In this tutorial, we will learn how to install MailHog on Ubuntu Server Latest.
MailHog is written in Go, so we need to install Go on our server. Follow the steps below:
First, update the system packages index using the apt command.
sudo apt update
Install the required dependencies using the following command.
sudo apt install -y wget unzip git
Download the latest version of Go from the official website using the following command.
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Extract the Go archive in the /usr/local directory using the following command.
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Then, set Go environment variables by adding the following lines to the /etc/profile file.
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
Source the /etc/profile file using the following command to apply the changes.
source /etc/profile
Verify the Go installation using the following command.
go version
Install MailHog using the following command.
go get github.com/mailhog/MailHog
Wait for the installation to complete.
Run MailHog using the following command.
~/go/bin/MailHog
MailHog will start running on localhost:1025 for SMTP and localhost:8025 for the web interface.
You can now access the web interface on your web browser by navigating to http://your_server_IP:8025.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install MailHog on Ubuntu Server Latest. We also learned how to run MailHog and access its web interface.
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