Modoboa is a free and open-source e-mail hosting and management platform. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Modoboa on Void Linux.
To install Modoboa, you need to ensure the following prerequisites are met:
To begin with, update the system packages using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Suy
After your system is updated, install the required dependencies using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S python3 python3-dev gcc libffi-dev openssl-dev mysql-client mysql-dev postgresql-client postgresql-dev
You can install Modoboa via pip by running the following command:
pip3 install modoboa
Create a new user and group for Modoboa using the following command:
sudo adduser -D -H -g modoboa modoboa
After the user is created, create the configuration directory using the following command:
sudo mkdir /etc/modoboa
Next, copy the configuration file from the sample configuration file using the following command:
sudo cp /usr/local/share/modoboa/deployment/conf_files/modoboa.cfg.sample /etc/modoboa/modoboa.cfg
Open the configuration file using any editor you prefer and change the following settings:
# Set ALLOWED_HOSTS to your domain name
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['example.com']
Next, create the settings.py file using the following command:
sudo cp /usr/local/share/modoboa/deployment/conf_files/settings.py /etc/modoboa/settings.py
Configure the database settings in the /etc/modoboa/settings.py file. You can use any supported database (MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite).
After configuring the database settings, create the database and user using the following commands:
# For MySQL
sudo mysql -u root -p
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON modoboa.* TO 'modoboa'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
CREATE DATABASE modoboa;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
# For PostgreSQL
sudo su - postgres
psql -c "CREATE DATABASE modoboa;"
psql -c "CREATE USER modoboa WITH PASSWORD '<password>';"
psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE modoboa TO modoboa;"
exit
Replace <password> with your desired password.
To run Modoboa, use the following command:
sudo modoboa-admin.py deploy
sudo modoboa-admin.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
Modoboa should now be running and accessible at http://your_server_ip:8000/.
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Modoboa on Void Linux. You can now use Modoboa to manage email hosting and management securely.
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