In this tutorial, we will be installing Maddy Mail Server on Arch Linux. Maddy is a simple and fast mail server that supports multiple domains, virtual users, and MySQL databases. It is designed to be easy to set up and run, making it a great choice for small to medium-sized organizations.
Before we begin, make sure that you have root access to your server and have updated your system.
Before we can install Maddy, we need to install its dependencies. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S go mariadb
This will install the Go programming language and MariaDB database server.
Next, we need to download the Maddy source code from its GitHub repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy.git
Once we have downloaded the source code, we need to configure Maddy by running the following commands:
cd maddy
cp config.example.json config.json
This will create a copy of the example configuration file named config.json that we can use as the basis for our server configuration.
Maddy uses MariaDB to store its user and domain information. To configure MariaDB, run the following commands:
sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This will install the MariaDB server and set it up with a secure root password. You will be prompted to answer a series of questions during the installation process, so make sure to read them carefully.
Next, we need to create a database and user for Maddy by running the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE maddy;
CREATE USER 'maddy'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON maddy.* TO 'maddy'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace "password" with a secure password of your choice.
Now that we have installed the dependencies and configured MariaDB, let's configure Maddy. Open the config.json file in your favorite text editor and modify the following settings:
{
"listen": "127.0.0.1:smtp",
"smtp_servername": "yourdomain.com",
"storage": "mysql",
"mysql": {
"dsn": "maddy:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/maddy?parseTime=true"
},
"auth": {
"mysql": {
"dsn": "maddy:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/maddy?parseTime=true"
}
}
}
Replace "yourdomain.com" with the domain name you will use for your server, and replace "password" with the secure password you chose earlier.
Next, we need to build and install Maddy by running the following commands:
go build
sudo cp maddy /usr/sbin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/maddy
This will build the Maddy binary and copy it to the /usr/sbin/ directory.
Now that we have installed and configured Maddy, we can start it by running the following command:
sudo maddy
This will start Maddy as a daemon process, and it will listen for incoming SMTP connections on the specified port.
To test if Maddy is working correctly, you can use any email client to send an email to an address hosted by your server. You can also use command line tools like telnet or netcat to manually send email via SMTP.
Congratulations - you have successfully installed and configured Maddy Mail Server on Arch Linux!
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