Installing HyperKitty on Alpine Linux Latest

HyperKitty is a modern and feature-rich mailing list archive that offers a user-friendly web interface for searching, browsing, and managing email messages. In this tutorial, we will explain the steps required to install HyperKitty on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

1. An updated Alpine Linux Latest system.
2. Sudo or root access to the system.
3. Python3 and its dependencies.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

The first step is to install the packages needed for HyperKitty. You can install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo apk add python3 python3-dev \
            postgresql-dev gcc \
            musl-dev libxml2-dev \
            libxslt-dev libffi-dev \
            openssl-dev libsasl \
            py-sqlalchemy \
            py-sqlite3

Step 2: Install Mailman

HyperKitty relies on Mailman to manage mailing lists. Therefore, we need to install Mailman first. You can use the following command to install Mailman:

sudo apk add mailman

Step 3: Install HyperKitty

You can install HyperKitty by running the following command:

sudo pip3 install hyperkitty

Step 4: Configure PostgreSQL

HyperKitty uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. Therefore, you need to create a database for HyperKitty and a role with permissions to access this database.

1. First, install PostgreSQL and create a new database:

sudo apk add postgresql
sudo su - postgres
createdb hyperkitty

2. Next, create a new user with permissions to access the new database:

psql -d hyperkitty -c "CREATE USER hyperkitty WITH PASSWORD 'your-password';"
psql -d hyperkitty -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE hyperkitty TO hyperkitty;"

Step 5: Configure HyperKitty

1. Open the HyperKitty configuration file using a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/hyperkitty/hyperkitty.cfg

2. Modify the following configurations in the file:

[database]
engine = postgresql
name = hyperkitty
user = hyperkitty
password = your-password
host = localhost
port = 5432

[email]
from_address = hyperkitty@example.com

[web]
enable_themes = true
timezone = UTC

3. Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start and Enable Services

1. Enable and start the PostgreSQL service:

sudo rc-update add postgresql
sudo rc-service postgresql start

2. Enable and start the Mailman service:

sudo rc-update add mailman
sudo rc-service mailman start

3. Enable and start the HyperKitty service:

sudo rc-update add hyperkitty
sudo rc-service hyperkitty start

Step 7: Verify the Installation

Once you have completed the above steps, you can now access the HyperKitty web interface by opening a web browser and visiting:

http://your-alpine-server/hyperkitty/

You should now see the HyperKitty web page, where you can browse and manage mailing lists.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed HyperKitty on Alpine Linux Latest.

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