Install SSL Certificate on Zimbra mail server

To install SSL certificate for Zimbra Mail Server, login to server, switch to user zimbra

su - zimbra

Now create file commercial.key, paste your Private key.

vi /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key

In commercial.crt, paste your SSL certificate.

vi /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt

Create commercial_ca.crt with content of your ca-bundle file.

vi /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial_ca.crt

Verify SSL cerificate

/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcertmgr verifycrt comm /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key  /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt
Zimbra SSL

If SSL verified sucessfully, you can install it with command

/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcertmgr deploycrt comm  /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial_ca.crt
Zimbra SSL install

To make SSL active, you need to restart Zimbra mail server with command

zmcontrol restart

If you need to install self signed SSL, run

zmcertmgr deploycrt self
zmcontrol restart

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