iRedMail is an open-source mail server software that can be used to set up a mail server quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of iRedMail on Debian.
Before we get started, make sure you have a Debian latest system set up with sudo privileged access.
To begin with, we need to install some required dependencies for iRedMail software to work on Debian. Run the following commands to install them:
sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server mariadb-client postfix dovecot-core dovecot-imapd dovecot-lmtpd dovecot-managesieved dovecot-mysql dovecot-pop3d dovecot-sieve opendkim opendkim-tools spamassassin postgrey clamav-freshclam amavisd-new libmariadb-dev-compat libmariadb-dev libicu-dev libicu-dev libssl-dev libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev libldb-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev python python-pip python-mysqldb python-sqlalchemy python-jinja2 python-tz python-psutil python-lxml python-netifaces python-netaddr python-webpy python-ldap python-pymysql python-requests python-bs4 python-qrencode
When prompted, set a root password for your MariaDB installation.
Next, we need to download and extract iRedMail package to a specific directory. Execute the below commands to do that:
wget https://github.com/iredmail/iRedMail/archive/1.4.2.tar.gz
tar -xvzf 1.4.2.tar.gz
cd iRedMail-1.4.2
Once we have iRedMail package in place, next step is to begin the installation process.
sudo bash iRedMail.sh
You may follow the on-screen instructions to install iRedMail by:
iRedMail installation will take some time depending on your system's specifications.
Now, it's time to configure your firewall to allow traffic to your new mail server. By default, iRedMail uses the following ports:
You can allow traffic from these ports on your firewall by executing the following command:
sudo ufw allow 25,465,587,110,143,993,995/tcp
Finally, you can access the iRedMail admin control panel using your web browser by navigating to https://<SERVER-IP>/iredadmin.
Provide your admin email address and password to log in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed iRedMail on Debian. Start sending and receiving emails from your new mail server.
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