thingy!

some kind of hosting setup

setup

1. log into the vps, make sure it's fedora (or else 🔪)
2. create a new admin user

• sudo useradd -m -G wheel admin
• sudo passwd admin
• sudo su - admin

3. use the system setup script, and log out

• sudo dnf install git -y
• git clone https://gitlab.com/futile/thingy
• ./thingy/set-up-system.sh
• exit

4. log in again, populate the .env and start everything up

• cd thingy
• micro .env
• docker compose up

5. continue with service-specific setups .....

services

specifics for everything

currently serving

• via docker
  • caddy – http server & reverse proxy
  • stalwart – mailserver
  • bulwark – webmail
• via caddy
  • mail.yaoi.dog – mail (server & admin dash)
  • post.yaoi.dog – mail (webmail)

dns setup

type	host	value	notes
A	@	<ip>	apex domain
A	m	<ip>	mailserver
A	mail	<ip>	webmail
CAA	@	0 issue "letsencrypt.org"	allow caddy to issue certs

stalwart

first setup

1. server identity

• server hostname: mail.yaoi.dog
• default email domain: yaoi.dog
• automatically obtain tls certificate: true
• generate email signing keys: true

2. storage

• main data storage: rocksdb
• path: /var/lib/stalwart/

3. account directory

• directory type: use internal

4. logging

• log destination: console

5. automatic dns management

• dns server type: porkbun
• description: porkbun

further setup

• settings -> security -> allowed ips
  • added 172.18.0.0/24; reason: internal
• settings -> network -> http -> security
  • permissive cors policy: true [restart needed]

notes

• in docker-compose.yml, a stalwart-logs volume is currently defined but not being used, due to the fact that stalwart does not seem to create anything within it. i need to figure out why. for now, stalwart logs to console.

useful links

• https://stalw.art/docs/install/platform/docker/
• https://stalw.art/docs/install/security/
• https://stalw.art/docs/server/reverse-proxy/caddy/
• https://stalw.art/docs/telemetry/tracing/log/
• https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/tests/Imap/input
• https://mail-tester.com/

bulwark

useful links

• https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/deployment/docker
• https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/guides/admin
• https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/getting-started/configuration/environment-reference