AnonAddy is an open-source email forwarding service that allows users to manage multiple aliases for their email addresses. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of AnonAddy on NixOS Latest.
Before proceeding, please make sure that you have the following:
Before installing AnonAddy, we need to install some dependencies that are required for the installation process. Open the terminal and run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.git nixos.curlNodePackages_12
After installing the required dependencies, download and extract the latest version of AnonAddy:
curl -L https://github.com/anonaddy/anonaddy/releases/download/v0.5.6/anonaddy-0.5.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar xz -C /opt/
To run AnonAddy as a service in the background, create a systemd service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/anonaddy.service
Paste the following configuration code in the opened file:
[Unit]
Description=AnonAddy Service
After=network.target
[Service]
User=<username>
ExecStart=/opt/anonaddy/anonaddy --config /var/lib/anonaddy/config.yml
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace <username> with the name of the user that will run the AnonAddy service.
Reload the systemd configuration to load the new service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Start AnonAddy service:
sudo systemctl start anonaddy
Enable the AnonAddy service to start on boot:
sudo systemctl enable anonaddy
Now that the AnonAddy service is started, we can check its status:
sudo systemctl status anonaddy
If everything is working correctly, you should see a status message indicating that the service is active and running.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install AnonAddy on NixOS Latest. With AnonAddy, you can now manage multiple email aliases in a secure and easy-to-use way.
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