Configuring Kolab with setup-kolab

After having installed kolab (following the appropriate install guide in this knowledge base) it needs to be configured. The script ‘setup-kolab’ is distributed with the out-of-the-box installation and is taking care of the basic configuration, but a successful configuration is depending on the environment that Kolab is installed into. Many aspects and variables will have an impact on the configuration. This guide is only touching on the absolute basics. For information and assistance with more complex installation scenarios, please contact sales@kolabsystems.com

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Increase Web Client Performance with Memcache

Memcache is a protocol to access a simple key-value store, that is memory-backed, over a network socket. The memcached server does not perform any form of access control and is optimal for certain caches used in the Kolab web client (and associated HTTP-based access interfaces), by avoiding superfluous login, access control, and other such software policy considerations, as well as disk I/O.

This article outlines the installation and configuration of a single memcached server for use with the Roundcube web client for Kolab.

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Installation Instructions for Kolab 16 on RHEL 7 on Power 8 with Advance Toolchain

This article outlines the installation procedure for Kolab 16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power 8 architectures that have elected to use Advance Toolchain.

Please note subtly different instructions apply to different installations;

Installation Instructions for Kolab 16 on RHEL 7 on Power 8

This article outlines the installation procedure for Kolab 16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power 8 architectures.

Please note subtly different instructions apply to different installations;