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When you install the Ubuntu Server OS for ZCS, accept the default setup answers to install the minimum configuration, except for the following steps that must be modified.
Refer to the Ubuntu Linux installation guide for detailed documentation about installing their software. (https://help.ubuntu.com)
Network Configuration should be configured manually with the hostname [mailhost.example.com] of the Zimbra server. If your network has DHCP enabled, and it finishes configuring the system with DHCP, select <Go Back>to configure the networking for the system manually.
Disk Partitioning Setup:
1. For disk partitioning setup, select Manual and the disk to partition
2. Enter Yes to create a new empty partition table
3. Select the FREE SPACE partition 2 March 2011 Zimbra Collaboration Server Installation Modifications for ZCS with Ubuntu LTS
4. Select Create a new partition and 200MB for the size. This will be the /boot partition
5. Select Primary for the type of the new partition
6. Location for the partition is Beginning
7. Use as: Should be Ext2 file system
8. Mountpoint should be /boot
9. Bootable flag: should be on Zimbra Collaboration Server March 2011 3 Installation Modifications for ZCS with Ubuntu LTS
10. Select Done setting up the partition
11. Select Configure the Logical Volume Manager
12. Select Yes to write the changes to disk and configure LVM
13. Select Create volume group 4 March 2011 Zimbra Collaboration Server Installation Modifications for ZCS with Ubuntu LTS
14. For Volume Group Name, enter LV
15. For the volume group space, select the FREE SPACE remaining on the disk
16. Select Yes to write the changes and configure LVM
17. Select Create logical volume
18. Use the logical volume group LV
19. For the logical volume name, enter swap
20. For the size, set it to be twice the size of the RAM on your machine
21. Select Yes to write the changes and configure LVM
22. Select Create logical volume
23. Use the logical volume group LV
24. For the logical volume name, enter root
25. For the size, allocate all remaining space
26. Select Yes to write the changes and configure LVM
27. Select Finish
28. Select LV swap device Zimbra Collaboration Server March 2011 5 Installation Modifications for ZCS with Ubuntu LTS
29. Change Use as: swap area
30. Select Done setting up the partition
31. Select LV root device 6 March 2011 Zimbra Collaboration Server Installation Modifications for ZCS with Ubuntu LTS
32. Change Use as: to Ext4 journaling file system
33. Change Mount point: to /
34. Select Done setting up the partition
35. Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk