Simple NixOS Mailserver is a collection of NixOS modules and configuration files that makes it easy to run an email server on NixOS. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Simple NixOS Mailserver on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you proceed, make sure that you have:
Simple NixOS Mailserver is designed to run on NixOS, a Linux distribution that operates using the Nix package manager. To use Simple NixOS Mailserver on OpenSUSE Latest, we first need to install Nix.
Enter the following commands in your terminal to install Nix on OpenSUSE Latest:
sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install nix
Once Nix has been installed, we can now clone Simple NixOS Mailserver.
Enter the following command in your terminal to clone the repository:
git clone https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver.git
This will clone the repository to your current directory.
Open the configuration.nix file inside the mailserver directory using your favorite text editor:
nano mailserver/configuration.nix
This file contains the configuration settings for your mailserver. Edit this file to your desired settings, such as the domain name and email accounts to be used.
Now that Simple NixOS Mailserver has been configured, we can build and deploy it on OpenSUSE Latest.
Enter the following command in your terminal to build and deploy the mailserver:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/mailserver#nixosMailserverConfigurations.mailserver
This command builds and deploy the Simple NixOS Mailserver configuration that we have created in the configuration.nix file.
To verify that Simple NixOS Mailserver has been correctly installed and configured, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:2000/mail.
This will open the Roundcube webmail interface, where you can log in with your email credentials and start using your new email server!
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Simple NixOS Mailserver on OpenSUSE Latest!
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