Listmonk is an open-source, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that allows you to create and manage email subscription lists of any size. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Listmonk on Arch Linux.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Listmonk uses PostgreSQL as its database, so we need to install it first. Run the following command to install PostgreSQL:
sudo pacman -S postgresql
Next, start the PostgreSQL service and enable it to start automatically on boot:
sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service
Now, create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Listmonk:
sudo su postgres
createuser --interactive listmonk
createdb --owner=listmonk listmonk
exit
Listmonk can be installed via Docker or from binary releases. In this tutorial, we will install it from binary releases. Run the following commands to download and install Listmonk:
wget https://github.com/knadh/listmonk/releases/download/v0.2.1/listmonk-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xfvz listmonk-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv listmonk /usr/local/bin/
Create a new configuration file for Listmonk:
sudo mkdir /etc/listmonk
sudo nano /etc/listmonk/config.toml
Add the following configuration to the file:
host = "0.0.0.0"
port = 8080
database_url = "postgres://listmonk@localhost/listmonk"
auth_secret = "mysecretkey"
enable_gzip = true
host: Set it to "0.0.0.0" to listen on all IP addresses.port: Set the port number of Listmonk's web interface.database_url: Set the PostgreSQL URL as "postgres://username:password@host/database". We set it to "postgres://listmonk@localhost/listmonk".auth_secret: Set the authentication secret key. You can use any random string.enable_gzip: Set it to true to enable GZIP compression.Save and close the file (Ctrl + X, Y, Enter).
Run the following command to start Listmonk:
sudo listmonk start --config=/etc/listmonk/config.toml
You will see the following output:
[2021-12-27T10:00:00Z] INFO listmonk: starting http server on 0.0.0.0:8080
Listmonk is now running and listening on port 8080. You can access its web interface by visiting http://your-server-ip:8080 in your web browser.
When you visit Listmonk's web interface for the first time, you will be prompted to create an admin user account. Fill in the required information and click on the "Create User" button. You can now log in and start using Listmonk.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Listmonk on Arch Linux. Listmonk is a powerful and flexible tool for managing email subscription lists, and with its self-hosted nature, you have full control over your data and privacy.
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