mail4one/deploy_configs

Deployment command line example

Example terminal session for deploying. ssh to your VPS and follow along. Minor differences may be required. e.g. if you are already root, skip sudo. If curl is missing, use wget.

Check python version

Python version should be a supported (as of now 3.9 and above)

python3 -V

Choose release

RELEASE=v1.0

Download App

curl -OL "https://gitea.balki.me/balki/mail4one/releases/download/$RELEASE/mail4one.pyz"
chmod 555 mail4one.pyz

Download sample configurations

curl -OL "https://gitea.balki.me/balki/mail4one/raw/tag/$RELEASE/deploy_configs/mail4one.service"
curl -OL "https://gitea.balki.me/balki/mail4one/raw/tag/$RELEASE/deploy_configs/mail4one.conf"
curl -OL "https://gitea.balki.me/balki/mail4one/raw/tag/$RELEASE/deploy_configs/mail4one_cert_copy.sh"

Generate Password hash

This can be done in any machine. Do this once for each user. Every time a new hash is generated as a random salt is used. Even if you are using the same password for multiple clients, it is recommended to generate different hashes for each.

./mail4one.pyz -g
./mail4one.pyz -g <password> # also works but the password is saved in the shell commandline history

Generate config.json

Edit config.sample in your local machine and convert to config.json (See here for some tools).

Then copy the config.json to your vps

scp config.json user@vps:~/
# or run below in vps terminal
cat > config.json
<paste json config from clibboard
<Ctrl + D>

# move to /etc

# This should show number of lines in your config
wc -l config.json
sudo mv config.json /etc/mail4one/config.json

Create mail4one user

sudo mkdir -p /etc/sysusers.d/
sudo cp mail4one.conf /etc/sysusers.d/
sudo systemctl restart systemd-sysusers
# This should show the new user created
id mail4one

Copy app

sudo cp mail4one.pyz /usr/local/bin/mail4one
# This should show executable permissions and should be owned by root
ls -l /usr/local/bin/mail4one

Setup mail4one.service

sudo cp mail4one.service /etc/systemd/system/mail4one.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now mail4one.service 
systemctl status mail4one

Above command should fail as the TLS certificates don't exist yet.

Setup TLS certificates

Install certbot and run below command. Follow instructions to create TLS certificates. Usually you want certificate for domain name like mail.mydomain.com

sudo certbot certonly

# **Edit** mail4one_cert_copy.sh to update your domain name
sudo cp mail4one_cert_copy.sh /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/
sudo chmod +x /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/mail4one_cert_copy.sh

# This will create and copy the certificates to the right path with correct permissions and ownership
sudo certbot certonly -d mail.mydomain.com --run-deploy-hooks --dry-run

Restart service and check logs

sudo systemctl restart mail4one.service
systemctl status mail4one.service
cat /var/log/mail4one/mail4one.log

Testing dns and firewall

In vps

mkdir test_dir
touch test_dir/{a,b,c}
cd test_dir
python3 -m http.server 25

In local machine or a browser You should see file listing a, b, c. Repeat for port 465, 995 to make sure firewall rules and dns is working

curl http://mail.mydomain.com:25

If not working, refer to VPS settings and OS firewall settings.