RapidSSL will send us the webserver and intermediate certificate
Self-Signed certificate doesn’t automatically trusted because the certificate was not issued & certify by authorized SSL certificate provider such as Verisign, Cybertrust, Godaddy, RapidSSL, etc.īelow are step-by-step how to install RapidSSL certificate on Zimbra Mail Server Self-signed certificate used for Apache jetty web server (both Zimbra webmail and Administration console), POP3 SSL, SMTP SSL and IMAP SSL. Although the bypass process will not messed up email sending and receiving, Zimbra will issued an error for database integrity report as below :īy default, Zimbra create and installing Self-Signed Certificate on installation process for https transport protocol. Zimbra bypassing this process because this process will took a much longer time, depending MySQL database size. Read it carefully, especially for pre, on and post install tips.
It’s a preventive tasks, as an emergency option in case upgrade process doesn’t work as expected.
Backup all your /opt/zimbra to a backup media. Backup is a must, especially for major upgrade from Zimbra 6 to Zimbra 7. Upgrade process took about 30 minutes on system with 8 GB of RAM If you wish to upgrading Zimbra 6.x.x into Zimbra 7.x.x, below are some notes to make upgrading process works successfully. I’m currently manages some Zimbra for production mail server system on some client, most of them are corporate with user 100-10k users. If an existing system quite stable with minor problem, you may stick with your existing Zimbra system but if you need some features that only provided by Zimbra 7, upgrading may be the best option. As major upgrade to Zimbra 6, Zimbra 7 comes with tons of bug fixes and new features including security feature to prevent virus and spam.ĭoes the upgrade process should be applied for production use ? The answer depends on your environment. Zimbra has released Zimbra 7 for about a month and it seems quite stable for production use.