Mass create zimbra accounts

zmcreateuser.sh

#/bin/bash

# zmcreateusers
# Mass create zimbra accounts
#
# AUTHORS: Caio Corrêa, Thompson Alves
# LAST UPDATED: 2011/12/02
#
# Version 1.2: Added the report at the ending
# Version 1.1: Added security check of alias and username
# Version 1.0: First release, creates accounts and aliases

# ========================= CAVEAT ===============================
# The file you must pass as a parameter MUST have this format
# for each account you wish to create
# 
# username:Display Name:Given Name:Surname:PASSWORD:alias
#
# Note that the ALIAS is optional

DOMAIN="yourdomain.com"

# Vars used for the end report
SUCCESS="0"
ERROR="0"
RESUMEFILE="/tmp/zmcreateresume"
ALIASRESUMEFILE="/tmp/zmaliascreateresume"

# Getopts to get the debug option
while getopts ":d" opt; do
    case $opt in
        d) DEBUG="echo";;
        \?) echo "Invalid option -$OPTARG"
			exit 1;;
    esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))

# Check if the user passed one and only one parameter
if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
	echo "USAGE: $0 [-d] <file>"
	exit 1
fi

FILE=$1

# Check if the passed parameter is a regular file
if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
	echo "\"$FILE\" does not exist or is not a regular file"
	exit 1
fi

# Loop each line, parse it and create each user
while read line; do
	USERNAME=$(echo $line | cut -d":" -f1)
	DISPLAYNAME=$(echo $line | cut -d":" -f2)
	GIVENNAME=$(echo $line | cut -d":" -f3)
	SURNAME=$(echo $line | cut -d":" -f4)
	PASSWD=$(echo $line | cut -d":" -f5)
	ALIAS=$(echo $line | cut -d":" -f6 | tr [A-Z] [a-z])

	echo $DISPLAYNAME

	# Check if $USERNAME already exists, if so, skip
	CHECKNAME="$(zmprov ga $USERNAME@$DOMAIN displayName 2> /dev/null | grep Name | cut -d" " -f2-)"
	if [ ! -z "$CHECKNAME" ]; then
		echo "\"$USERNAME\" - Account Already Exists: \"$CHECKNAME\"" | tee -a $RESUMEFILE
		ERROR=$((ERROR+1))
		continue
	fi

	$DEBUG zmprov ca $USERNAME@$DOMAIN $PASSWD displayName "$DISPLAYNAME" givenName "$GIVENNAME" sn "$SURNAME" zimbraAccountStatus active

	# Check if the user was correctly created, if not, skip
	if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
		echo "$USERNAME - Error Creating Account" >> $RESUMEFILE
		ERROR=$((ERROR+1))
		continue
	else
		SUCCESS=$((SUCCESS+1))
	fi

	# Check if the there is an ALIAS in the file, if so, add alias
	if [ ! -z "$ALIAS" ]; then
		# Check if the alias already exists
		CHECKALIAS="$(zmprov ga $ALIAS@$DOMAIN displayName 2> /dev/null | grep Name | cut -d" " -f2-)"
		if [ ! -z "$CHECKALIAS" ]; then
			echo "\"$ALIAS\" ($USERNAME) - Alias Already Exists: \"$CHECKALIAS\"" | tee -a $ALIASRESUMEFILE
		else
			$DEBUG zmprov aaa $USERNAME@$DOMAIN $ALIAS@$DOMAIN
		fi
	fi
done < $FILE

echo
echo "============================================="
echo "Accounts Succesfully Created: $SUCCESS"
echo "Accounts Not Created: $ERROR"
echo "============================================="
if [ "$ERROR" -ne 0 ]; then
	echo "Accounts with error:"
	echo
	cat $RESUMEFILE
	echo 

	rm -f $RESUMEFILE
fi
if [ -f $ALIASRESUMEFILE ]; then
	echo "============================================="
	echo "Alias with error:"
	echo
	cat $ALIASRESUMEFILE
	echo 

	rm -f $ALIASRESUMEFILE
fi

Hey thanks for this. I just forked it and modified it to run my own migration needs. If you're new to ZImbra though, it should be noted that you've to first login as zimbra after being root "root@host#su - zimbra", make the file executable with chmod +x file.sh before running.