Chapter 3. Kolab Server on Enterprise Linux

The installation of the Kolab Groupware server requires you prepare the system for installation. This part of the installation manual addresses the installation procedure on Enterprise Linux systems, which include:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (recommended)
CentOS 5

3.1. Prerequisites

This section lists the prerequisites for a Kolab Groupware server system on Enterprise Linux.

3.1.1. Server System

These are the system prerequisites for a supported Kolab server installation on Enterprise Linux.

System Resources

FIXME: 4GB of RAM
FIXME: Intel or AMD 64-bit 2.4Ghz+

Operating System Resources

The following software packages may not be installed on the Kolab Groupware server system:
- cyrus-imapd
- openldap

You can verify whether any of those packages is installed using the following command:

rpm -qv <package-name>

Should any of the aforementioned packages be installed on the Kolab Groupware server system already, please verify whether they have been used before removing them. Should the packages have been used, consider moving to Kolab Groupware on this server system a migration and continue with the migration manual available at:

FIXME: Provide a URL for the migration manual

3.1.2. YUM Repositories

A Kolab Groupware server system requires the following YUM repositories to be installed in complete, available and enabled;

The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository.
For more details on the installation and configuration of the EPEL repository, please refer to Section 3.2.1, “EPEL Repository Configuration”.
The Kolab Groupware repository.
For more details on the installation and configuration of the Kolab repository, please refer to Section 3.2.2, “Kolab Repository Configuration”.