Previous tutorial : “Installing Zimbra Mail Server on SLES 11 SP1 64 bit in less than 30 Minutes-Part 2″

V. INSTALLING ZIMBRA
Estimated Time : 10 minutes

Minimal server appliance has all required package for installing Zimbra. Postfix and all other applications that could potentially conflict with Zimbra package deactivated automatically on initial boot. You do not need to install additional package because all necessary package is bundled inside the appliance. Continue Reading complete article »

Previous tutorial : “Installing Zimbra Mail Server on SLES 11 SP1 64 bit in less than 30 Minutes-Part 1″

Note : I’m using YaST for openSUSE screenshot because I already have it. However, there should no significant difference between a screenshot with YAST configuration on SLES

IV. CONFIGURING LOCAL DNS SERVER

Estimated time : 3 minutes

Zimbra need an A & MX records that pointing to it’s IP Address. We could use/modify existing DNS records to meet with our requirement but I would prefer to installing local DNS server for it’s flexibility. If you’re currently using an existing & running mail server and need to replace it with Zimbra, you should not change any MX entry before completing and testing the configuration. Incomplete configuration on production mail server may impact to bounce mail, so, we need a local DNS server to prevent the impact and to do a full test before activating mail server for production use.

Setting up a DNS server on openSUSE for Zimbra requirement should be easy by using YAST. Below is a step by step, please change the IP and host name to meet with your environment on previous tutorial. Continue Reading complete article »