zimbra docs: a few fixes, separate step for 'buildout install zimbra-build'

5202212f · Marco Mariani · 4208236e · 5202212f · 5202212f
Commit 5202212f authored Jul 04, 2013 by Marco Mariani
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software/zimbra/INSTALL.txt software/zimbra/INSTALL.txt +56 -21

software/zimbra/README.txt software/zimbra/README.txt +5 -5

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--- a/software/zimbra/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/software/zimbra/INSTALL.txt


 Most of the official Zimbra docs still apply with this build, and the
-administration scripts (zmcontrol and so on) work as described:
+administration scripts (zmcontrol and so on) work as described in:

        http://www.zimbra.com/community/documentation.html

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ installed because they have not been completely modified and tested for buildout
 How to install Zimbra
 =====================

- - Install Ubuntu 12.04.x 64 bit server with at least 2GB RAM / 15 GB HD
+ *) Install Ubuntu 12.04.x 64 bit server with at least 2GB RAM / 15 GB HD

   For instance, you can download it from
   http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04.2-server-amd64.iso
   and just 'dd' the image to an USB key, then boot with it.


- - Install additional packages
+ *) Install additional packages

        # for slapos components
        sudo apt-get install python gcc g++ make uml-utilities bridge-utils linux-headers-$(uname -r) patch wget \
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
        sudo apt-get install git libcap2-bin sysstat netcat


- - The /etc/hosts file must be configured as required by Zimbra - something like
+ *) The /etc/hosts file must be configured as required by Zimbra - something like

        127.0.0.1       localhost
        #127.0.1.1      myserver
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ How to install Zimbra
   to retrieve the host and domain names.


- - DNS must be set up according to Zimbra documentation (myhost.mydomain.com has both A and MX records)
+ *) DNS must be set up according to Zimbra documentation (myhost.mydomain.com has both A and MX records)


- - The global limits for 'number of open files' must be increased from the default of 1024.
+ *) The global limits for 'number of open files' must be increased from the default of 1024.
   Many maintenance scripts call 'ulimit -n 32768' - therefore the following must be added
   to /etc/security/limits.conf

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
   After this change, reboot the system to make it effective.


- - System logging must be configured in order to have server monitoring from the admin interface
+ *) System logging must be configured in order to have server monitoring from the admin interface

   The following must be uncommented in /etc/rsyslog.conf:

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
        ----- cut here ----------------


- - Set up authbind
+ *) Set up authbind

        $ wget http://git.erp5.org/gitweb/slapos.git/blob_plain/refs/heads/zimbra:/software/zimbra/authbind_2.1.1_amd64.deb
        $ sudo dpkg -i authbind_2.1.1_amd64.deb
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
  Note that `id -u` and `id -g` are the user and group that will run Zimbra.


- - Create the directory to contain zimbra build and clone the slapos repository.
+ *) Create the directory to contain zimbra build and clone the slapos repository.

        $ mkdir zbuild; cd zbuild
        $ git clone http://git.erp5.org/repos/slapos.git -b zimbra slapos
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
   NB: the user that runs the build MUST be the same that will run Zimbra.


- - Create buildout.cfg
+ *) Create buildout.cfg

        $ echo -e "[buildout]\nextends = slapos/software/zimbra/buildout.cfg\ndevelop = slapos\n" >buildout.cfg

@@ -123,12 +123,46 @@ How to install Zimbra
        $ echo -e "[zimbra-sources]\nrepository = /home/user/zbuild/zimbra\n" >>buildout.cfg


- - Run buildout
+ *) Build SlapOS and Java components
+
+   Bootstrap and run buildout a first time without arguments:

        $ wget https://raw.github.com/buildout/buildout/1/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
        $ python bootstrap.py
        $ ./bin/buildout

+   After some time, you should read:
+
+        BUILD SUCCESSFUL
+        [...]
+        mkdir -p /home/user/zbuild/parts/zimbra-sources/ThirdPartyBuilds/x86_64/java/junixsocket
+        cd /home/user/zbuild/parts/zimbra-sources/ThirdPartyBuilds/x86_64/java/junixsocket
+        tar --extract --bzip2 --file /home/user/zbuild/parts/junixsocket/junixsocket-1.3-bin.tar.bz2 --wildcards '*.so' --strip-components=2'
+        Unused options for junixsocket-sources: 'update-command'.
+
+   You might see instead:
+
+        BUILD FAILED
+        /home/user/zbuild/parts/junixsocket__compile__/junixsocket-1.3/build.xml:411: Test org.newsclub.net.unix.SoTimeoutTest failed
+
+        Total time: 24 seconds
+        junixsocket: Command failed with exit code 1: /home/user/zbuild/parts/ant/bin/ant 
+        junixsocket: Compilation error. The package is left as is at /home/user/zbuild/parts/junixsocket__compile__/junixsocket-1.3 where you can inspect what went wrong
+        While:
+          Installing junixsocket.
+        Error: System error
+
+   This happens sometimes, and is an unpredictable timing issue.
+   Running buildout again fixes the problem.
+
+
+ *) Build Zimbra components
+
+   This is provided as a separate step to allow building and deploying on different machines.
+
+        $ source environment.sh
+        $ ./bin/buildout install zimbra-build
+
   Some Java warnings are expected.

   Third party libraries build with the messages:
@@ -153,12 +187,13 @@ How to install Zimbra
        zimbra-spell_8.0.4.GA.5682.UBUNTU12.64_amd64.deb
        zimbra-store_8.0.4.GA.5682.UBUNTU12.64_amd64.deb

-   Be patient, and do not run buildout twice. If you do, the content
-   of parts/zimbra-sources will be removed, and that part will be built again.
-   You may backup the *.deb files to be sure you don't lose them by mistake.
+   You may backup the .deb files to be sure you don't lose them by mistake (i.e. if you run
+   this buildout step again, they will be deleted).
+   If you want to install zimbra on another or multiple servers, you can skip this step
+   by reusing the .deb files - but only if the username and path of the build directory are the same.


- - Run the deployment section to install the *.deb files
+ *) Run the deployment section to install the .deb files

        $ ./bin/buildout install zimbra-deploy-all

@@ -166,9 +201,9 @@ How to install Zimbra
   If setcap is required at this point (for ldap and postfix) a root password might be asked.


- - Configure zimbra
+ *) Configure zimbra

-   Source the environment variables for SlapOS components
+   Be sure to have sourced the environment variables for SlapOS components

        $ source /home/user/zbuild/environment.sh

@@ -183,7 +218,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
   The last two lines are printed after running "buildout install zimbra-deploy-all".


- - Fill the required options in the configuration menu.
+ *) Fill the required options in the configuration menu.

   Usually, only an admin password is required: menu 3 and then 4.
   Other mandatory options (as in case of zimbra-deploy-store) are be marked by an asterisk.
@@ -198,7 +233,7 @@ How to install Zimbra
   and the zimbra services are run.


- - Check that zimbra is running:
+ *) Check that zimbra is running:

        $ cd /home/user/zimbra-target/home/bin
        $ ./zmcontrol status
@@ -206,12 +241,12 @@ How to install Zimbra
        [...]
        zmconfigd               Running

- - You should now be able to connect to https://myserver.mydomain.com
+ *) You should now be able to connect to https://myserver.mydomain.com
   and send/receive emails, and log in to the administration interface
   (drop-down menu, top right).


- - Before running any of the maintenance commands in bin/ or libexec/,
+ *) Before running any of the maintenance commands in bin/ or libexec/,
   the following files must be sourced by the shell:

        $ source /home/user/zbuild/environment.sh

--- a/software/zimbra/README.txt
+++ b/software/zimbra/README.txt
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Assumption 3: scripts provided by the packaging system (preinst, postinst, /etc/
        - set up a tmpfs in /etc/fstab and mount it under amavisd/tmp
        - patch db/db.sql with the hostname of the system before initializing the database

-    All of these need to be examined, reverse engineered and replicated in the buildout.cfg
+    All of these needed to be examined, reverse engineered and replicated in the buildout.cfg
    (the simplest case being the many mkdir and ln commands).

    Other tasks which we don't need to replicate are:
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ Other changes not described in the previous section:
      Explicitly provide bzip2 from slapos.

    - cyrus-sasl
-      The build of this component is bugged, as it will favor the use of libtool
-      provided in /usr/bin over the one provided by Zimbra.
+      The build of this component is bugged, because it uses libtool provided in /usr/bin
+      instead of the one provided by Zimbra.
      Our changes fix this, and also explicitly reference the aclocal file with --system-acdir
      in ThirdParty/cyrus-sasl/zimbra-cyrus-sasl-build.sh

@@ -423,12 +423,12 @@ Resources
 The following documents have been useful to build / debug third party libraries.

 autotools tutorial
-    www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/dl/autotools.pdf
+    http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/dl/autotools.pdf

 openldap administrator guide
    http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/ 

 very detailed explanation of shared libraries
-    www.akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf
+    http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf