This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Mailtrain on a FreeBSD server. Mailtrain is an open-source email marketing tool that allows you to create and manage your mailing lists and email campaigns.
It's always a good practice to update your system to the latest version before installing any new software. To do this, run the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
If you haven't already installed Node.js and NPM on your FreeBSD server, run the following command:
sudo pkg install node npm
Next, we need to clone the Mailtrain repository from Github. Run the following command to clone the repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/Mailtrain-org/mailtrain.git /opt/mailtrain
After cloning the Mailtrain repository, navigate to the /opt/mailtrain directory and install the dependencies using the following command:
sudo npm install
You need to create a configuration file for Mailtrain. Copy the example configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp config/config.default.js config/config.js
Then, open the config/config.js file and update the values according to your requirements.
To start Mailtrain, run the following command:
sudo npm start
Now, you can access Mailtrain from your web browser. Open your web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip:3000.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Mailtrain on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can use Mailtrain to create and manage your email campaigns.
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