Inboxen is a mailbox management system that allows users to manage and organize their email messages in a simple and efficient way. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Inboxen on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before you start, update your FreeBSD system to get the latest version of packages and dependencies:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Inboxen requires the following packages to be installed on your FreeBSD Latest system:
You can install these packages using the pkg package manager:
sudo pkg install python3 py37-pip py37-virtualenv postgresql96-server redis
Inboxen requires a PostgreSQL database to store your email messages. Let's create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Inboxen:
sudo -u postgres createuser -P inboxen
sudo -u postgres createdb -O inboxen inboxen_db
After creating the user and database, open the PostgreSQL configuration file and edit the pg_hba.conf file to allow the inboxen user to connect to the database:
sudo vim /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
Add the following line at the end of the file:
host inboxen_db inboxen 127.0.0.1/32 md5
Save and exit the file.
Inboxen also requires Redis to store temporary data. You can start and enable Redis by running the following command:
sudo sysrc redis_enable=YES && sudo service redis start
Next, clone the latest Inboxen code from GitHub using Git:
git clone https://github.com/EtixLabs/inboxen.git
cd inboxen
Create a virtual environment for Inboxen to avoid conflicts with other Python packages on your system:
virtualenv --python=/usr/local/bin/python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install Python packages required by Inboxen using pip:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Inboxen uses environment variables for configuration. Copy the example configuration file to a new .env file:
cp env.example .env
And configure the followings:
INBOXEN_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key_here
INBOXEN_DEBUG=False
INBOXEN_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://inboxen:your_pg_password_here@127.0.0.1/inboxen_db
INBOXEN_REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
Replace your_secret_key_here with a random string of characters to secure the application. Also, replace your_pg_password_here with the password you created for the Inboxen PostgreSQL user in step 3.
Run the following command to migrate the database:
python manage.py migrate
To access the Inboxen dashboard, you need to create a superuser account. Run the following command to create a new superuser:
python manage.py createsuperuser
Follow the instructions to create a new superuser account.
Finally, start Inboxen by running the following command:
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
You should now be able to access the Inboxen web interface by visiting http://your_server_ip:8000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Inboxen on your FreeBSD Latest server.
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