Homebox is an open-source solution for setting up your own email server, file-sharing server, and more. It is based on Docker and provides easy-to-use interfaces for managing your services. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Homebox on Elementary OS Latest.
Before getting started, you should make sure that:
Homebox is based on Docker. Therefore, the first step is to install Docker on your server. Run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker.io
You can verify that Docker is installed by running the following command:
sudo docker version
Docker Compose is a tool that allows you to define and run multi-container Docker applications. You will need Docker Compose to install Homebox. Run the following commands to install Docker Compose:
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
You can check that Docker Compose is installed by running the following command:
docker-compose version
Now that you have Docker and Docker Compose installed, you can install Homebox. First, clone the Homebox repository:
git clone https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox.git
Change into the Homebox directory:
cd homebox
Copy the example configuration file:
cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file to reflect your setup. Make sure to change the values for the DOMAIN_NAME, EMAIL_ADDRESS, and LETS_ENCRYPT_EMAIL variables.
Then, build and start the Homebox services:
sudo docker-compose up -d
This command will build the required Docker containers and start the services defined in the docker-compose.yml file.
After the installation is complete, you can access Homebox by visiting https://your-domain-name. You should see the Homebox login page. Use the default username admin and password changeme to log in.
In this tutorial, we have walked through the steps to install Homebox on Elementary OS Latest. With Homebox, you can set up your own email server, file-sharing server, and more.
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