Installing Open-Xchange

Install Open-Xchange Hosting version 6.20 or higher using the instructions provided on the vendor's website (http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Main_Page_AppSuite#quickinstall). Mind that the version of Open-Xchange being imported as an APS package should match the version of the Open-Xchange Server installation.

The following packages should be installed on the Open-Xchange server:

  • open-xchange
  • open-xchange-sql
  • open-xchange-server
  • open-xchange-jcharset
  • open-xchange-common
  • open-xchange-configread
  • open-xchange-cache
  • open-xchange-conversion
  • open-xchange-conversion-engine
  • open-xchange-conversion-servlet
  • open-xchange-dataretention-csv
  • open-xchange-dataretention
  • open-xchange-data-conversion-ical4j
  • open-xchange-sessiond
  • open-xchange-charset
  • open-xchange-crypto
  • open-xchange-contactcollector
  • open-xchange-pop3
  • open-xchange-smtp
  • open-xchange-imap
  • open-xchange-admin
  • open-xchange-admin-plugin-hosting
  • open-xchange-admin-plugin-hosting-lib
  • open-xchange-admin-lib
  • open-xchange-admin-doc
  • open-xchange-admin-client
  • open-xchange-admin-plugin-hosting-doc
  • open-xchange-admin-soap
  • open-xchange-admin-plugin-hosting-client
  • open-xchange-axis2
  • open-xchange-control
  • open-xchange-settings-extensions
  • open-xchange-activation
  • open-xchange-global
  • open-xchange-management
  • open-xchange-monitoring
  • open-xchange-timer
  • open-xchange-i18n
  • open-xchange-xml
  • open-xchange-calendar
  • open-xchange-push-udp
  • open-xchange-spamhandler-spamassassin
  • open-xchange-contacts-ldap
  • open-xchange-group-managerequest
  • open-xchange-resource-managerequest
  • open-xchange-genconf
  • open-xchange-genconf-mysql
  • open-xchange-gui-ie6-compat
  • open-xchange-publish
  • open-xchange-publish-basic
  • open-xchange-publish-infostore-online
  • open-xchange-publish-json
  • open-xchange-publish-microformats
  • open-xchange-subscribe
  • open-xchange-subscribe-crawler
  • open-xchange-subscribe-linkedin
  • open-xchange-subscribe-json
  • open-xchange-subscribe-microformats
  • open-xchange-subscribe-xing
  • open-xchange-templating
  • open-xchange-unifiedinbox
  • open-xchange-easylogin
  • open-xchange-custom-parallels
  • open-xchange-custom-parallels-gui
  • open-xchange-xerces-sunopen-xchange-gui
  • open-xchange-online-help-de
  • open-xchange-online-help-en
  • open-xchange-online-help-fr

When the Open-Xchange installation process is completed, perform these steps:

  1. Write down the following information:
    • Open-Xchange Admin Master Login
    • Open-Xchange Admin Master Password
    • Open-Xchange Administration Server IP Address or Hostname (IP Address or Hostname of Open-Xchange Provisioning API)
    • Open-Xchange Frontend Server IP Address or Hostname (IP Address or Hostname of Open-Xchange UI)
  2. Log on the Open-Xchange Server and make sure that file permissions of the /tmp/.OX directory are the following:

    ls -la /tmp | grep OX
                
    drwx------ 2 open-xchange open-xchange 4096 Apr 2 11:39 .OX

    If it is required, adjust the permissions.

Important:

1. Quick install guide for RHEL 6 is available at: http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_RHEL6.

2. It is not mandatory to have a Red Hat Network subscription for deploying Open-Xchange on RHEL 6.

3. Detailed installation and configuration guide is available at: http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Main_Page_AppSuite#adminguide.

4. Open-Xchange YUM repository for RHEL 6 (i386) is available at: http://software.open-xchange.com/OX6/snapshot/RHEL6/.

5. Apply hotfix located at: http://software.open-xchange.com/OX6/private/3b5d7f77e50ec583057487ae44c55589/6.16/ptf/ptf_2010-04-16_2010041410000152_parallels/ (login required).