Zimbra OSE with Active sync with mobile and outlook13/window8 mail

Implementation Reference

http://imanudin.net/2014/11/11/how-to-enable-mode-activesync-on-zimbra-ose/

http://vwiki.co.uk/Z-Push_v2_with_Zimbra

Test Environment

Test Zimbra Server - mail.sysnetglobal.net Test z-push server - 182.50.129.154 ( earlier securitrans server ) test account - biswajit.banerjee@sysnetglobal.net - pass Sysop_0603 domain mapping - mobile.tetrain.com for ip 182.50.129.154

==Implementation on the activesync server (182.50.129.154)

Install packages needed by Z-Push

yum install php-cli php-soap php-process php httpd

Download and install Z-Push. When this article written, Z-Push final release is 2.1.3-1892 version

wget -c http://download.z-push.org/final/2.1/z-push-2.1.3-1892.tar.gz
tar -zxvf z-push-2.1.3-1892.tar.gz
mv z-push-2.1.3-1892 /var/www/html/z-push

Make log directory and data

mkdir /var/lib/z-push /var/log/z-push
chmod 755 /var/lib/z-push /var/log/z-push
chown apache:apache /var/lib/z-push /var/log/z-push

Make document root for Z-Push on Apache

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/z-push.conf

Fill with information like below

Alias /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync /var/www/html/z-push/index.php
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
php_flag register_globals off
php_flag magic_quotes_runtime off
php_flag short_open_tag on

Also make sure memory_limit = 128M on /etc/php.ini. Download Z-Push Zimbra Backend

wget -c http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zimbrabackend/Release61/zimbra61.tgz

tar -zxvf zimbra61.tgz
mv zimbra61/z-push-2/ /var/www/html/z-push/backend/zimbra

Configure Z-Push for using Zimbra Backend

vi /var/www/html/z-push/config.php

change and adjust with your region

define('PROVISIONING', false);
define('LOOSE_PROVISIONING', true);
define('TIMEZONE', 'Asia/Kolkata');
define('BACKEND_PROVIDER', 'BackendZimbra');

Configure Zimbra Backend and define Zimbra URL to localhost or hostname of Zimbra

vi /var/www/html/z-push/backend/zimbra/config.php

define('ZIMBRA_URL', 'https://mail.sysnetglobal.net');

Restart service httpd

service httpd restart

Issue on Z-push Side

Some additional steps are sometimes required due to bugs etc, see the INSTALL file included with the backend for more info.

If running Zimbra backend 59 onwards fix Z-Push's RowCmp() function Within z-push/lib/default/diffbackend/diffstate.php, replace existing contents of RowCmp() with

return strcmp( $b["id"], $a["id"] ) ;

==Changes on Zimbra Server ( mail.sysnetglobal.net ) side

If running Zimbra 7.2 onwards and have clients with multiple devices you need to allow them to connect simultaneously, on your Zimbra server allow an appropriate number of sessions (default is 5)

zmlocalconfig -e zimbra_session_limit_soap=7
zmconfigdctl reload

If running Zimbra 8 onwards you need to whitelist your Z-Push server otherwise its likely to get blocked by Zimbra, on your Zimbra server allow your Z-Push server's IP address

zmprov mcf zimbraHttpThrottleSafeIPs 182.50.129.154

Basic Testing

check ActiveSync with browser : http://182.50.129.154/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync. If asking username and password, fill with username and password accounts your Zimbra Mail Server. If appear information like below, configuration Z-Push and Z-Push Zimbra Backend has been success and could be used with mobile devices

Z-Push-ActiveSync

Outlook connecting issue - resolution

http://www.vionblog.com/connect-zimbra-community-with-outlook-2013/

First time Open your task manager by holding “Ctrl + Shift + Esc” or right click on your task bar and select “Task Manager” At the Windows Task Manager, navigate to “Processes” tab (Windows 7) / “Details” tab (Windows 8) Taskmanager Look for outlook.exe process and click “End Process”, if any confirmation dialog appear, simply click