How to install Postal MTA using Docker & Caddy server in Ubuntu 18.04

Step-1: Hostname Setup

sudo hostname postal.example.com

Step-2: Docker

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install \

    apt-transport-https \

    ca-certificates \

    curl \

    gnupg \

    lsb-release

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

echo \

  "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \

  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

docker-compose --version

Step-3: System utilties

apt install git curl jq

Step-4: Git & installation helper repository

git clone https://postalserver.io/start/install /opt/postal/install

sudo ln -s /opt/postal/install/bin/postal /usr/bin/postal

Step-5: MariaDB

docker run -d \

   --name postal-mariadb \

   -p 127.0.0.1:3306:3306 \

   --restart always \

   -e MARIADB_DATABASE=postal \

   -e MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=postal \

   mariadb

Step-6: RabbitMQ

docker run -d \

   --name postal-rabbitmq \

   -p 127.0.0.1:5672:5672 \

   --restart always \

   -e RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=postal \

   -e RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=postal \

   -e RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_VHOST=postal \

   rabbitmq:3.8

Step-7: Installation postal

postal bootstrap mailer.justnutritive2.com

Step-8: DB Config and Permission (This is optional if you use step-5)

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

GRANT ALL ON postal.* TO 'postal'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit;

sudo nano /opt/postal/config/postal.yml

Step-9: DB initialise

postal initialize

postal make-user

Step-10: Postal Running

postal start

Step-11: Installing WEB Client

docker run -d \

   --name postal-caddy \

   --restart always \

   --network host \

   -v /opt/postal/config/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile \

   -v /opt/postal/caddy-data:/data \

   caddy

Step-12: STPM Configure

https://postal.justnutritive2.com

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Postal Login Credentials

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Mr X.

https://postal.example.com/settings

Username: alexise@example.com

Password: **********

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docker run -d \

   --name postal-caddy \

   --restart always \

   --network host \

   -v /opt/postal/config/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile \

   -v /home/postal/public_html/caddy-data:/data \

   caddy

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

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Postal stop

Postal start