SimpleLogin is an open source self-hosted email alias solution that lets you create unlimited aliases with your existing email account. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SimpleLogin on Elementary OS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following:
Before installing any package, it's always recommended to update and upgrade the system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
To install SimpleLogin, we need to install the following dependencies:
To install these dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm mongodb
Now that we have all the dependencies installed, we can proceed with the installation of SimpleLogin. To do this, follow the steps below:
Clone the SimpleLogin repository:
git clone https://github.com/simple-login/app.git
Change the directory to the cloned repository:
cd app
Install the dependencies:
npm install
Build the static files:
npm run build
Start the SimpleLogin server:
npm start
By default, SimpleLogin is configured to use MongoDB as the database. You can change the configuration by modifying the config.yml file located in the app/config directory.
You can also configure the email provider and other settings by modifying the config.yml file.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install SimpleLogin on Elementary OS Latest. You can now create unlimited aliases with your existing email account using SimpleLogin.
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