Installing Haraka on OpenSUSE Latest

Haraka is a fast and scalable email server written in Node.js. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Haraka on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server running OpenSUSE Latest
• Root access to the server
• Node.js 6.0 or later

Step 1: Install Node.js

If you don't have Node.js installed, you can install it from the official OpenSUSE repository using the following command:

sudo zypper install nodejs

To verify that Node.js is installed, run the following command:

node --version

Step 2: Install Haraka

You can install Haraka using the following command:

sudo npm install -g Haraka

This will install Haraka globally on your server.

Step 3: Configure Haraka

Once Haraka is installed, you need to configure it for your specific use case. You can do this by copying the sample configuration files and customizing them to suit your needs.

cd /usr/lib/node_modules/Haraka
cp -R config /etc/haraka

This will create a copy of the sample configuration files in the /etc/haraka directory.

Step 4: Start Haraka

To start Haraka, simply run the following command:

sudo haraka -c /etc/haraka

By default, Haraka listens on port 25 for incoming email traffic. You can customize this and other settings by editing the configuration files in the /etc/haraka directory.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Haraka on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Haraka as your email server to send and receive emails. For more information on configuring and using Haraka, refer to the official documentation here.