@libresat/forum

LibreSat Forum

The LibreSat distribution of GNU Mailman.

Usage

See src/chart/templates/NOTES.txt for setup instructions.

You can use custom templates for Mailman by putting them into the src/assets/mailman-core/templates folder.

With build script

# Make it executable
chmod +x mailman-suite/build-run-test.sh
# Run it
mailman-suite/build-run-test.sh

Without build script

# Create volume for mailman-core's data
docker volume create mailman-core-data
# Create volume for mailman-web's data
docker volume create mailman-web-data
# Build image
docker build src -t pojntfx/libresat-forum
# Run image
docker run \
-d \
-h [e-mail] \
-p 8000:80 \
-v mailman-core-data:/var/tmp/mailman/data \
-v mailman-web-data:/opt/mailman-web/databases \
pojntfx/libresat-forum

Debugging

# Get docker container id
docker ps | grep libresat-forum
# Test postfix by sending a mail (THIS WILL NOT WORK IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SET UP DOMAIN AS DESCRIBED IN NOTES.txt!)
docker exec DOCKER_CONTAINER_ID bash -c 'echo "Test Message Body" | mail -s "Test Message Subject" [e-mail]'
# Test mailman-core REST api (should return "401 Unauthorized")
docker exec DOCKER_CONTAINER_ID bash -c "apt install -y curl && sleep 15 && curl http://localhost:8001/3.1 && apt remove curl"
# Look at mailman-core's logs
docker exec DOCKER_CONTAINER_ID bash -c "tail -f /var/tmp/mailman/logs/mailman.log" # When you sign up and verify using hyperkitty/postorius, the REST actions will show up here
# Look at mailman-web's logs
docker exec DOCKER_CONTAINER_ID bash -c "tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log" # mailman-web's wsgi server logs here
# Use interactive bash inside the container
docker exec -it DOCKER_CONTAINER_ID bash

Deployment

Edit src/chart/values.yaml according to your needs.

# Build image
docker build src/ -t pojntfx/libresat-forum
# Deploy to Kubernetes
helm install --values src/chart/values.yaml --namespace forum src/chart

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