ansible-zimbra-single

This role automates the process of installing single-server Zimbra Open Source Edition v8.8.15 and v9.0.0 on CentOS 7, CentOS 8, Rocky Linux 8, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04.

Requirements

1. Must be a fresh CentOS 7, CentOS 8, Rocky Linux 8, Ubuntu 18.04, or Ubuntu 20.04 minimal installation.
2. Static network configuration must be already set.
3. Ansible control node must have the "netaddr" Python module installed.

Installing Ansible and "netaddr" module using PIP

# python3 -m pip install ansible
# python3 -m pip install netaddr

Role Variables

zimbra_timezone: Asia/Singapore
zimbra_fqdn: mail.example.com
zimbra_admin_password: zimbra4ever

Example Playbook

NOTE: ANSIBLE MANAGED NODE TESTED TO RUN AS ROOT ONLY!

Create playbook similar below:

# vi site.yml

--- 
- hosts: zimbra
  vars:
    zimbra_timezone: Asia/Singapore
    zimbra_fqdn: mail.example.com
    zimbra_admin_password: zimbra4ever
  roles:
    - ansible-zimbra-single

Then run as follows:

# ansible-playbook site.yml --tags install

If you want to setup Zimbra 9 instead:

# ansible-playbook site.yml --tags zimbra9

Other Features

The role also installs Fail2Ban configured with predetermined jails and filters. You can view them in /etc/fail2ban directory.

# fail2ban-client status
  Status
  |- Number of jail:	4
  `- Jail list:	sshd, zimbra-admin, zimbra-smtp, zimbra-webmail

License

MIT License

Author Information

• Author: Jan Cubillan
• GitHub: https://github.com/jancubillan