Running iRedMail E-Mail Server in Docker

#iRedMail #Docker #EmailServer

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0681.html

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What is iRedMail?
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[iRedMail is a] full-featured, open source mail server solution for mainstream Linux/BSD distributions. –  https://github.com/iredmail/iRedMail
 
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Installing Docker
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   01. Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
         # update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         # install prerequisites
         sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
         # add docker gpg key
         curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F’=’ ‘/^ID=/{ print $NF }’ /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add –
         # add docker software repository
         sudo add-apt-repository “deb [arch=$(dpkg –print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F’=’ ‘/^ID=/{ print $NF }’ /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable”
         # install docker
         sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
         # enable and start docker service
         sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
         # add the current user to the docker group
         sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
         # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
         su – $USER
 
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Running iRedMail Container
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   01. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
         # create main working directory
         mkdir ~/docker/iRedMail -p
         # create required sub-directories
         mkdir ~/docker/iRedMail/data/{backup-mysql,clamav,custom,imapsieve_copy,mailboxes,mlmmj,mlmmj-archive,mysql,sa_rules,ssl,postfix_queue} -p
         # create config file
         touch ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         # write hostname to config
         echo HOSTNAME=mail.i2bretro.net ≫≫ ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         echo FIRST_MAIL_DOMAIN=i12bretro.net ≫≫ ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         echo FIRST_MAIL_DOMAIN_ADMIN_PASSWORD=SomethingSecure ≫≫ ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         echo MLMMJADMIN_API_TOKEN=$(openssl rand -base64 32) ≫≫ ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         echo ROUNDCUBE_DES_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 24) ≫≫ ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         # output the conf file and verify the values
         cat ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf
         # set owner of working directories
         sudo chown “$USER”:”$USER” ~/docker -R
         # run the iRedMail container
         docker run -d –name iRedMail –env-file ~/docker/iRedMail/iredmail-docker.conf -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 110:110 -p 995:995 -p 143:143 -p 993:993 -p 25:25 -p 465:465 -p 587:587 -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/backup-mysql:/var/vmail/backup/mysql -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/mailboxes:/var/vmail/vmail1 -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/mlmmj:/var/vmail/mlmmj -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/mlmmj-archive:/var/vmail/mlmmj-archive -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/imapsieve_copy:/var/vmail/imapsieve_copy -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/custom:/opt/iredmail/custom -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/ssl:/opt/iredmail/ssl -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/mysql:/var/lib/mysql -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/clamav:/var/lib/clamav -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/sa_rules:/var/lib/spamassassin -v ~/docker/iRedMail/data/postfix_queue:/var/spool/postfix iredmail/mariadb:stable
   02. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/iredadmin
   03. Log in with postmaster@ (postmaster@i12bretro.net in this example) and FIRST_MAIL_DOMAIN_ADMIN_PASSWORD set in iredmail-docker.conf
   04. Welcome to iRedMail
   05. Open a new browser tab and navigate to http://DNSorIP to reach the RoundCube web mail interface
   06. Again, login with postmaster@ and the FIRST_MAIL_DOMAIN_ADMIN_PASSWORD set in iredmail-docker.conf
 
Documentation:  https://github.com/iredmail/dockerized
 

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