{"id":133,"date":"2017-10-09T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxadmin.melberi.com\/uncategorized\/roundcube-webmail-installation"},"modified":"2017-10-09T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:31:13","slug":"roundcube-installation-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melberi.com\/linuxadmin\/roundcube\/roundcube-installation-procedure","title":{"rendered":"Roundcube webmail installation Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Install Roundcube Webmail on Linux CentOS Fedora Ubuntu Redhat Linux<\/p>\n

License<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

Roundcube Webmail is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).<\/p>\n

Server Requirements<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

* Apache or Lighttpd webserver
\n* PHP Version 5.2.1 or greater
\n* MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite or MSSQL database
\n* An IMAP server which supports IMAP4 rev1
\n* An SMTP server (recommended) or PHP configured for mail delivery<\/p>\n

Installation Procedure<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

Download the latest stable version of RoundCube web mail from http:\/\/www.roundcube.net and copy it to your web server using winscp or other preferred method<\/p>\n

1)Roundcube Webmail installation<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

Login to your Apache server host through shell (putty)
\nUn tar roundcubemail-0.3.1.tar.gz in the web root directory<\/p>\n

#tar -xvzf roundcubemail-x.x.x.tar.gz -C \/var\/www\/html\/
\n#cd \/var\/www\/html
\n#mv roundcubemail-0.3.1\/ roundcubemail
\n#cd roundcubemail\/<\/b><\/p>\n

RoundCube needs to save some temp files and it also writes logs. Therefore make sure that the following directories (temp,logs) are writable by the web server user<\/p>\n

#chown -R apache.apache logs temp<\/b><\/p>\n

Configuration:<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

2) Mysql configuration:<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

Login to your mysql server through shell (or webmin) and Create a database for your webmail (You can use the same server for both Apache and MySQL)<\/p>\n

Example: db name – roundcubedb, username – roundcubeuser , password – roundcubepwd (your choice)<\/b><\/p>\n

#mysql -u root -p ( enter the mysql root password)
\nmysql> create database roundcubedb;
\nmysql> grant all privileges on roundcubedb.* to roundcubeuser@localhost identified by ’roundcubepwd’;
\nmysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\nmysql> exit<\/b><\/p>\n

Above commands will create a database roundcubedb with the required permissions.
\nIf you are ruining Apache and mysql in different servers, you have to grand privilege for roundcubeuser@apacheserverip
\nNow import the table layout<\/p>\n

#mysql roundcubedb < SQL\/mysql.initial.sql\u00a0 -u root -p<\/b>
\n(enter the root password or mysql server)
\nCreate the config file from samples<\/p>\n

#cd config\/
\n#cp db.inc.php.dist db.inc.php
\n#cp main.inc.php.dist main.inc.php<\/b><\/p>\n

Edit Database Configuration File:<\/b><\/u><\/h4>\n

Edit the db.inc.php file and replace the below lines with your database access details<\/p>\n

#vim db.inc.php
\n$rcmail_config[‘db_dsnw’] = ‘mysql:\/\/roundcubeuser:roundcubepwd@localhost\/roundcubedb’;<\/b><\/p>\n

3) Apache Server Configuration:<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

DNS Configuration:<\/b><\/u>
\nAdd dns entry for your support website ( webmail.example.com to 192.168.1.3 (replace with your ip) )
\nIf you don’t have dns server already running, you can use the ip directly<\/p>\n

Edit Apache Config:<\/b><\/u>
\nedit \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf and add the following configurations<\/p>\n

< VirtualHost 192.168.1.3:* >
\nDocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/roundcubemail
\nServerName webmail.example.com
\nRewriteEngine on
\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)
\nRewriteRule .* – [F]
\n< Directory “\/var\/www\/html\/roundcubemail”\u00a0 >
\nDirectoryIndex index.php
\n< \/Directory >
\nOptions ExecCGI
\n< \/VirtualHost ><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

If you don’t have DNS server you can skip the above step<\/b>
\nand add alias for this mail directory<\/p>\n

#vim \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf
\nAlias \/webmail “\/var\/www\/html\/roundcubemail”<\/b>
\nRestart apache server
\n#service httpd restart<\/b><\/p>\n

4) Installer config:<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

edit main.inc.php file and enable the installer and check all the required modules are present, php config, etc<\/p>\n

#vim main.inc.php
\n$rcmail_config[‘enable_installer’] = true;<\/b><\/p>\n

Now you can Point your browser to http:\/\/url-to-roundcube\/installer\/ (http:\/\/192.168.1.3\/webmail\/installer)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n

After checking this installer script you can disable\u00a0 the installer
\n#vim main.inc.php
\n$rcmail_config[‘enable_installer’] = false;<\/b><\/p>\n

Now you can start using your webmail through browse\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

your webmail url http:\/\/webmail.example.com\u00a0 or ip (from remote computer)
\nIf no dns server configured , use alias http:\/\/192.168.1.3\/webmail ( from local host http:\/\/localhost\/webmail)
\nHere you can enter your username, password, mail server details and start browsing your mails <\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n

You can start using the webmail with the above configuration itself. Below I have mentioned optional configurations.<\/p>\n

5) Customizing the Configuration<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

<\/b>
\nIMAP server configuration:<\/b><\/u>
\nBy default the login screen provides a text box where you need to enter the IMAP host which you want to connect to.<\/p>\n

If you dont want your users to enter the mailserver details, you can hide this by setting one fixed IMAP host address<\/p>\n

#vim main.inc.php
\n$rcmail_config[‘default_host’] = ‘yourmailserverip’;
\n$rcmail_config[‘smtp_server’] = ‘yourmailserverip’;<\/b>
\nIf you want to add multiple servers
\n$rcmail_config[‘default_host’] = array(
\n‘mail.example.com’ => ‘Default Server’,
\n‘webmail.example.com’ => ‘Webmail Server’,
\n‘ssl:\/\/mail.example.com:993’ => ‘Secure Webmail Server’<\/b><\/p>\n

Deleted messages:<\/b><\/u>
\nSome mail clients just mark messages as deleted and finally remove them when leaving the application.<\/p>\n

RoundCube by default move messages to the Trash folder when hitting the delete button.<\/p>\n

However this behavior can be changed by unsetting the ‘trash_mbox’ property and enabling ‘flag_for_deletion’.<\/p>\n

Your configuration could look like this:<\/p>\n

$rcmail_config[‘trash_mbox’] = ”;
\n$rcmail_config[‘flag_for_deletion’] = true;
\n$rcmail_config[‘skip_deleted’] = false;<\/b><\/p>\n

Messages will now be marked as deleted which can be reverted again. To finally remove them, the user needs to click “Compact” below the folder list.
\n <\/b><\/p>\n

6) Other Configurations: <\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

PostgreSQL<\/b>:
\nTo use RoundCube with PostgreSQL support you have to follow these
\nsimple steps, which have to be done as the postgres system user (or
\nwhich ever is the database superuser)<\/p>\n

$ createuser roundcube
\n$ createdb -O roundcube -E UNICODE roundcubemail
\n$ psql roundcubemail
\nroundcubemail =# ALTER USER roundcube WITH PASSWORD ‘the_new_password’;
\nroundcubemail =# c – roundcube
\nroundcubemail => i SQL\/postgres.initial.sql<\/b><\/p>\n

All this has been tested with PostgreSQL 8.x and 7.4.x.<\/p>\n

Older versions don’t have a -O option for the createdb, so if you are
\nusing that version you’ll have to change ownership of the DB later.<\/p>\n

7) Common Problems:<\/span><\/strong>
\n500 Internal Server Error::<\/b>
\nUsing MySQL – Database Error | Failed Connection<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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