Template:OXConfiguration

Open-Xchange configuration

To avoid confusion right at the start notice that Open-Xchange uses multiple administration levels and requires different credentials at some stages at the installation and server management. Note that the passwords chosen at this guide are weak and should be replaced by stronger passwords.

• The MySQL database user
  • Username: openexchange
  • Password used at this guide: db_password
  • Responsibility: Execute all kinds of database operations
• The Open-Xchange Admin Master
  • Username: oxadminmaster
  • Password used at this guide: admin_master_password
  • Responsibility: Manage contexts, manage all kinds of low level server configuration
• The Context Admin
  • Username: oxadmin
  • Password used at this guide: admin_password
  • Responsibility: Manage users/groups/resources inside a context

In order to setup the Open-Xchange Server it is mandatory to have the database running:

$ /etc/init.d/mysql start

Now we have to initialize the Open-Xchange configdb database. This can all be done by executing the initconfigdb script.

$ /opt/open-xchange/sbin/initconfigdb --configdb-pass=db_password -a

Add the -i option if you want to remove an already existing open-xchange configdb.

Before starting any service, all basic configuration files need to be set up correctly. The --configdb-pass option indicates the password of the openexchange database user previously created, the --master-pass options specifies the password of the Open-Xchange adminmaster user that will be created when executing the oxinstaller script.