How to Install Haraka on OpenBSD

Haraka is a high-performance SMTP server written in Node.js. It is designed to be extremely modular and can be extended with a variety of plugins to add additional functionality.

This tutorial will walk you through the process of installing Haraka on an OpenBSD machine.

Prerequisites

  • A machine running OpenBSD
  • Root access to the machine
  • Node.js/npm installed on the machine

Steps

  1. Update your system packages:
$ doas pkg_add -u
  1. Install Node.js/npm:
$ doas pkg_add -v node
  1. Create a haraka user and group:
$ doas useradd -U -d /var/haraka -s /sbin/nologin haraka
  1. Install Haraka using npm:
$ doas npm install -g Haraka
  1. Create a Haraka configuration file:
$ cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/Haraka
$ cp config/smtp.ini config/smtp.ini.orig
$ cp config/smtp.ini.sample config/smtp.ini
  1. Edit the configuration file:
$ vi config/smtp.ini
  1. Start the Haraka server:
$ su - haraka
$ haraka -c /usr/local/lib/node_modules/Haraka/config

Conclusion

You now have Haraka installed and running on your OpenBSD machine. You can continue to configure it to your needs and add plugins as necessary. Enjoy!