Installing SquirrelMail on Fedora CoreOS Latest

SquirrelMail is a web-based email client that allows you to access your email from anywhere with an internet connection. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SquirrelMail on Fedora CoreOS Latest using the command line.

Step 1: Update your system

Before installing any software on your system, it is always recommended that you update your system to ensure that you have the latest security patches and software updates.

$ sudo dnf update -y

This command will update your system and install any available updates.

Step 2: Install Apache HTTP Server

SquirrelMail requires a web server to run on. In this case, we will install Apache HTTP Server.

$ sudo dnf install httpd -y

This command will install Apache HTTP Server on your system.

Step 3: Install PHP

SquirrelMail is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP on our system. We will also install some PHP extensions that are required by SquirrelMail.

$ sudo dnf install php php-json php-mbstring php-xml -y

This command will install PHP and the required extensions.

Step 4: Download and extract SquirrelMail

The next step is to download SquirrelMail from the official website and extract it to the web server directory.

$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrelmail/files/stable/1.4.23/squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23.tar.gz/download
$ tar -zxvf squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23.tar.gz -C /var/www/html

This command will download SquirrelMail and extract it to the web server directory (/var/www/html).

Step 5: Configure SquirrelMail

We now need to configure SquirrelMail. The configuration file is located in the SquirrelMail directory.

$ cd /var/www/html/squirrelmail/config
$ cp config_default.php config.php
$ vi config.php

This command will copy the default configuration file and open it in a text editor. You will need to modify some settings in this file. Refer to the SquirrelMail documentation for detailed instructions on how to configure SquirrelMail.

Step 6: Set permissions

We need to set the correct permissions on the SquirrelMail directory to allow Apache HTTP Server to access it.

$ chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/squirrelmail/

This command will set the owner and group of the SquirrelMail directory to apache:apache.

Step 7: Start Apache HTTP Server

We now need to start Apache HTTP Server to make SquirrelMail accessible.

$ sudo systemctl start httpd

This command will start Apache HTTP Server.

Step 8: Access SquirrelMail

SquirrelMail should now be accessible at http://your-server-ip/squirrelmail/. You can log in with your email credentials and start using SquirrelMail.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SquirrelMail on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

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