thingy!

some kind of hosting setup

setup

log into the vps, make sure it's fedora (or else 🔪)

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

ssh <user>@<ip>
cd thingy
micro .env
docker compose up

continue with service-specific setups .....

specifics for everything

currently serving

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

first setup

server identity
- server hostname: m.yaoi.dog
- default email domain: yaoi.dog
- automatically obtain tls certificate: true
- generate email signing keys: true
storage
- main data storage: rocksdb
- path: /var/lib/stalwart/
account directory
- directory type: use internal
logging
- log destination: console
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

useful links