Preparing the System¶
Partitioning¶
When installing the Kolab server, we recommend using LVM when partitioning the system. The following directories could benefit from being on separate logical volumes, leaving about 10% of raw disk space in the volume group unallocated:
/var/lib/dirsrv//var/lib/mysql//var/lib/imap//var/spool/imap/
Note
Partition and/or divide into logical volumes, configure the mount points and mount the filesystems prior to the installation of packages, as packages may deploy files into these directories.
Should you decide to partition only after the packages have already been installed, or after the deployment has already been used, first mount the filesystems somewhere else and synchronize the contents from the original directories over to the new filesystem hierarchy. Please note services should be stopped before doing so, or only corrupt data will be transfered. Remove the original contents of the filesystem after having synchronized, then mount the filesystems under their target mount points.
For large or multi-domain installations, we suggest moving
/var/lib/imap/ and /var/spool/imap/ to
/srv/imap/[$domain/]config/ and
/srv/imap/[$domain/]default/ respectively.
In allowing /srv/imap/ to be one separate partition, backup
using LVM snapshots is easier. Note that $domain in the
aforementioned path is optional, and should only be used when multiple,
but separate, isolated IMAP servers are to be started.
Note
When partitions are mounted under the aforementioned directories, they do not necessarily have the correct filesystem permissions any longer. The following is a list of default permissions.
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 May 11 11:49 /var/lib/dirsrv/
drwxr-xr-x. 7 mysql mysql 4096 May 11 15:34 /var/lib/mysql/
drwxr-x---. 20 cyrus mail 4096 May 11 17:04 /var/lib/imap/
drwx------. 3 cyrus mail 4096 May 11 15:36 /var/spool/imap/
SELinux¶
Not all components of Kolab Groupware are currently completely compatible with running under SELinux enforcing the targeted policy.
Please consider configuring SELinux to be permissive. Please let us know what AVC denials occur so we can work on fixing the issue.
Warning
The Kolab Web Administration Panel and Cyrus IMAP against the Kolab SASL authentication daemon currently require SELinux NOT enforcing the targeted policy.
To view the current mode SELinux operates in, execute the following command:
# sestatus
To temporarily disable SELinux’s enforcement of the targeted policy (without rebooting the system), issue the following command:
# setenforce 0
To disable SELinux’s enforcement of the targeted policy in a manner
persistent across system restarts, edit /etc/selinux/config and set
SELINUX to permissive rather than enforcing. Doing so also changes the
Mode from config file: line in the output of sestatus.
System Firewall¶
Kolab Groupware deliberately does not touch any firewall settings, perhaps wrongly assuming you know best. Before you continue, you should verify your firewall allows the standard ports used with Kolab Groupware. These ports include:
Port |
Protocol |
Description |
|---|---|---|
25 |
tcp |
Used to receive emails. |
80 |
tcp |
Used for web interfaces. |
110 |
tcp |
Used for POP. |
143 |
tcp |
Used for IMAP. |
389 |
tcp |
Used for LDAP directory services. |
443 |
tcp |
Used for secure web interfaces. |
465 |
tcp |
Used for secure mail transmission. |
587 |
tcp |
Used for secure mail submission. |
636 |
tcp |
Used for secure LDAP directory services. |
993 |
tcp |
Used for secure IMAP. |
995 |
tcp |
Used for secure POP. |
4190 |
tcp |
Used for Managesieve. |
8080 |
tcp |
Used for Manticore. |
CentOS / RHEL 6¶
Summarizing these changes into /etc/sysconfig/iptables, working off of an original, default installation of Enterprise Linux 6, this file would look as follows:
# Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall # Manual customization of this file is not recommended. *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 389 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 465 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 587 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 636 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 993 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 995 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 4190 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT
After changing /etc/sysconfig/iptables, execute a service restart:
# service iptables restart
CentOS / RHEL 7¶
CentOS / RHEL 6 is using the firewalld to manage the kernel firewall.
You’ve to make use of the firewall-cmd command to add new rules to open the
required ports.
This script will open the required ports/services and make this changes permanent and reboot-save.
for s in ssh http https pop3s imaps smtp ldap ldaps
do
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=$s
done
for p in 110/tcp 143/tcp 587/tcp
do
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=$p
done
firewall-cmd --reload
System Users¶
No user or group with IDs 412, 413 or 414 may exist on the system prior to the installation of Kolab.
No user or group with the names kolab, kolab-n or kolab-r may exist on the system prior to the installation of Kolab.
The System Hostname and FQDN¶
The setup procedure of Kolab Groupware also requires that the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for the system resolves back to the system. If the FQDN does not resolve back to the system itself, the Kolab Groupware server components will refer to the system by the configured or detected FQDN, but will fail to communicate with one another.
Note
Please see Why Your System Should Have a Proper FQDN for more information.
Should the FQDN of the system (found with hostname -f) be, for example,
kolab.example.org, then kolab.example.org should resolve to the
IP address configured on one of the network interfaces not the loopback
interface, and the IP address configured on said network interface
should have a reverse DNS entry resulting in at least
kolab.example.org.
Example Network and DNS Configuration¶
The following lists an example network and DNS configuration for a Kolab Groupware server.
# hostname -f
kolab.example.org
# ping -c 1 kolab.example.org
PING kolab.example.org (192.168.122.40) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from kolab.example.org (192.168.122.40): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.014 ms
--- kolab.example.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.014/0.014/0.014/0.000 ms
# ip addr sh eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:72:10:83 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.122.40/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe72:1083/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
The following depicts what services like LDAP and others will be using:
# python -c 'import socket; print socket.getfqdn();' kolab.example.org
If you want to quickly fix your system’s FQDN resolving back to your
server, an entry in /etc/hosts suffices for the time being:
# echo "$(ip addr sh eth0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f 1) $(hostname -f)" >> /etc/hosts
LXC Containers¶
LXC containers (“chroots on steroids”) need /dev/shm/ mounted
read/write for user accounts.
The permissions on /dev/shm/ need to be as follows:
# ls -ld /dev/shm/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 2012-11-20 20:34 shm
To make sure the permissions are correct even after a reboot, make sure
/etc/fstab contains a line similar to the following:
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
Note that alongside /dev/shm problems, resolving hostnames (especially
localhost to 127.0.0.1, or inversely, 127.0.0.1 to
localhost) have also been reported.