Overview
Zimbra is a collaborative software suite, that includes an email server and web client. Zimbra module for HostBill is aimed at automated provisioning and management of Zimbra accounts.
Activating the module
- If the module is included in your HostBill edition you can download it from your client portal.
- If the module is not included in your HostBill edition you can purchase it from our marketplace and then download it from the client area.
- Once you download the module extract it in the main HostBill directory.
- Go to Settings → Modules → Hosting Modules, find and activate Zimbra Email module.
Connecting HostBill with Zimbra Email
- Proceed to Settings → Apps → Add new App
- From Applications list select Zimbra Email
- Enter:
- Name - Name of this connection
- Hostname
- IP Address
- Username
- Password
- API port
4. Verify entered credentials by clicking Test Connection to check if HostBill can connect
5. Save Changes
Adding Zimbra Email Product
- In HostBill go to Settings → Products & Services, and Add new order page
- Enter your orderpage name, select orderpage template. Save Changes
- Add new product in the new orderpage. Provide product name and setup its price and then Save Changes.
- In product configuration section proceed to Connect with App, select Zimbra Email and App server created in previous steps.
- You will be presented with following configuration options:
- Mail server
- Class of service
- Available COS - click "Get Values from Server"
- Number of domains
- Number of domain aliases
- Number of mailboxes
- Mailbox additional space
- Number of archieved mailboxes
- Number of distribution lists
- Number of members per distribution list
Choose what you want to do when
- Deleting domains
- Deleting email accounts
For more generic product configuration details including price, automation, emails settings refer to Product Configuration article.
Configuring Client Functions
In Products & Services → Your Order Page → Your Product → Client Functions you can control what features customer will have access to in client portal, by clicking Enable/Disable next to the given option.
Use Edit button to adjust function appearance in the client portal.
For Kerio Connect you can enable following client functions:
- Change Billing Cycle
- Change Label
- Change Ownership
- Edit Forms
- Graphs
- Login Details
- Manual Service Renew
- New Direct Link
- Related Services
- Service Auto Renewal
- Manage Distribution Lists
- Manage Domains
- Manage Email Accounts