Install PolicyD on Zimbra 8.5 or 8.8

Policyd have module quotas. This module can use for limit sending/receipt email. As example just allow sending/receipt email 200 emails/hours/users. If your email server attacked by spam or compromised password some users and used by spammer, the maximum email can be sent as many as 200 emails per hour. This policy will safe your IP public from blacklist on RBL. Besides, you can check who user send email with many email

How To Install Policyd on Zimbra

This guidance is step by step how to install policyd on Zimbra 8.5 and latest

su - zimbra
zmprov ms `zmhostname` +zimbraServiceInstalled cbpolicyd +zimbraServiceEnabled cbpolicyd

Activate Policyd WebUI

– For Zimbra 8.5/8.6

Run the following command as root

cd /opt/zimbra/httpd/htdocs/
ln -s ../../cbpolicyd/share/webui .

Edit file /opt/zimbra/cbpolicyd/share/webui/includes/config.php and putting “#” on front of all the lines beginning with $DB_DSN and adding the following line just before the line beginning with $DB_USER.

$DB_DSN="sqlite:/opt/zimbra/data/cbpolicyd/db/cbpolicyd.sqlitedb";

See the following example

#$DB_DSN="mysql:host=localhost;dbname=cluebringer";
$DB_DSN="sqlite:/opt/zimbra/data/cbpolicyd/db/cbpolicyd.sqlitedb";
$DB_USER="root";

Update 18 May 2017

– For Zimbra 8.7.x/8.8.x

Run the following command as root

cd /opt/zimbra/data/httpd/htdocs/
ln -s /opt/zimbra/common/share/webui/ .

Edit file /opt/zimbra/common/share/webui/includes/config.php and putting “#” on front of all the lines beginning with $DB_DSN and adding the following line just before the line beginning with $DB_USER.

$DB_DSN="sqlite:/opt/zimbra/data/cbpolicyd/db/cbpolicyd.sqlitedb";

See the following example

#$DB_DSN="mysql:host=localhost;dbname=cluebringer";
$DB_DSN="sqlite:/opt/zimbra/data/cbpolicyd/db/cbpolicyd.sqlitedb";
$DB_USER="root";

Restart Zimbra service  and Zimbra Apache service

su - zimbra -c "zmcontrol restart"
su - zimbra -c "zmapachectl restart"

You can now access the Policyd Webui with browser at URL

http://IPZimbra:7780/webui/index.php

Src:

How To Install PolicyD on Zimbra 8.5

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