How to Install Modoboa on NetBSD

Modoboa is an open-source mail hosting and management platform. It is incredibly powerful and can be easily installed on NetBSD. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Modoboa on your NetBSD system.

Prerequisites

Before installing Modoboa, make sure your NetBSD system meets the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD 8.x or later
• Root Access to the system
• Basic understanding of the command-line interface

Step 1: Installing Required Dependencies

Modoboa requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before it can be installed. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

pkg_add python38 py38-pip py38-openssl py38-psycopg2 py38-bcrypt nginx

Step 2: Installing Modoboa

Follow the below steps to install Modoboa:

1. First, download the installation script using the following command:

   curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modoboa/modoboa/master/install.sh | sh
   

   This will download the installation script for Modoboa and execute it.

2. The installation script will prompt you to enter the admin email address and password. Enter your preferred admin email address and password and press enter.

3. The installation script will ask you whether to install a self-signed SSL certificate or not. Choose your preferred option and press enter.

   Note: If you choose to install an SSL certificate, the script will prompt you to specify the domain name for which the SSL certificate needs to be generated.

4. Once the installation script has completed its execution, it will generate a URL to access the Modoboa web interface.

5. Open the URL in your web browser and log in using the admin email address and password that you specified during the installation.

6. You can now start using Modoboa to manage your email accounts and domains.

Step 3: Configuring Nginx

By default, Modoboa listens on port 8000. If you want to access Modoboa using port 80 or 443, you will need to configure Nginx to proxy requests to port 8000.

1. Create a new file named modoboa inside the /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/sites-available directory:

   touch /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/sites-available/modoboa
   

2. Open the modoboa file using your preferred text editor and add the following configuration:

   upstream modoboa {
       server 127.0.0.1:8000;
   }
   
   server {
       listen 80;
       server_name example.com www.example.com;
   
       return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
   }
   
   server {
       listen 443 ssl;
       server_name example.com www.example.com;
       ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt;
       ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/nginx-selfsigned.key;
       ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
   
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://modoboa;
           proxy_set_header HOST $host;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
           proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
       }
   }
   

   Replace example.com and www.example.com with your domain name. If you do not have an SSL certificate for your domain, you can generate a self-signed SSL certificate using the following command:

   openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/nginx-selfsigned.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt
   

3. Create a symlink to the modoboa file inside the /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory using the following command:

   ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/sites-available/modoboa /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/modoboa
   

4. Restart Nginx to apply the changes using the following command:

   service nginx restart
   

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Modoboa on your NetBSD system and configured Nginx to proxy requests to Modoboa. You can now access Modoboa using your preferred domain name and SSL certificate.

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