Mail Server-Postfix+Centos+Dovecot

Setup mail server in centos 6

» Installing and configuring postfix

» Installing and configuring dovecot

» Creating users and testing

» Installing and configuring squirrelmail

» Installing and configuring postfix

 

Step 1 »Before installation assign a static ip and add a host entry for your domain to that IP in the /etc/hosts file like below.
echo "23.236.147.74 keralainindia.asia" >> /etc/hosts
Step 2 » install postfix

[root@kerala ~]# yum -y install postfix

Step 3 » install SMTP AUTH packages .

[root@kerala ~]# yum -y install cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-devel cyrus-sasl-gssapi cyrus-sasl-md5 cyrus-sasl-plain

Postfix package installation is completed .

Step 4 »creating SSL Cert.

[root@kerala ~]# mkdir /etc/postfix/ssl
[root@kerala ~]# cd /etc/postfix/ssl/
[root@kerala ssl]# openssl genrsa -des3 -rand /etc/hosts -out smtpd.key 1024
[root@kerala ssl]# chmod 600 smtpd.key
[root@kerala ssl]# openssl req -new -key smtpd.key -out smtpd.csr
[root@kerala ssl]# openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in smtpd.csr -signkey smtpd.key -out smtpd.crt
[root@kerala ssl]# openssl rsa -in smtpd.key -out smtpd.key.unencrypted
[root@kerala ssl]# mv -f smtpd.key.unencrypted smtpd.key
[root@kerala ssl]# openssl req -new -x509 -extensions v3_ca -keyout cakey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 365

Step 4 » Now open /etc/postfix/main.cf file .

Find and comment the below lines .
#inet_interfaces = localhost #---> line no 116
#mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost #--> line no 164

and add these lines at the bottom of the file.

myhostname = mail.keralainindia.asia
mydomain = keralainindia.asia
myorigin = $mydomain
home_mailbox = mail/
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
inet_interfaces = all
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_type = cyrus
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom

 

Step 5 » Now open /etc/postfix/master.cf file and add the below line after smtp

smtps inet n - n - - smtpd
-o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
-o smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender=yes
-o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
-o broken_sasl_auth_clients=yes

Step 6 » Now start postfix and saslauthd service

[root@kerala ~]# service postfix start

[root@kerala ~]# service saslauthd start

» Issue the below commands to start the postfix and saslauthd at startup
[root@kerala ~]# chkconfig --level 235 postfix on

[root@kerala ~]# chkconfig --level 235 saslauthd on

Step 7 » Now check your smtp connectivity . just telnet localhost on port 25 and type this command ehlo localhost

[root@kerala ~]# telnet localhost 25
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.keralainindia.asia ESMTP Postfix
ehlo localhost <---- type this command
250-mail.keralainindia.asia
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.

If you get this output .. Great .. everything is fine till now.

» Installing and configuring dovecot

Step 8 » Issue this command to install dovecot

[root@kerala ~]# yum -y install dovecot

 

Step 9 » After installation open /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf file and add the below line at the end of the file. please make sure mail_location and home_mailbox in postfix configuration are using the same name.

protocols = imap pop3
mail_location = maildir:~/mail
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv

 

Step 10 » Now start dovecot service
[root@kerala ~]# service dovecot start

» Issue the below command to start the dovecot at startup
[root@kerala ~]# chkconfig --level 235 dovecot on

 

Step 11 » Now test your pop3 connectivity .
[root@kerala ~]# telnet localhost 110
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
quit
+OK Logging out
Connection closed by foreign host.

Yes .. your server is ready to receive mails .

» Creating users and testing
Step 11 » Now create users to test your configuration.
[root@kerala ~]# useradd -m ramraj -s /sbin/nologin
and create passwords for the users created
[root@kerala ~]# passwd ramraj
Step 12 » Now you can send and receive mails using this server. In case of any issues please check the log file /var/log/maillog )

your mail server is ready …

» Installing and configuring squirrelmail

Step 13 » you need to add EPEL repository to install squirrelmail package. you can find latest EPEL repository rpm here ( http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel/6/i386/repoview/epel-release.html )
[root@kerala ~]# rpm -ivh http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Step 14» Issue the below command to install squirrelmail.
[root@kerala ~]# yum install squirrelmail

This command will install squirrelmail along with apache and php.

Step 15 » Now run the below command to configure squirrelmail .
[root@kerala ~]# perl /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl

»»» 1 »»» 1 »»» krizna (type Organization name ) »»» R ( return )
»»» 2 »»» 1 »»» ( hit space for empty Domain name ) and choose 3 »»» SMTP ( choose SMTP ) »»» R ( return )
»»» D »»» dovecot ( type ) »»» press enter with default
»»» s ( save and quit)
Step 16 » Open /etc/httpd/conf.d/squirrelmail.conf file and uncomment below lines if you are using ssl. If you are not using ssl Don't Do it.
# RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
# RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Step 17» start apache service
[root@kerala ~]# service httpd start

» Issue the below commands to start the httpd at startup
[root@kerala ~]# chkconfig --level 235 httpd on

Step 18» Now open http://serverip/webmail path in your browser .

Git Part 2

http://superuser.com/questions/261060/git-how-can-i-config-git-to-ignore-file-permissions-changes
turn off the filemode so that permissions of files are not considered.

For Mac Machines
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8402281/github-push-error-permission-denied
cd ~
ssh-keygen
cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub > .ssh/authorized_keys

Internalize a project in server
cd /opt/git/
mkdir <Project-name>
cd <Project-name>
git inti --bare

In client
git clone xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/opt/git/<Project-name>
cd <Project-name>
git add *
git commit -m "Test Files"
>>git remote add <remote-name> <git-repo-URL>
git remote add orgin xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/opt/git/<Project-name>
git push orgin master

Branching
git checkout -b <Branch-name>
git push <remote-name> <branch-name>
git push <remote-name> <local-branch-name>:<remote-branch-name>

List ALL Branching
git branch -a
List Remote Branching
git branch -r

Merge two branch
git checkout a (you will switch to branch a)
git merge b (this will merge all changes from branch b into branch a)
git commit -a (this will commit your changes)

List Merged Branches
git branch --merged lists the branches that have been merged into the current branch
git branch --no-merged lists the branches that have not been merged into the current branch

 

Installing ffmpeg-php with php5.4

 

yum update
yum install gcc make automake bzip2 unzip patch subversion libjpeg-devel yasm

Installing the DAG repo for ffmpeg

yum install http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel ffmpeg-libpostproc
yumum install mplayer

 

In cpanel install all the needed modules

/scripts/installruby
gem install flvtool2

yum install mencoder gpac gpac-libs

Lets get ffmpeg-php

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
tar xjf ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
cd ffmpeg-php-0.6.0
sed -i 's/PIX_FMT_RGBA32/PIX_FMT_RGB32/g' ffmpeg_frame.c
phpize
./configure
make
Note: If you are running php5.4 you may need to make following change then run “make” above again:

pico ffmpeg_movie.c
in ffmpeg_movie.c:
row 311: list_entry *le; TO zend_rsrc_list_entry *le;
row 346: list_entry new_le; TO zend_rsrc_list_entry new_le;
row 360: hashkey_length+1, (void *)&new_le, sizeof(list_entry), TO hashkey_length+1, (void *)&new_le,sizeof(zend_rsrc_list_entry),

Now let’s really install everything

make test
make install
## will get a out put as below
Installing shared extensions: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/

pico /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Now add following to end of file but substitute no-debug-non-zts-20100525 below for where it installed it in your “make install” command above

extension_dir = "/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525"
extension="ffmpeg.so"