How to Install Excision Mail on OpenBSD

Excision Mail is an open-source email server built on Node.js. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Excision Mail on an OpenBSD system.

Prerequisites

Before installing Excision Mail, please ensure that you have the following software installed on your OpenBSD system:

  • Node.js (version 10.x or above)
  • npm (version 6.x or above)
  • git (version 2.x or above)
  • OpenSSL

Installation Steps

Follow these steps to install Excision Mail on your OpenBSD system:

  1. Open the terminal on your OpenBSD system.

  2. Clone the Excision Mail repository from GitHub using the following command:

    git clone https://github.com/Excision-Mail/Excision-Mail.git

  3. Change the current directory to the cloned repository:

    cd Excision-Mail

  4. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

    npm install

  5. Set up your configuration by copying the config.example.js to config.js:

    cp config.example.js config.js

  6. Edit the config.js file as needed to configure Excision Mail, including specifying the domain name you will be using for the mail server.

  7. Generate the SSL certificate and key:

    openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365

  8. Start the server by running the following command:

    node index.js

  9. You can now access the Excision Mail interface by opening a web browser and navigating to https://your-domain.com:3000, where your-domain.com is the domain name you specified in your config.js file.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Excision Mail on your OpenBSD system.