Homebox is a tool that allows you to host your own email, calendar, contact, notes, and task services at home. In this tutorial, we'll be walking you through the installation process of Homebox on Fedora Server Latest.
Before we begin the installation process, ensure that you have the following:
The first thing you need to do is update your Fedora Server. Open your terminal and enter the following command:
sudo dnf update -y
This command will update all the packages and dependencies on your system.
Next, you need to install Docker and Docker Compose on your Fedora Server. Enter the following commands:
sudo dnf install docker -y
sudo dnf install docker-compose -y
Now, you can clone the Homebox repository using git. Open your terminal and enter the following command:
git clone https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox.git
In this step, you need to configure your Homebox settings by editing the .env file. Enter the following command:
cd homebox
cp .env.example .env
nano .env
Replace the below variables to your own values:
DOMAIN_NAME=example.com
BACKEND_SERVER_NAME=backend.example.com
FRONTEND_SERVER_NAME=example.com
EMAIL=you@example.com
POSTMASTER_EMAIL=postmaster@example.com
Next, uncomment the below lines and ensure the value for PROVISION_DIR matches the location of the homebox directory:
# DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND=docker-compose -f $(PROVISION_DIR)/docker-compose.yml
# DOCKER_COMPOSE_RESTART="${DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND} restart --timeout 300"
After configuring the settings, you can start the Homebox services using Docker Compose:
sudo docker-compose up -d
This command will start all the Homebox services in the background.
You can access the Homebox dashboard by navigating to https://example.com in your web browser. You should now be able to log in with the username admin and password admin.
That's it! You now have your own Homebox instance up and running on your Fedora Server Latest. You can start exploring all the features, access your emails, calendar, and much more.
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