{"id":13000,"date":"2023-12-30T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/?p=13000"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:27:04","slug":"how-to-install-carbonio-ce-on-ubuntu-20-04-a-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/how-to-install-carbonio-ce-on-ubuntu-20-04-a-complete-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Carbonio CE on Ubuntu 20.04 – A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Now that Synacor has decided to stop supporting Zimbra OSE<\/a><\/span> it is time to move over to Carbonio CE<\/a><\/span> for my mail server needs. I have looked at many alternatives, but Carbonio is the closest thing out there and as it is built mainly on Zimbra to begin with, it should fit my needs for the time being. While it still has a way to go feature-wise (it’s gui could use some improvement and added features for example) on the plus side, it is<\/em> under active development and while the support community on Carbonio’s forums is still sparse it should improve as more people move over from the Zimbra product.<\/p>\n

Now while there are a few how-to posts out on the web for installing Carbonio CE I’ve found many of them don’t work properly or the instructions are incomplete and produce a broken server. So having tried all<\/em> of the available instructional posts and experiencing many failed installs, I decided to publish this complete guide. Though your mileage may vary depending on your system, this\u00a0 guide will at least get you a working mail server.<\/p>\n

The system I am installing on resides on a TrueNas server in a Byhve virtual Ubuntu machine with 12GB of ram,\u00a0 two Virtual CPUs, two Cores, two Threads and the Boot Loader set to UEFI. This guide will assume you know how to create a VM and can set up your network etc. When you install Ubuntu, set your swap file to match the size of your ram as I have found Carbonio CE likes to load up the swap file and the default 4GB will be insufficient. I also like to create two volumes inside a carbonio dataset: carbonio_root & carbonio_data (which I mount on the new VM as \/opt). On install, I gave my host name as “mail” and most of the steps I “sudo su” to “root” as it’s easier when you are installing a lot of stuff at the same time.\u00a0 Notice the naming conventions in the prompts below. If you see: “root@mail:~$” I am root and “zextras@mail:~$” or “zimbra@mail:~$” I am the zextras user or zimbra user respectively.<\/p>\n

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