ViMbAdmin is a free and open-source management tool for mail domains, mailboxes, and aliases. It is a web-based front-end that helps you manage your mail server easily. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install ViMbAdmin on POP! OS latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following requirements:
To get started, download the latest ViMbAdmin package from their official website using the following command:
$ wget https://github.com/opensolutions/ViMbAdmin/archive/master.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
$ unzip master.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, you need to install a few dependencies required by ViMbAdmin. To install them, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install composer php-curl php-imap php-ldap php-json
Go to the extracted directory using the following command:
$ cd /var/www/html/ViMbAdmin-master/
Run the following command to install the required packages with composer:
$ composer install --no-dev
Once the installation is complete, rename the configuration file:
$ cp config/app.default.ini config/app.ini
Open the ViMbAdmin configuration file:
$ nano config/app.ini
Update the following settings:
admin_username = your_admin_username
admin_password = your_admin_password
driver = pdo_mysql
host = localhost
username = your_database_username
password = your_database_password
dbname = your_database_name
Save and close the file.
Next, you need to configure the Apache virtual host for ViMbAdmin. To do so, create a new virtual host configuration file:
$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/vimbadmin.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
ServerName vimbadmin.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ViMbAdmin-master/public
<Directory /var/www/html/ViMbAdmin-master/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/vimbadmin_access.log combined
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/vimbadmin_error.log
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Activate the new virtual host:
$ sudo a2ensite vimbadmin.conf
Restart Apache:
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2
You can now access ViMbAdmin by visiting http://vimbadmin.example.com. You will be prompted to log in with your admin username and password. Once logged in, you can start managing your mail domains, mailboxes, and aliases.
That's it! In this tutorial, we learned how to install ViMbAdmin on POP! OS latest. ViMbAdmin is a powerful tool that helps you manage your mail server easily. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below!
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