Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance: Setup Instructions

Zimbra is the leader in open source, Web 2.0 collaboration and messaging
software for enterprises, service providers, educational institutions, and
government agencies. The Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance is the next
generation private email cloud featuring rapid and scriptable provisioning, web
based management, and an aware winning multi-browser, multi-platform web
client.
Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance features include:
• Integrated OS and application stack with full life cycle management of
patches and upgrades
• Wizard driven or scriptable provisioning using the Open Virtualization
Format 1.0
• Completely web based management experience
• Integrated anti-virus, anti-spam, and firewall for a secure “out-of-the-box”
collaboration experience
• An award-winning, AJAX based web client that integrates email, contacts,
shared calendar, tasks, and document sharing
• “Over-the-air” sync to iPhone, Windows Mobile, and mobile web devices

Prerequisites
In order to successfully install and run the Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Appliance, review the prerequisites and take action as required.

System Requirement
• DNS with both A and MX records for sending and receiving mail
• Server hardware capable of running 64-bit virtual machines
• 5GB free disk space required for the Zimbra Appliance software for
evaluation and testing
• 10GB free disk space required for production environments
• Additional disk space for mail storage.

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 • Server and storage hardware listed on the VMware vSphere Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL)
• VMware VSphere 4.0 or later

Configure DNS
In order to send and receive email, Zimbra Appliance must be configured with
proper DNS entries including both an A and MX record. For sending mail, the
appliance uses DNS to resolve hostname and email-routing information. To
receive mail, the MX record must be configured correctly to route message to
the server.
You can check your MX record from the administration console. Select a
domain on the Zimbra Appliance, click More Actions and select Check MX
Record.

License Requirements
A Zimbra license is required in order to create accounts on the Zimbra
Appliance. A trial license and a regular license are available.
• Trial. This license is automatically installed when you install Zimbra
Appliance. The trial license allows you to create up to 10 users. It expires in
10 days.
• Regular. You must register with Zimbra to obtain a Zimbra Appliance
regular license. This license is valid for a specific Zimbra Appliance
installation and is encrypted with the number of Zimbra accounts you have
purchased, the effective date of the license and the expiration date of the
license.
You can install the regular license from the administration console’s Advanced
Tools tab after Zimbra Appliance is installed.

Deployment Configuration Options

When Zimbra Appliance is installed, you select the deployment configuration
that matches your requirements.
• Trial. Trial setup is used for Zimbra Appliance deployments in a non-
production lab enviornment. This requires 1 CPU and 2 GB RAM.
• Midsize. Midsize setup is used for Zimbra Appliance deployment with 500
or less accounts provisioned. This requires 2 CPUs and 4 GB RAM.
• Large. Large setup is sued for Zimbra Appliance deployment with up to
1000 users. This requires 4 CPUs and 8 GB RAM.
This sizing is the disk requirements for the installation only. Additional disk
space is required for account’s mail storage and collaboration folders.

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Setup Instructions
These instructions describe how to download and install the Zimbra
Collaboration Suite Appliance OVF package in the VMware® virtual machine
environment.
1. From the vSphere Client select File>Deploy OVF Template. The Deploy OVF
Template wizard opens.

2. In the Select Source dialog

• If the Zimbra Appliance OVF file in on your computer, select Deploy from
file, and browse to the OVF file.
• If you are downloading the file, select Deploy from URL and enter the
URL of the download page.
Click Next.

3. Review the Zimbra Appliance details. Click Next.

4. Read the End User License Agreement and click Accept. Click Next.
5. Specify a name to identify this appliance and a location for the template to
be deployed. Click Next.

6. Select the deployment configuration for the appliance.

• Trial. Select Trial setup if Zimbra Appliance is being deployed in a non-
production lab environment.
• Midsize. Select Midsize setup if Zimbra Appliance is being deployed in
an environment with less than 500 users.
• Large. Select Large setup if Zimbra Appliance is being deployed in an
enviornment with up to 1000 users.
Click Next.

7. Select the host or cluster on which the Zimbra Appliance runs. Click Next.

8. Select the IP address allocation scheme appropriate to your network

configuration. For most Zimbra Appliance environments select Fixed. The
IP addresses are manually configured on the Properties page that follows.
No automatic allocation is performed.

Note: To automatically configure the appliance trial server’s network

configuration, select a destination network with DHCP services configured
and running.

9. With the properties page open, configure the following details for Zimbra
Appliance.
• Configuration Password. Enter the password for the Virtual Appliance
Management Infrastructure (VAMI). When you log into the Zimbra
Appliance console, you enter this password.

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 • Server Name. Enter the Zimbra Appliance hostname. This is the server
name. For example, mail.company.com.
• Administrative Account. Enter the name of the administrator’s account
This account is automatically created on Zimbra Appliance during the
install.
• Admin Password. This is the password to log on to the Zimbra
administration console and to log on to the administrator’s mailbox. The
password must be at least 6 characters.
• If you selected Fixed as the IP allocation policy, enter the network IP
address
Click Next.
10.The Ready to Complete dialog displays your configuration options. If these
are correct, click Finish.
Zimbra Appliance is installed, configuring the server can take several
minutes.
During the installation, a trial license is automatically fetched. After the
installation is complete, you can go to the administration console and
upload your regular Zimbra Appliance license. See the Appliance
administration guide.

11.When the virtual machine has finished deploying successfully, close the
confirmation dialog and start the Zimbra Appliance virtual machine.
12.Open the Zimbra Appliance virtual machine’s console. After the
configuration script is finished, the URL of the VAMI is displayed. Note this
URL.

To manage this VM browse to https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5480/

13.Open a browser window and type the URL.

Note: When you attempt to log onto the Zimbra Appliance the first time, two
untrusted connection warnings are displayed. In both cases, select the option
to continue.

14.On the login page, enter the user name as vmware and the password
created earlier as the Configuration Password in step 9. This password is
case sensitive. Click Login.
The Zimbra Status page opens and shows the status of the Zimbra
Appliance servers.

15.If the status shows the servers as Running, click the Zimbra Administration
tab to log on to the Zimbra administration console. Enter the administrative
account name and the password that you created in step 9.

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Logging in to the Administration Console

To log in to the administration console, open your browser and type the URL
that was displayed during the installation in step 12. You can also find the IP
address on the vSphere Client, Zimbra Appliance summary tab.

Logging in to the Zimbra Web Client

To log in to an ZWC account, open your browser and type the Zimbra
hostname URL as
https://[servername.com]

Enter the account user name and password that you created when you
installed Zimbra Appliance.

Hardware, Operating Systems, and Browser Compatibility

The following are the requirements for the administration console and end
user access to the Zimbra Appliance.

Administrator Computers

• Windows XP with either Internet Explorer 7.0 or Firefox 3.0

• Macintosh OS X 10.4 or later with Firefox 3.0 or later

End User Computer for viewing Zimbra Web Client

Minimum
• Intel/AMD/Power PC CPU 750MHz
• 256MB RAM
Recommended
• Intel/AMD/Power PC CPU 1.5GHz
• 512MB RAM
Operating system/ browser combination advanced ZWC:
• Windows XP SP 3, Vista SP 2, Windows 7 with one of these browsers:
Internet Explorer 8, 7 and 6.0 SP 2 or Firefox 3.0 or later and 3.5 Fedora
Core 4 with Firefox 3.0 or later.
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later with Firefox 3.0 or Safari 4
Other browsers: Chrome
Browsers available for use with standard ZWC:
• Firefox 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
• IE 8, 7, 6 SP2**

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 • Safari 4, 3, 2
• Chrome

Other Clients End Users Can Use

Operating system POP/IMAP combinations

• Windows XP SP 3, Vista SP 2, Windows 7 with Outlook Express 6, Outlook
2003, (MAPI), Thunderbird
• Fedora Core 4 or later with Thunderbird
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later with Apple Mail

Additional Information
To learn more about the Zimbra Appliance, read the Zimbra Appliance
Administrator’s Guide and the Help that is available from the administration
console.

Support and Contact Information

Visit www.zimbra.com to join the community and to be a part of building the
best open source messaging solution. We appreciate your feedback and
suggestions.
• Contact sales@zimbra.com to purchase the Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Appliance.
• Send an email to beta@zimbra.com to let us know what you like about the
product and what you would like to see in the product. Or, if you prefer, post
your ideas to the Zimbra Forums.

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