How to install Roundcube webmail in Plesk 11 and CentOS 6.x

[GrBeach]

Here's an article I wrote on how I installed Roundcube on my Plesk server. Comments/suggestions are welcome.

http://www.gregbeach.ca/how-tos/463-install-roundcube-in-plesk-11-and-centos-6-x.html

 

[MislavO]

I would prefer link that was posted in some other topic:
http://omgkielb.blogspot.com/2012/04/installing-roundcube-to-plesk.html

because I don't want to mess up the current Atmail / Horde and leave them as webmail.<domain_name>

 

[GrBeach]

I would prefer link that was posted in some other topic:
http://omgkielb.blogspot.com/2012/04/installing-roundcube-to-plesk.html

because I don't want to mess up the current Atmail / Horde and leave them as webmail.<domain_name>

I originally set up Roundcube to replace Atmail/Horde so that's why I chose the webmail.* alias but you raise a vaild point. Some people may want to add Roundcube as an option alongside Atmail/Horde.

You can still accomplish that with my approach by using a different alias in step 4 such as roundcube.yourdomain,com. I've updated the article to reflect that.

Some of the advantages of this approach are:
* By staying within the Plesk environment you take advantage of Plesk's management of the environment (Apache, PHP, FastCGI, etc) and avoid any unintended conflicts with Plesk. I've used Plesk for quite a few years and although it's more forgiving than it used to be I still find that configuration changes made outside of Plesk can cause problems, especially during upgrades/updates.
* You can use the Plesk backup to backup the Roundcube installation and restore to multiple servers making it much easier to set up Roundcube on a new server.
* Same approach can be used for Windows and Linux servers.

My approach is just one of many you can use but at the end of the day you should use the approach you feel most comfortable with and that satisfies your requirements.

 

[omgkielbb]

I originally set up Roundcube to replace Atmail/Horde so that's why I chose the webmail.* alias but you raise a vaild point. Some people may want to add Roundcube as an option alongside Atmail/Horde.

You can still accomplish that with my approach by using a different alias in step 4 such as roundcube.yourdomain,com. I've updated the article to reflect that.

You can also do the same with http://blog.kiel.com.au/2012/04/installing-roundcube-to-plesk.html
Since been updated, and does not replace horde or atmail!

 

[GrBeach]

You can also do the same with http://blog.kiel.com.au/2012/04/installing-roundcube-to-plesk.html
Since been updated, and does not replace horde or atmail!

I have used that approach in the past but I kept running into conflicts with Plesk mostly during upgrades/updates but I'm happy to hear it works for you.

There's more than one way to skin a cat (not that I ever would) and it's good that people wanting to install Roundcube on Plesk have more than one option and can choose the one that works best for them.

Cheers.