Zimbra Collaboration is a web-based messaging and collaboration suite that provides email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and file sharing services. It is compatible with various operating systems including OpenBSD. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Zimbra Collaboration on OpenBSD.
Before we start, you will need:
Zimbra Collaboration has a number of prerequisites that need to be installed on your OpenBSD machine. First, we will update the system to the latest version and then install the required packages using the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add -U update
$ sudo pkg_add -U openssl-1.0.2u ca_root_nss-3.53.1 openldap-client-2.4.57 curl-7.78.0 sudo bash perl5 expat-2.4.1
To download Zimbra Collaboration, we need to create an account on https://www.zimbra.com/ and generate a download link. Once you have the download link, use the following command to download the package:
$ wget <zimbra-collaboration-package-url>
Next, we need to extract the Zimbra Collaboration package using the following command:
$ tar -xvzf zcs-*tgz
After the package has been extracted, navigate to the extracted directory and run the installation script as shown below:
$ cd zcs-*tgz
$ sudo ./install.sh
The installer script will then prompt you to provide some information for the installation process. Follow the prompts and provide your OpenBSD machine's hostname, IP address, DNS configuration, and email domain.
After the installation process completes, start the Zimbra services using the following command:
$ sudo su - zimbra
$ zmcontrol start
To verify that Zimbra Collaboration has been installed successfully, open a web browser and navigate to https://
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Zimbra Collaboration on OpenBSD.
Zimbra Collaboration is a powerful collaboration suite that enables people to communicate effectively and efficiently. In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Zimbra Collaboration on OpenBSD, step by step. Now, you can use this information to set up your own Zimbra Collaboration instance on OpenBSD.
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