Exim is an open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. Its popularity is widespread among email servers and widely used by Linux communities. Installing Exim isn't that difficult but requires some dependencies installation before installing it. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install Exim on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Fedora CoreOS comes with various features such as automatic updates, multi-architecture support, automatic partitioning, and more.
To install Exim on Fedora CoreOS Latest, follow the steps provided below:
To get started, log in to your Fedora CoreOS Latest server:
ssh [username]@[server_ip_address]
Before installing Exim, install its dependencies required to run correctly. Run the following command in terminal to install Exim dependencies on Fedora CoreOS latest:
dnf install openssl perl perl-Net-DNS perl-Net-SSLeay tcp_wrappers pcre pcre-devel
Wait for the installation to complete.
After installing dependencies, download the Exim package from the Exim website. To download Exim, run the following command in terminal:
wget http://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/exim-4.94.2.tar.gz
After downloading the Exim package, extract it to a separate directory. To extract Exim, run the following command in terminal:
tar zxvf exim-4.94.2.tar.gz
This will extract your Exim package in the current directory.
After extracting Exim, you need to configure it. To configure Exim, run the following command in the terminal:
cd exim-4.94.2 && make makefile
This will configure your Exim and make the necessary makefiles needed to build Exim on Fedora CoreOS Latest.
After configuring Exim, building is the next step. To build Exim, run the following command in terminal:
make
This will compile and build Exim on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Wait for a while for the package to be compiled and built.
After building Exim, the next step is to install it. To install Exim on Fedora CoreOS, run the following command in terminal:
make install
Once installed, you can verify it by typing Exim in the terminal. This should open Exim help and usage menu.
exim --help
Exim configuration can be done via its configuration files. The main Exim configuration file is exim.conf. You can customize your configuration in the file. To open the file in a text editor, run the following command in terminal:
nano /usr/local/etc/exim.conf
After you have installed and configured Exim, the next step is to start the Exim service. To start Exim, run the following command in terminal:
systemctl start exim
To grab more information about Exim and its status, use the following command in the terminal:
systemctl status exim
If the output shows the Exim process running, everything has been installed correctly.
Installing Exim mail server on Fedora CoreOS Latest is as simple as that. Exim is a powerful application that can handle email services effectively. And, in Fedora CoreOS Latest, it is much easier to install and set up.
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