How to Install Excision Mail on Alpine Linux Latest

Excision Mail is a self-hosted, easy-to-use email solution that allows you to send and receive emails securely. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Excision Mail on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest
• Access to the root user account or an account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, you need to install some dependencies required for the installation of Excision Mail. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo apk add git npm nodejs-current

Step 2: Clone the Excision Mail Repository

Next, you need to clone the Excision Mail repository from Github. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/Excision-Mail/Excision-Mail.git

This will create a directory named Excision-Mail in your current working directory.

Step 3: Install Node.js Packages

Now navigate to the Excision-Mail directory by running the following command:

cd Excision-Mail

Then, install the required Node.js packages by running the following command:

npm install

Step 4: Configure Excision Mail

After installing the required packages, you need to configure Excision Mail. You can do this by copying the sample configuration file:

cp config.example.json config.json

Then, open the config.json file using your favorite text editor:

nano config.json

Here, you need to update the following fields:

• dbPath: The path to the directory where you want to store the database. By default, it is set to ./data.
• publicUrl: The URL of your Excision Mail instance. This will be used to generate links in emails.

Step 5: Start Excision Mail

Finally, to start Excision Mail, run the following command in the terminal:

npm start

This will start the server, and you should see output similar to the following:

info: Starting Excision Mail at http://localhost:3000

You can now access Excision Mail by navigating to the URL shown in the output using a web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Excision Mail on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use it to send and receive emails securely.

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