Description

Installs and configures PostfixAdmin, a web based interface used to manage mailboxes, virtual domains and aliases.

Also creates the required MySQL database and tables. No other databases are supported yet.

The first time it runs, automatically generates some passwords if not specified. Generated passwords are:

From the PostfixAdmin default recipe

• setup_password
• setup_password_salt
• setup_password_encrypted
• database/password

From the MySQL cookbook

• mysql/server_root_password
• mysql/server_debian_password
• mysql/server_repl_password

Requirements

Platform:

This cookbook has been tested on the following platforms:

• CentOS
• Debian
• Ubuntu

Let me know if you use it successfully on any other platform.

Cookbooks:

• apache2
• ark
• database
• mysql

Attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['version']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin version</td>
<td><code>"2.3.7"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['url']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin download URL</td>
<td><em>calculated</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['checksum']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin download file checksum</td>
<td><code>"761074e711ab618deda425dc013133b9d5968e0859bb883f10164061fd87006e"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['server_name']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin server name</td>
<td><em>calculated</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['ssl']</code></td>
<td>enables HTTPS (with SSL), only tested on Debian and Ubuntu</td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['setup_password']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin Setup Password (required for chef-solo)</td>
<td><em>calculated</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['setup_password_salt']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin password salt (required for chef-solo)</td>
<td><em>calculated</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['web_server']</code></td>
<td>Web server to use: <code>"apache"</code> or <code>"false"</code></td>
<td><code>"apache"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['setup_password_encrypted']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin encrypted Password</td>
<td><em>calculated</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['name']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin database name</td>
<td><code>"postfix"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['host']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin database hostname or IP address</td>
<td><code>"localhost"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['user']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin database login username</td>
<td><code>"postfix"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['password']</code></td>
<td>PostfixAdmin database login password (requried for chef-solo)</td>
<td><em>calculated</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['conf']['encrypt']</code></td>
<td>The way do you want the passwords to be crypted</td>
<td><code>"md5crypt"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['conf']['domain_path']</code></td>
<td>Whether you want to store the mailboxes per domain</td>
<td><code>"YES"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['conf']['domain_in_mailbox']</code></td>
<td>Whether you want to have the domain in your mailbox</td>
<td><code>"NO"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['conf']['fetchmail']</code></td>
<td>Whether you want fetchmail tab</td>
<td><code>"NO"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['map_files']['path']</code></td>
<td>Path to generate map-files into</td>
<td><code>"/etc/postfix/tables"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['map_files']['mode']</code></td>
<td>Map-files file-mode bits</td>
<td><code>00640</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['map_files']['owner']</code></td>
<td>Map-files files owner</td>
<td><code>"root"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['map_files']['group']</code></td>
<td>Map-files files group</td>
<td><code>"postfix"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['map_files']['list']</code></td>
<td>An array with map file names to generate</td>
<td><code>[<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf",<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_alias_domain_maps.cf",<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_alias_domain_catchall_maps.cf",<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf",<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf",<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_alias_domain_mailbox_maps.cf",<br/>
  "mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf"<br/>
]</code></td>
</tr>
</table>

Recipes

postfixadmin::default

Installs and configures PostfixAdmin.

postfixadmin::map_files

Installs PostfixAdmin SQL map files to be used by Postfix.

Resources

postfixadmin_admin[user]

Create or remove a PostfixAdmin admin user. This kind of user is used to create the domains and mailboxes.

postfixadmin_admin actions

• create: Create a PostfixAdmin admin user (default).
• remove: Remove a PostfixAdmin admin user.

postfixadmin_admin attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>user</td>
<td>Username</td>
<td><em>name attribute</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>password</td>
<td>Password</td>
<td><code>"p@ssw0rd1"</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>setup_password</td>
<td>PostfixAdmin Setup Password</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['setup_password']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_user</td>
<td>Database username</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['user']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_password</td>
<td>Database password</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['password']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_name</td>
<td>Database name</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['name']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_host</td>
<td>Database hostname</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['host']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ssl</td>
<td>Whether to use SSL on HTTP requests</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['ssl']</code></td>
</tr>
</table>

postfixadmin_admin example

postfixadmin_admin 'admin@admindomain.com' do
  password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
  action :create
end

postfixadmin_domain[domain]

Create domains.

postfixadmin_domain actions

• create

postfixadmin_domain attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>domain</td>
<td>Domain name</td>
<td><em>name attribute</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>description</td>
<td>Domain description</td>
<td><code>""</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>aliases</td>
<td>Maximum number of aliases</td>
<td><code>10</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>mailboxes</td>
<td>Maximum number of mailboxes</td>
<td><code>10</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_username</td>
<td>Admin user to use</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_password</td>
<td>Admin password </td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_user</td>
<td>Database username</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['user']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_password</td>
<td>Database password</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['password']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_name</td>
<td>Database name</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['name']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_host</td>
<td>Database hostname</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['host']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ssl</td>
<td>Whether to use SSL on HTTP requests</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['ssl']</code></td>
</tr>
</table>

postfixadmin_domain example

# admin user copied from the previous example
postfixadmin_domain 'foobar.com' do
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

postfixadmin_mailbox[mailbox]

Create a mailbox.

postfixadmin_mailbox actions

• create

postfixadmin_mailbox attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>mailbox</td>
<td>Mailbox address to create</td>
<td><em>name attribute</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>password</td>
<td>Mailbox password</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name</td>
<td>The name of the mailbox owner</td>
<td><code>""</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>active</td>
<td>Active status</td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>mail</td>
<td>Whether to send a welcome email</td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_username</td>
<td>Admin user to use</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_password</td>
<td>Admin password </td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_user</td>
<td>Database username</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['user']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_password</td>
<td>Database password</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['password']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_name</td>
<td>Database name</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['name']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_host</td>
<td>Database hostname</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['host']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ssl</td>
<td>Whether to use SSL on HTTP requests</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['ssl']</code></td>
</tr>
</table>

postfixadmin_mailbox example

# admin user copied from the previous example
postfixadmin_mailbox 'bob@foobar.com' do
  password 'alice'
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

postfixadmin_alias[address]

Create mailbox aliases.

postfixadmin_alias actions

• create

postfixadmin_alias attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>address</td>
<td>Alias address</td>
<td><em>name attribute</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>goto</td>
<td>Destination mailbox address</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>active</td>
<td>Active status</td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_username</td>
<td>Admin user to use</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_password</td>
<td>Admin password </td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_user</td>
<td>Database username</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['user']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_password</td>
<td>Database password</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['password']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_name</td>
<td>Database name</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['name']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_host</td>
<td>Database hostname</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['host']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ssl</td>
<td>Whether to use SSL on HTTP requests</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['ssl']</code></td>
</tr>
</table>

postfixadmin_alias example

# admin user copied from the previous example
postfixadmin_alias 'billing@foobar.com' do
  goto 'bob@foobar.com'
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

postfixadmin_alias_domain[address]

Create domain aliases. The alias_domain must already exist.

postfixadmin_alias_domain actions

• create

postfixadmin_alias_domain attributes

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>alias_domain</td>
<td>Alias domain</td>
<td><em>name attribute</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>target_domain</td>
<td>Target domain</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>active</td>
<td>Active status</td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_username</td>
<td>Admin user to use</td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>login_password</td>
<td>Admin password </td>
<td><em>required</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_user</td>
<td>Database username</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['user']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_password</td>
<td>Database password</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['password']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_name</td>
<td>Database name</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['name']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>db_host</td>
<td>Database hostname</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['database']['host']</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ssl</td>
<td>Whether to use SSL on HTTP requests</td>
<td><code>node['postfixadmin']['ssl']</code></td>
</tr>
</table>

postfixadmin_alias_domain example

# admin user copied from the previous example
postfixadmin_alias_domain 'aliasdomain.com' do
  target_domain 'foobar.com'
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

Usage Example

Including in a Cookbook Recipe

A complete example:

include_recipe 'postfixadmin::default'
include_recipe 'postfixadmin::map_files'
# or include them in your run-list

postfixadmin_admin 'admin@admindomain.com' do
  password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
  action :create
end

postfixadmin_domain 'foobar.com' do
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

postfixadmin_mailbox 'bob@foobar.com' do
  password 'alice'
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

postfixadmin_alias 'billing@foobar.com' do
  goto 'bob@foobar.com'
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

postfixadmin_alias_domain 'aliasdomain.com' do
  target_domain 'foobar.com'
  login_username 'admin@admindomain.com'
  login_password 'sup3r-s3cr3t-p4ss'
end

Don't forget to include the postfixadmin cookbook as a dependency in the metadata.

# metadata.rb
[...]

depends 'postfixadmin'

Including in the Run List

Another alternative is to include the recipes in your Run List.

{
  "name": "mail.onddo.com",
  [...]
  "run_list": [
    [...]
    "recipe[postfixadmin]",
    "recipe[postfixadmin::map_files]"
  ]
}

Testing

Requirements

• vagrant
• berkshelf >= 2.0.0
• test-kitchen >= 1.2
• kitchen-vagrant >= 0.10.0

Running the tests

$ kitchen test
$ kitchen verify
[...]

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Author

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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