How to install MailHog on Alpine Linux Latest

MailHog is an email testing tool used to capture and display emails. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of MailHog on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• Access to an Alpine Linux Latest instance
• A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Go

In order to install MailHog, we need Go to be installed on our system. Run the following command to install Go:

sudo apk add go

Step 2: Install Git

We also need Git to clone the MailHog repository. Run the following command to install Git:

sudo apk add git

Step 3: Clone the MailHog Repository

Now that we have Go and Git, we can clone the MailHog repository. First, create a directory to store the MailHog source code:

mkdir ~/src && cd ~/src

Now clone the MailHog repository:

git clone https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog.git

Step 4: Build MailHog

In order to use MailHog, we need to build it first. Change the working directory to the MailHog source code directory:

cd MailHog

Now build MailHog:

go build

Step 5: Run MailHog

Now that we have built MailHog, we can run it. Run the following command to start MailHog:

./MailHog

By default, MailHog listens on port 1025 for SMTP traffic and port 8025 for the web user interface. You can access the user interface by opening a web browser and going to http://localhost:8025.

Conclusion

MailHog has been successfully installed on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use it to capture and display emails.

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