Set up a groupware server using kolab

Kolab is a software suite that allows for web-based

• mail
• address management
• calendar

This article describes how to set up a Kolab 2.2 server. It has been tested with Debian 5 and SUSE 11.1, but should work same or similar with other distributions.

• get a root terminal and download all Kolab files:

cd /tmp
mkdir kolab
cd kolab
wget -r -l1 --retr-symlinks http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/kolab/server/release/kolab-server-2.2.0/ix86-debian4.0/
cd ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/kolab/server/release/kolab-server-2.2.0/ix86-debian4.0/

• install kolab:

sh install-kolab.sh 2>&1 | tee /root/kolab-install.log
/kolab/etc/kolab/kolab_bootstrap -b

• Debian: stop exim: run services-admin and uncheck the e-mail-service (exim4)
• SUSE: run /etc/init.d/kolab start
• configure kolab

/kolab/sbin/kolabconf
/kolab/bin/openpkg rc all restart

• log in on https://localhost for admin interface (user name manager) and on https://localhost/horde for the web frontend

See also

• http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/kolab/server/release/kolab-server-2.2.0/ix86-debian4.0/1st.README
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolab