postfixadmin/INSTALL.TXT

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# Postfix Admin
# by Mischa Peters <mischa at high5 dot net>
# Copyright (c) 2002 - 2005 High5!
# Licensed under GPL for more info check GPL-LICENSE.TXT
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REQUIRED!!
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- You are using Postfix 2.0 or higher.
- You are using Apache 1.3.27 / Lighttpd 1.3.15 or higher.
- You are using PHP 5.1.2 or higher.
- You are using MySQL 3.23 or higher (5.x recommended) OR PostgreSQL 7.4 (or higher)


READ THIS FIRST!
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When this is an upgrade from a previous version of Postfix Admin, please read 
DOCUMENTS/UPGRADE.TXT also!

If you need to setup Postfix to be able to handle Virtual Domains and Virtual
Users check out:

  - the PostfixAdmin documentation in the DOCUMENTS/ directory
  - our wiki at http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/postfixadmin/

There are also lots of HOWTOs around the web. Be warned that many of them 
(even those listed below) may be outdated or incomplete. 
Please stick to the PostfixAdmin documentation, and use those HOWTOs only if
you need some additional information that is missing in the PostfixAdmin 
DOCUMENTS/ folder.
  - http://codepoets.co.uk/postfixadmin-postgresql-courier-squirrelmail-debian-etch-howto-tutorial (Debian+Courier+PostgreSQL+Postfix+Postfixadmin)
  - http://bliki.rimuhosting.com/space/knowledgebase/linux/mail/postfixadmin+on+debian+sarge (Postfix+MySQL+Postfixadmin+Dovecot)
  - http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Virtual_mail_server_using_Postfix,_Courier_and_PostfixAdmin (Postfix+MySQL+Postfixadmin+Courier)


1. Unarchive new Postfix Admin
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Make sure that you are in your WWW directory and then unarchive the
Postfix Admin archive (whatever the filename is):

  $ tar -zxvf postfixadmin-2.2.0.tgz


2. Setup a Database
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With your chosen/preferred database server (i.e. MySQL or PostgreSQL), 
you need to create a new database. A good name for this could be :

  postfix

The mechanics of creating the database vary depending on which server 
you are using. Most users will find using phpMyAdmin or phpPgAdmin the
easiest route.

If you wish to use the command line, you'll need to do something like :

For MySQL:
  CREATE DATABASE postfix;
  CREATE USER 'postfix'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'choose_a_password';
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `postfix` . * TO 'postfix'@'localhost';

For PostgreSQL:
  CREATE USER postfix WITH PASSWORD 'whatever';
  CREATE DATABASE postfix OWNER postfix ENCODING 'unicode';


3. Configure PostfixAdmin so it can find the database
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Edit the config.inc.php file - or - create config.local.php and add your settings there.

The most important settings are those for your database server.

You must also change the line that says :

$CONF['configured'] = false;

to

$CONF['configured'] = true;


PostfixAdmin does not require write access to any files except the tempates_c 
directory (smarty cache). You can therefore leave the files owned as root (or
another user); as long as the web server user (e.g. www-data) can read them, it
will be fine.
For templates_c/, allow write access (only) for the web server user (e. g. www-data).
The easiest way to do this is   chown -R www-data templates_c

The next 'step', is optional. Only do it, if other non-trusted users have access 
to your user:

    Depending on your environment, you may want to protect the database username
    and password stored in config.inc.php - if so, you could move them into the 
    Apache configuration file (which can be set to be visible only by root) using 
    something like the following in your VirtualHost definition :

    SetEnv DB_USER "postfix"
    SetEnv DB_PASS "opensesame"

    config.inc.php would then be able to access these through :

    $CONF['database_user'] = $_SERVER['DB_USER']


4. Check settings, and create Admin user
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Hit http://yourserver.tld/postfixadmin/setup.php in a web browser.

You should see a list of 'OK' messages. 

The setup.php script will attempt to create the database structure 
(or upgrade it if you're coming from a previous version). 

Assuming everything is OK you can specify a password (which you'll 
need to use setup.php again in the future); when you submit the form, 
the hashed value (which you need to enter into config.inc.php is echoed 
out - with appropriate instructions on what to do with it).

create the admin user using the form displayed.

5. Use PostfixAdmin
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This is all that is needed. Fire up your browser and go to the site that you
specified to host Postfix Admin.

6. Integration with Postfix, Dovecot etc.
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Now that PostfixAdmin is working, you need to do some configuration in Postfix,
Dovecot etc. so that they use the domains, mailboxes and aliases you setup in
PostfixAdmin.

The files in the DOCUMENTS/ directory explain which settings you need to
do/change.

7. More information
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As of March 2007, PostfixAdmin moved to SourceForge.  For the
forum posts and source updates, see:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/postfixadmin

There is also #postfixadmin on irc.freenode.net.