ViMbAdmin is a web-based management interface for Mailboxes, Virtual Domains and Alias management for Dovecot and Postfix based mail servers that simplifies domain/user management. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install ViMbAdmin on macOS.
Before we proceed to install ViMbAdmin, we need to ensure that we have installed all the required dependencies. For this, we need to run the following commands:
brew install php
brew install php-intl
brew install mysql-server
You can download ViMbAdmin from the official website by using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/opensolutions/ViMbAdmin.git /var/www/ViMbAdmin
We need to copy the sample configuration file and edit it with actual production configuration settings.
cd /var/www/ViMbAdmin
cp config/conf.php.sample config/conf.php
We need to edit the config file to add our database connection settings. Open the config/conf.php file in your favorite text editor and search for the following lines:
'password' => '',
'database' => 'vimbadmin',
Replace the MySQL/MariaDB password with the one you set for the root user.
Now, we need to create a database and a user for ViMbAdmin. You can do that by running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
# Enter MySQL root password
create database vimbadmin;
create user 'vimbadmin'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
grant all privileges on vimbadmin.* to 'vimbadmin'@'localhost';
exit;
We need to ensure that the www-data user has permission to write to the logs directory. You can do that by running the following command:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/ViMbAdmin/logs
Now, we are ready to access the ViMbAdmin web interface by using the following URL:
http://localhost/ViMbAdmin/public/
You should see the ViMbAdmin login screen. Use the default username admin and password admin to log in.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install ViMbAdmin on macOS. With ViMbAdmin, managing mailboxes and virtual domains has become easier than ever. You can now manage your mail server from a simple and intuitive web interface.
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