Zimbra zcs-8.8.15_GA fails to install due to /etc/hosts

Post date: May 07, 2010 11:24:17 AM

If everything is absolutely right as it should be and you are sure that the install should run fine, but it fails with this error message:

ERROR: Installation can not proceeed. Please fix your /etc/hosts file

to contain:

<ip> <FQHN> <HN>

Where <IP> is the ip address of the host,

<FQHN> is the FULLY QUALIFIED host name, and

<HN> is the (optional) hostname-only portion

Then go to line 548 of the ./util/utilfunc.sh and just hash it out like this:

#exit 1

The install procedure will still give you the error, but it will move on.

If you use zimbra behind NAT, you probably need to use SplitDNS solution to make it work. If BIND is too much hassle (labsy), then use dnsmasq locally and do not install dnscache package during the zimbra installation.