freebsd_mailserver

Ansible role. FreeBSD. Install and configure Postfix and Dovecot2.

Requirements

No requiremenst.

Variables

TBD. Review the defaults and examples in vars.

Workflow

1. Change shell to /bin/sh.

# ansible mailserver -e 'ansible_shell_type=csh ansible_shell_executable=/bin/csh' -a 'sudo pw usermod freebsd -s /bin/sh'

2. Install role.

# ansible-galaxy install vbotka.freebsd_mailserver

3. Fit variables.

# editor vbotka.freebsd_mailserver/vars/main.yml

4. Create playbook and inventory.

# cat freebsd-mailserver.yml

- hosts: mailserver
  roles:
    - vbotka.freebsd-mailserver

# cat hosts
[mailserver]
<mailserver-ip-or-fqdn>
[mailserver:vars]
ansible_connection=ssh
ansible_user=freebsd
ansible_become=yes
ansible_become_method=sudo
ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/local/bin/python3.6
ansible_perl_interpreter=/usr/local/bin/perl

5. Install and configure the mailserver.

# ansible-playbook freebsd-mailserver.yml

6. Consider to test the mailserver with http://mxtoolbox.com/

Check mode

Create default configuration files of Dovecot to avoid error missing files

# ansible-playbook freebsd-mailserver.yml -t dovecot_example_conf

Then run the check-mode

# ansible-playbook freebsd-mailserver.yml --check

License

Author Information

Vladimir Botka

References

• FreeBSD handbook: 28.4. Changing the Mail Transfer Agent

• FreeBSD handbook: 28.9. SMTP Authentication

• Postfix Documentation

• Postfix SMTP relay and access control

• Postfix SASL Howto

• SASL Authentication in the Postfix SMTP/LMTP client

• postfix-logwatch - A Postfix log parser and analysis utility

• Dovecot Wiki

• Upgrading Dovecot v2.2 to v2.3