Modoboa is a mail hosting and management platform that provides a web-based interface for administering email domains and user accounts. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Modoboa on Debian Latest.
Before installing any new package, it is recommended to update the system to the latest version. Use the following command to update your system:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Modoboa requires few packages to be installed before it can be installed, you can use the following command to install them:
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv \
python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-cffi libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev
We will install Modoboa inside a virtual environment to isolate its dependencies from other Python packages installed on the system. For that, we will create a new virtual environment directory as shown below:
sudo mkdir /opt/modoboa
sudo python3 -m venv /opt/modoboa/venv
Next, we will activate the virtual environment and install Modoboa using pip:
source /opt/modoboa/venv/bin/activate
sudo pip3 install modoboa
Before using Modoboa, you need to generate the configuration files and initialize the database. To do this, use the following commands:
sudo modoboa-admin.py deploy
sudo modoboa-admin.py migrate
Finally, start the Modoboa service using the following command:
sudo modoboa-admin.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
You can then access the web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://SERVER_IP:8000.
You have successfully installed Modoboa on Debian Latest. You can now create email domains and user accounts using the web-based interface provided by Modoboa. Enjoy!
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