If you want to install iRedMail inside FreeBSD Jail, please use this installation guide instead: Install iRedMail inside FreeBSD Jail (with ezjail)
IMPORTANT WARNING: iRedMail is designed to be deployed on a FRESH server system, which means your server does NOT have mail related components installed, e.g. MySQL, OpenLDAP, Postfix, Dovecot, Amavisd, etc. iRedMail will install and configure them for you automatically. Otherwise it may override your existing files/configurations althought it will backup files before modifing, and it may not be working as expected.
To install iRedMail on FreeBSD, you need:
2 GB of memory is recommended for a low traffic production server.
Spam/Virus scanning will take most system resource.Note: All packages will be installed from ports tree.
No matter your server is a testing machine or production server, it's strongly recommended to set a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) hostname.
Enter command hostname -f to view the current hostname:
# hostname -f
mx.example.com
On FreeBSD, hostname is set in two files: /etc/rc.conf, /etc/hosts.
/etc/rc.conf: set hostname.# Part of File: /etc/rc.conf
hostname="mx.example.com"
/etc/hosts: hostname <=> IP address mapping.# Part of file: /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 mx.example.com mx localhost localhost.localdomain
Verify the FQDN hostname. If it wasn't changed, please reboot server to make it work.
# hostname -f
mx.example.com
# portsnap fetch extract update
bash-static, it's required by iRedMail# -- For FreeBSD 9 or earlier releases --
# pkg_add -r bash-static
# -- For FreeBSD 10 or later releases --
# pkg install bash-static
Visit Download page to get the latest stable release of iRedMail.
Upload iRedMail to your mail server via ftp or scp or whatever method you
can use, login to the server to install iRedMail. We assume you uploaded
it to /root/iRedMail-x.y.z.tar.bz2 (replace x.y.z by the real version number).
Uncompress iRedMail tarball:
# cd /root/
# tar xjf iRedMail-x.y.z.tar.bz2
It's now ready to start iRedMail installer, it will ask you several simple questions, that's all required to setup a full-featured mail server.
For Chinese users: Our domain name
iredmail.orgis blocked in mainland China since Jun 04, 2011, please run below command with a nearest mirror site. For example:IREDMAIL_MIRROR='http://42.159.241.31' bash iRedMail.sh.
http://42.159.241.31is a mirror in mainland China. recommended.http://106.187.51.47is a Linode VPS hosted in Tokyo, Japan.
# cd /root/iRedMail-x.y.z/
# bash iRedMail.sh
/var/vmail/.
IMPORTANT NOTE: There's no big difference between available backends, so it's strongly recommended to choose the one you're familiar with for easier management and maintenance after installation.
LDAP suffix.
Password of LDAP root dn.
If you choose to store mail accounts in MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL, iRedMail
installer will generate a random, strong password for you. You can find it in
file iRedMail.tips.
Add your first mail domain name
Note: This account is an admin account and a mail user. That means you can login to webmail and admin panel (iRedAdmin) with this account, login username is full email address.
After answered above questions, iRedMail installer will ask your confirm to
start installation. It will install and configure required packages
automatically. Type y or Y and press Enter to start.
Configuration completed.
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* Please do remember to *REMOVE* configuration file after installation *
* completed successfully. *
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<<< iRedMail >>> Continue? [Y|n] # <- Type 'Y' or 'y' here, and press 'Enter' to continue
The weakest part of a mail server is user's weak password. Spammers don't want to hack your server, they just want to send spam from your server. Please ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS force users to use a strong password.
Read file /root/iRedMail-x.y.z/iRedMail.tips first, it contains:
After installation successfully completed, you can access web-based programs
if you choose to install them. Replace your_server below by your real server
hostname or IP address.
?config=smtp for SMTP log)Please post all issues, feedbacks, feature requests, suggestions in our online support forum, it's more responsible than you expected.
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