This role automates the process of installing single-server Zimbra Open Source Edition v8.8.15 and v9.0.0 on CentOS 8 and Ubuntu 18.04.

1. Must be a fresh CentOS 8 or Ubuntu 18.04 minimal installation
2. Static network configuration must be already set
3. Ansible control node must have the "netaddr" Python module installed

# python3 -m pip install ansible
# python3 -m pip install netaddr

zimbra_timezone: Asia/Singapore
zimbra_fqdn: mail.example.com
zimbra_admin_password: zimbra4ever

Create playbook similar below:

# vi site.yml

--- 
- hosts: zimbra
  vars:
    zimbra_timezone: Asia/Singapore
    zimbra_fqdn: mail.example.com
    zimbra_admin_password: zimbra4ever
  roles:
    - ansible-zimbra-single

Then run as follows:

# ansible-playbook site.yml --tags install

If you want to setup Zimbra 9 instead:

# ansible-playbook site.yml --tags zimbra9

The role also installs Fail2Ban configured with predetermined jails and filters. You can view them in /etc/fail2ban directory.

# fail2ban-client status
  Status
  |- Number of jail:	4
  `- Jail list:	sshd, zimbra-admin, zimbra-smtp, zimbra-webmail

MIT License

Author: Jan Cubillan
GitHub: https://github.com/jancubillan