How to Install MailHog on Fedora CoreOS Latest
In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of installing MailHog from Github on Fedora CoreOS Latest.
Prerequisites
- A running Fedora CoreOS Latest instance
- System privileges (root/sudo access)
- A GitHub account
Installation
First, you need to download the MailHog binary from GitHub. You can do this using the
wgetcommand:$ wget https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/releases/download/v1.0.0/MailHog_linux_amd64Next, you need to make the downloaded binary file executable:
$ chmod +x MailHog_linux_amd64Then, you need to move the binary file to the
/usr/local/bindirectory:$ sudo mv MailHog_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/mailhogNow that the binary file is installed, you need to create a systemd service file for MailHog. Create a file named
mailhog.servicein the/etc/systemd/system/directory:$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mailhog.servicePaste the following configuration into this file:
[Unit] Description=MailHog [Service] ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/mailhog [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.targetSave and close the file.
Now, you can start the MailHog service by running the following command:
$ sudo systemctl start mailhogYou can check the status of the MailHog service by running:
$ sudo systemctl status mailhogIf everything is working properly, you should see something similar to the following:
● mailhog.service - MailHog Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/mailhog.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-08-02 08:48:46 EDT; 2s ago Main PID: 977 (mailhog) Tasks: 6 (limit: 1119) Memory: 6.0M CGroup: /system.slice/mailhog.service └─977 /usr/local/bin/mailhogFinally, you can enable the MailHog service to start automatically at boot time by running:
$ sudo systemctl enable mailhog
Congratulations! MailHog is now installed and ready to use on your Fedora CoreOS Latest instance.