Everything you need to know about installing the PMDF email server on the Linux platform. This demo will walk you through system requirements, pre-installation steps, the installation itself, and post-installation tasks. Installation documentation in both PDF and HTML format is available from the Process Software website at http://www.process.com/psc/service-support/pmdf-internet-messaging/pmdf-documentation/ More information about the PMDF Internet Messaging product is available at http://www.process.com/psc/products/pmdf-internet-messaging/

1. Installing PMDF on Linux
Michael Lamont Chief Technology Officer

2. Obtaining PMDF
•Licensed customers are mailed a PMDF distribution package:
−PMDF installation CD-ROM
−Welcome letter
−Licenses
•New CD-ROM automatically mailed to you when a new version of PMDF is released
•New licenses mailed when you renew support

3. Licensing
•Can’t find your license?
−Contact your Process Software sales rep
−Email sales@process.com
•Licensed PMDF customers can download latest kits and electronically retrieve licenses
•Not a PMDF customer?
−Contact us to get a free evaluation copy of PMDF

4. Licensing
•PMDF available for personal non-commercial use through Process Software’s Hobbyist program
•Complimentary licenses, if you meet the requirements
•For more info, visit:
http://goo.gl/Bw404q

5. Supported Linux Versions
•RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 (Release 8) or later
•Requirements:
−RPM package manager for installation
−x86 compatible CPU architecture
−Linux Core version 2.6.9-89 or later

6. # uname –a
Linux bos-eng-lnx09.process.com 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Tue Sep 9 20:14:52 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
#
# whereis rpm
rpm: /bin/rpm /etc/rpm /usr/lib/rpm /usr/share/man/man8/rpm.8.gz
#

7. Disk Space Requirements
•Basic installation: 80 MB
•MTA store-and-forward queue area: 1 GB
•High-volume MTA: 2-3 GB
•Mail stores (POP, IMAP): how much mail do your users have?
−Multiply max user quota by number of users, then double

8. # df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 72766752 4080092 64990228 6% /
/dev/sda2 153739275 4080092 64990228 6% /opt
/dev/sda3 72766752 4080092 64990228 6% /home
tmpfs 956216 0 956216 0% /dev/shm
#

9. PMDF User Accounts
•PMDF needs two user accounts on the system:
−pmdf
−pmdfuser
•Each account has a corresponding group with the same name on the system

10. # groupadd pmdf
# groupadd pmdfuser
# useradd –c “PMDF” –d /pmdf/queue –M –s /bin/sh –f 0 -g pmdf pmdf
# useradd –c “PMDF User” –d /pmdf/queue –M –s /bin/sh –f 0 -g pmdfuser pmdfuser
#

12. PMDF Linux Install Kit
•Linux install kit contains base Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) product
•Also contains all layered products:
−MessageStore
−POPstore
−TLS
−DirSync
−PMDF-LAN

14. # mkdir /cdrom
# mount –o –ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom
# cd /cdrom/Linux-X86/PMDF660
# ls
pmdf-6.6.0-0.i386.rpm
#
# rpm –i pmdf-6.6.0-0.i386.rpm
#

15. PMDF Installation
•Default install location is /opt/pmdf/
•Pass the --prefix argument to rpm to change the installation location

16. # rpm –i --prefix /usr/pmdf/ pmdf-6.6.0-0.i386.rpm
#

17. PMDF Installation
•Installation creates a symbolic link /pmdf/
•Symlink points to the actual install directory
•The /pmdf/ symlink is used to access PMDF’s commands and files

18. # umount /cdrom #

19. PMDF Licenses
•Copy license files to /pmdf/table/ directory
•License file naming convention:
productname-platform.license
•Example: license for base MTA product on Linux named PMDF-MTA-LINUX.license
•License file name is case-sensitive
•License files are plain text, contain authorization info

20. PMDF Licenses
•Example license file contents:
•Make sure Product Release Date is later than the release date of the PMDF version you’re installing
Issuer:Process
Authorization Number:0624401-21
Product Name:PMDF-MTA-LINUX
Producer:Innosoft
Product Release Date:31-DEC-2016
Product Token:U29147
Checksum:7-ACDG-HLAG-FMBN-DEMO

21. PMDF Licenses
•You can use your license to run any version of PMDF released before the Product Release Date
•You’ll automatically receive updated PMDF licenses when you renew your maintenance agreement

22. # cd /pmdf/table # ls *.license PMDF-MTA-LINUX.license PMDF-TLS-LINUX.license PMDF-MSGSTORE-LINUX.license PMDF-POPSTORE-LINUX.license #

23. Periodic Jobs
•Two important periodic (batch) jobs
−post.sh
•Retries delivery of messages with temporary errors
•Tidies up message queue areas
•Runs every 4 hours (default)
−return.sh
•Returns undeliverable messages
•Rolls log files
•Runs 5 minutes after midnight every night (default)
•Jobs can be rescheduled to fit your site’s needs

24. # crontab –u pmdf /pmdf/table/cronjobs #

25. PMDF Sendmail Replacement
•Lots of Linux software packages assume the Sendmail MTA is always installed
•For compatibility, PMDF provides a Sendmail replacement that enqueues messages to PMDF

26. # /pmdf/bin/symlink install Symlink replacement complete #

27. Initial Configuration
•Web-based configuration utility can be used to generate initial PMDF configuration
•Command-line configuration procedure is also available

28. # /pmdf/bin/http_server –s 15-Oct-2014 19:19:24.21: Beginning accept loop on port 7633...

30. # pmdf cnbuild # pmdf start PMDF Job Controller started PMDF Dispatcher started #

31. Phone:
(800) 722-7770
Email:
info@process.com
Web:
www.process.com