Communications Suite 6 Update 2 Installation Scenario - Webmail Server

Assumptions

This scenario shows how to install the Messaging Server Webmail Server (mshttpd) on a separate host. The Webmail Server acts as a front end that handles the HTTP protocol retrieval of messages from the message store. This component is used by Convergence and Communication Express to provide web-based access to end users.

This scenario is based on the Install Webmail Server leaf in the Communications Suite 6 Update 2 Installation Flowchart. The scenario makes these assumptions:

• You are deploying Communications Suite on multiple hosts or Solaris zones.
• This Webmail Server is one functional component of your multi-host deployment.
• You are installing the Webmail Server on a separate host; you are not bundling the Webmail Server with other Communication Suite products on the same host.
• If you are distributing multiple Webmail Servers across several hosts, you can follow these instructions for each host on which you install the Webmail Server.
• You are installing only the Webmail Server front end; you are not installing message store or SMTP functions.

Which Software Components and Downloads Do You Need?

• Communications Suite: for the Webmail Server

Download sites: Get the Software.

Which Task Sequence Do You Follow?

Before you install the Webmail Server:

• Make sure you do not configure conflicting port numbers on a machine when various components are running on a single machine. For a list of port numbers used by Messaging Server, see Default Port Numbers.

Install and configure the Webmail Server:

1. Run the Communications Suite installer.
   
   When the Comms Installer lists the components to install, choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version by selecting one of these components:
   
   Messaging Server 7 Update 2. (The Comms Installer does not explicitly label the 32-bit version as "32-bit.")
   
   Messaging Server (64-bit) 7 Update 2.
   
   Make sure that the other components are not selected.
   
   
2. Use the following worksheet to gather configuration information for the Webmail Server: Messaging Server 7 Update 2 - Configuration Worksheet.
   
   
3. Run the Messaging Server initial configuration program:
   
   For 32-bit: # INSTALLROOT/messaging/bin/configure
   
   For 64-bit: # INSTALLROOT/messaging64/bin/configure
   
   For detailed instructions, see Messaging Server 7 Update 2: Initial Configuration.
   
   When the Messaging Server configure program lists the components to configure, select
   
   Webmail Server
   
   Make sure that the other components are not selected.
   
   
4. Set the following configutil parameters. The Webmail Server uses these configutil parameters to log in to the back-end IMAP servers:

Note that the Webmail Server can communicate with multiple back-end IMAP servers. If the IMAP servers use different values for these parameters are different, you must set individual configutil parameters for each host, as follows:

where hostname is the name of the host on which each back-end IMAP server is running.

Examples

For one back-end IMAP server:

configutil -o local.service.proxy.admin -v myadmin
configutil -o local.service.proxy.adminpass -v <password>
configutil -o local.service.proxy.imapport -v 143

For multiple back-end IMAP servers:

configutil -o local.service.proxy.admin.host1.siroe.com -v admin1
configutil -o local.service.proxy.adminpass.host1.siroe.com -v <password>
configutil -o local.service.proxy.imapport.host1.siroe.com -v 143

configutil -o local.service.proxy.admin.host2.siroe.com -v admin2
configutil -o local.service.proxy.adminpass.host2.siroe.com -v <password>
configutil -o local.service.proxy.imapport.host2.siroe.com -v 143