
\n \/\/ to talk to, you may need to fix the firewall to allow multiple
\n \/\/ ports to talk. See http:\/\/www.kb.cert.org\/vuls\/id\/800113<\/p>\n
\n \/\/ nameservers, you probably want to use them as forwarders.
\n \/\/ Uncomment the following block, and insert the addresses replacing
\n \/\/ the all-0’s placeholder.
\n forwarders {
\n 8.8.8.8;
\n };
\n\/\/================================================
\n\/\/ If BIND logs error messages about the root key being expired,
\n\/\/ you will need to update your keys. See https:\/\/www.isc.org\/bind-keys
\n\/\/================================================
\n dnssec-validation auto;
\n auth-nxdomain no; # conform to RFC1035
\n listen-on-v6 { any; };
\n};\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\/\/ Do any local configuration here
\n\/\/<\/p>\n
\n\/\/ organization
\n\/\/ include “\/etc\/bind\/zones.rfc1918”;
\n\/\/<\/p>\n
\n type master;
\n file “db.2bridgestacoma.com”;
\n};<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nHere is the content of mine<\/p>\n
\n; BIND data file for local 2bridgestacoma.com
\n;
\n$TTL 604800
\n@ IN SOA zimbra2b.2bridgestacoma.com. webmaster.2bridgestacoma.com. (
\n 2014032702 ; Serial
\n 604800 ; Refresh
\n 86400 ; Retry
\n 2419200 ; Expire
\n 604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL
\n;
\n@ IN A 192.168.x.99
\n2bridgestacoma.com. IN NS zimbra2b.2bridgestacoma.com.
\n2bridgestacoma.com. IN MX 10 zimbra2b.2bridgestacoma.com.
\nzimbra2b IN A 192.168.x.99
\nmail IN CNAME zimbra2b.2bridgestacoma.com.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nWhat’s the worst thing that could happen? – You will have to fix it.<\/p>\n
\n# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).<\/p>\n
\nauto lo
\niface lo inet loopback<\/p>\n
\nauto eth0
\niface eth0 inet static
\n address 192.168.2.99
\n netmask 255.255.255.0
\n network 192.168.2.0
\n broadcast 192.168.2.255
\n gateway 192.168.2.2
\n # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
\n dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 192.168.51.3 8.8.8.8
\n dns-search 2bridgestacoma.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nNow reset the bind9 service<\/p>\n
\n\/etc\/init.d\/bind9 restart<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHere are some places for background…
\nhttp:\/\/wiki.zimbra.com\/wiki\/Split_dns<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/blog.zimbra.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/06\/making-zimbra-bind-work-together.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.servermom.org\/how-to-install-and-setup-bind9-on-ubuntu-server\/136\/
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(ok – so I missed a semi-colon, oh yeah, and a period, oh yeah and some letters)<\/p>\n