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System Requirements for {product-name}

Table of Contents

Servers

Evaluation and Testing

  • Intel/AMD 64-bit CPU 1.5 GHz

  • RAM requirements:

    • For single server installations, a minimum of 8GB of RAM is required.

    • For multi-server installations, contact {product-provider} sales for recommendations.

  • 5 GB free disk space for software and logs

  • Temp file space for installs and upgrades*

  • Additional disk space for mail storage

Production environments

  • Intel/AMD 2.0 GHZ+ 64-bit CPU

  • RAM requirements:

    • For single server installations, a minimum of 8GB of RAM is required.

    • For multi-server installations, contact {product-provider} sales for recommendations.

  • Temp file space for installs and upgrades*

  • 10 GB free disk space for software and logs (SATA or SCSI for performance, and RAID/Mirroring for redundancy)

  • Additional disk space for mail storage

  • Temp files space: The zimbra-store requires 5GB for /opt/zimbra, plus additional space for mail storage. The other nodes require 100MB.

General Requirements

  • Firewall Configuration should be set to “No firewall”.

  • RAID-5 is not recommended for installations with more than 100 accounts.

Operating System ({product-edition-commercial})

The following operating systems are supported:

  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7 (64-bit)

  • CentOS Linux® 7 (64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit), patch level 4 or later is required

  • CentOS Linux 6 (64-bit), patch level 4 or later is required

  • Oracle Linux 7.2

  • Oracle Linux 6.6

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server Edition (64-bit)

  • Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Server Edition (64-bit) running the saucy (3.11) or later kernel is required.

    Note
    		 If the original install was done with Ubuntu 12.04.2 or earlier, manual intervention is required to switch to the saucy (3.11) or later kernel series. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack for further information.

Operating System (Open Source Edition)

In addition to supporting the operating systems listed above for the {product-edition-commercial}, other operating system versions are available for the {product-edition-foss}. Check the {product-provider} Open Source Downloads page on https://www.zimbra.com.

Virtualization ({product-edition-commercial})

The following hypervisors are supported:

  • VMware vSphere 5.x

  • VMware vSphere 4.x

  • XenServer 6.5

  • XenServer 6.2

  • KVM

File Systems

The following file systems are supported:

  • XFS

  • ext3 or ext4 file systems for Linux deployments

  • NFS for backup only

Other Dependencies

Netcat (nc) is required on all operating systems using {product-name}. The nc utility must be installed prior to installation or upgrading.

For SUSE and Ubuntu systems, disable AppArmor and verify that the AppArmor service is not running before installing {product-name}.

For Red Hat Enterprise, Fedora Core and SUSE operating systems, the server must also have the following installed:

  • NPTL. Native POSIX Thread Library

  • Sudo. Superuser, required to delegate admins.

  • libidn. For internationalizing domain names in applications (IDNA)

  • GMP. GNU Multiple-Precision Library.

For Ubuntu 14 and Ubuntu 12:

  • Sudo

  • libidn11

  • libpcre3

  • libexpat1

  • libgmp3c2

Miscellaneous

  • SSH client software to transfer and install the {product-name} software.

  • Valid DNS configured with an A record and MX record.

  • Servers should be configured to run Network Time Protocol (NTP) on a scheduled basis.

Administrator Computers

Note
 Other configurations may work.

The following operating system/browser combinations are supported:

Windows XP with required updates, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 with one of the following:

  • Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher

    • IE8.x for XP

    • IE9.x and higher for Vista/Windows 7

    • IE10 and higher for Windows 8

  • The latest stable release of:

    • Firefox

    • Safari

    • Google Chrome

Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8 with one of the following:

  • The latest stable release of:

    • Firefox

    • Safari

    • Google Chrome

Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora, or SUSE) with one of the following:

  • The latest stable release of:

    • Firefox

    • Google Chrome

Administrator Console Monitor

Display minimum resolution 1024 x 768

End User Computers using {product-short} Web Client

Note
 Other configurations may work.

For {product-short} Web Client - Advanced & Standard version

Minimum

  • Intel/AMD/Power PC CPU 750MHz

  • 256MB RAM

Recommended

  • Intel/AMD/Power PC CPU 1.5GHz

  • 512MB RAM

The following operating system/browser combinations are supported:

Windows XP with required updates, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 with one of the following:

  • Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher

    • IE8.x for XP

    • IE9.x and higher for Vista/Windows 7

    • IE10 and higher for Windows 8

  • The latest stable release of:

    • Firefox

    • Safari

    • Google Chrome

Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8 with one of the following:

  • The latest stable release of:

    • Firefox

    • Safari

    • Google Chrome

Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora, or SUSE) with one of the following:

  • The latest stable release of:

    • Firefox

    • Google Chrome

End User Computers Using Other Clients

Minimum

  • Intel/AMD/Power PC CPU 750MHz

  • 256MB RAM

Recommended

  • Intel/AMD/Power PC CPU 1.5GHz

  • 512MB RAM

Operating system POP/IMAP combinations

  • Windows XP SP 3, Vista SP 2, Windows 7 with Outlook Express 6, Outlook 2003, (MAPI), Thunderbird

  • Fedora Core 4 or later with Thunderbird

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later with Apple Mail

Accessibility and Screen Readers {product-provider} recommends that customers requiring use of screen readers for accessibility leverage the use of the Standard {product-short} Web Client (HTML). {product-provider} continues to invest in improving the accessibility of this interface.

Tip
 If users are presently using IE 6, {product-provider} strongly recommends that they upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer for optimal performance with ZWC.

Exchange Web Services

EWS Clients

  • Outlook 2011 (MAC only)

  • Apple Desktop Clients (OS X, 10.8+)

EWS Interoperability

  • Exchange 2007+

Monitor

Display minimum resolution: 1024 x 768

Internet Connection Speed

128 kbps or higher

Available Languages

This section includes information about available languages, including End User Translations and Administrator Translations.

End User Translations

Component Category Languages

{product-short} Web Client

Application/UI

Arabic, Basque (EU), Chinese (Simplified PRC and Traditional HK), Danish, Dutch, English (AU, UK, US), French, French Canadian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

{product-short} Web Client - Online Help (HTML)

Feature Documentation

Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified PRC and Traditional HK), Russian

{product-short} Web Client - End User Guide (PDF)

Feature Documentation

English

{product-short} Connector for Microsoft Outlook

Installer + Application/UI

Arabic, Basque (EU), Chinese (Simplified PRC and Traditional HK), Danish, Dutch, English (AU, UK, US), French, French Canadian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

{product-short} Connector for Microsoft Outlook - End User Guide (PDF)

Feature Documentation

English

Administrator Translations

Component

Category

Languages

{product-short} Admin Console

Application

Arabic, Basque (EU), Chinese (Simplified PRC and Traditional HK), Danish, Dutch, English (AU, UK, US), French, French Canadian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

{product-short} Admin Console Online Help (HTML)

Feature Documentation

English

"Documentation" Install + Upgrade / Admin Manual / Migration / Import / Release Notes / System Requirements

Guides

English

{product-short} Connector for Microsoft Outlook - Admin Guide (PDF)

Install + Configuration Guide

English

Note: To find SSH client software, go to Download.com at http://www.download.com/ and search for SSH. The list displays software that can be purchased or downloaded for free. An example of a free SSH client software is PuTTY, a software implementation of SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms. To download a copy go to http://putty.nl