Horde Configuration Guide:
(Assuming you are using Centos 5 or RHEL 5 distro but horde
installation
steps will remain same in all linux distros)
Step 1:
Download horde tar file into any downloads folder
wget ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde-webmail/horde-webmail-
latest.tar.gz
go to the www root folder.
# cd /var/www/html
# tar -zxvf /path to you horde download folder/horde-webmail-
latest.tar.gz
# mv horde-webmail-1.2.6 horde
# cd horde
Install Required PHP modules:
# yum -y install GeoIP geoip-devel gd ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
# yum -y install php-mbstring php-gettext php-gd php-xml php-mcrypt
php-pecl-Fileinfo
# pecl install Imagic json LZF geoip
edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add the following:
<Directory /var/www/html/horde>
Options Includes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AcceptPathInfo On
php_flag track_vars On
#php_admin_value memory_limit 384M
php_admin_value post_max_size 20M
</Directory>
# service httpd restart
http://your-server-ip/horde/test.php
check if all required php modules are installed Step 2.
Step 2:
Now Configure Horde:
# cd /var/www/html/horde
Before executing the setup.php script we need to change the default
password
for user horde in the sql script for horde database creation. If
you don't
want to change the default password skip this step and directly to
Step3 and
run the setup script:
# vi scripts/sql/create.mysql.sql
USE mysql;
REPLACE INTO user (host, user, password)
VALUES (
'localhost',
'horde',
-- IMPORTANT: Change this password.
PASSWORD('horde') <---------------(Change you
password here)
);
save the file and proceed to step 3.
Step 3:
# cd /var/ww/html/horde
# php scripts/setup.php
What is the web root path on your web server for this installation,
i.e. the
path of the address you use to access Horde Groupware Webmail
Edition in
your browser? [/horde]
Horde Groupware Webmail Edition Configuration Menu
(0) Exit
(1) Configure database settings
(2) Create database or tables
(3) Configure administrator settings
(4) Update PEAR for a new or changed location
(5) Update from an older Horde Groupware Webmail Edition version
Type your choice: 1
What database backend should we use? [false]
(false) [None]
(dbase) dBase
(ibase) Firebird/InterBase
(fbsql) Frontbase
(ifx) Informix
(msql) mSQL
(mssql) MS SQL Server
(mysql) MySQL
(mysqli) MySQL (mysqli)
(oci8) Oracle
(odbc) ODBC
(pgsql) PostgreSQL
(sqlite) SQLite
(sybase) Sybase
Type your choice: mysql
Request persistent connections? [0]
(1) Yes
(0) No
Type your choice: 1
Username to connect to the database as* [] horde
Password to connect with [] Your Password that you changed to in
Step 2.
(If you have not changed in the password in step 2 then type horde)
How should we connect to the database? [unix]
(unix) UNIX Sockets
(tcp) TCP/IP
Type your choice: unix
Location of UNIX socket [] /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock (or
wherever you
mysql.sock file is type full path here)
Database name to use* [] horde
Internally used charset* [utf-8]
Use SSL to connect to the server? [0]
(1) Yes
(0) No
Type your choice: 1
Certification Authority to use for SSL connections [] (Ignore
this and
leave blank )
Split reads to a different server? [false]
(false) Disabled
(true) Enabled
Type your choice: false
Writing main configuration file
Done configuring database settings.
Horde Groupware Webmail Edition Configuration Menu
(0) Exit
(1) Configure database settings
(2) Create database or tables
(3) Configure administrator settings
(4) Update PEAR for a new or changed location
(5) Update from an older Horde Groupware Webmail Edition version
Type your choice: 2
Should we create the database for you? If yes, you need to provide a
database
user that has permissions to create new databases on your system.
If no, we
will only create the database tables for you. [y]
(y) Yes
(n) No
Type your choice: y
Database superuser for creating the database if necessary for your
database
system: root
Specify a password for the database user: anaconda#1
Loading database module...
Creating database...
[ OK ] Successfully created the database.
[ OK ] Successfully created the tables for Mail (imp).
[ OK ] Successfully created the tables for Filters (ingo).
[ OK ] Successfully created the tables for Address Book (turba).
[ OK ] Successfully created the tables for Calendar (kronolith).
[ OK ] Successfully created the tables for Tasks (nag).
[ OK ] Successfully created the tables for Notes (mnemo).
Should we build the database with METAR weather stations now? This is
necessary if you want to display METAR weather information.
Building the
database requires a network connection. [y]
(y) Yes
(n) No
Type your choice: n
Done creating database.
Horde Groupware Webmail Edition Configuration Menu
(0) Exit
(1) Configure database settings
(2) Create database or tables
(3) Configure administrator settings
(4) Update PEAR for a new or changed location
(5) Update from an older Horde Groupware Webmail Edition version
Type your choice: 0
Thank you for using Horde Groupware Webmail Edition!
[r...@mail-srv horde]#
Your all done now with the basic installation of Horde. Go to the URL
http://your-server-ip/horde or https://yourmaildomain/horde and
login with
your email username and password.
To coustomise the webmail options/features/prefs you need to edit
imp/config/prefs.php file.
If need any help please write me an email.
Enjoy!!!!
Regards,
Anil Aliyan
From: Scott Hughes [mailto:sonicscott9...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 4:00 AM
To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: [qmailtoaster] Horde Webmail
I'm just curious if anyone is using Horde webmail on their QMT
system? If
so, how difficult and involved was the install process. Horde has
a lot of
good features that I believe my users would benefit from, but it
also looks
like a bear of an install and upkeep.
Thanks,
Scott
