Homebox is a self-hosted email server based on Docker, which allows you to easily manage your email accounts and domains. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing Homebox on Alpine Linux Latest.
To install Docker on Alpine Linux Latest, run the following command:
sudo apk add docker
To install Git on Alpine Linux Latest, run the following command:
sudo apk add git
Clone the Homebox repository from GitHub with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox.git
Navigate to the Homebox directory using the following command:
cd homebox
Create a .env file with the environment variables that Homebox needs to run:
cp env-sample .env
Edit the .env file and set the required values according to your setup. For example:
MAILNAME=example.com
PRIMARY_DOMAIN=example.com
POSTMASTER_ADDRESS=postmaster@example.com
Build the Docker images with the following command:
docker-compose build
Start Homebox with the following command:
docker-compose up -d
This command starts the Homebox Docker containers in the background. You should see output similar to the following:
Starting homebox_mailhog_1 ... done
Starting homebox_rainloop_1 ... done
Starting homebox_postfix_1 ... done
Once Homebox is running, you can access the Homebox web interface at https://<your-server-ip>. For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you can access the Homebox web interface at:
https://192.168.1.1
You can login to Homebox with the following credentials:
Username: admin@example.com
Password: password
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Homebox on Alpine Linux Latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Homebox on Alpine Linux Latest. Homebox makes managing your email accounts and domains very easy, and is a great self-hosted email server solution.
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