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Writer's pictureHamizi Jamaluddin

INSTALLATION OF SERVICES ON CENTOS 7 (LOCAL MAIL) ON DEMILITARIZED ZONE

In this post we are going to cover the following topic:


  • How to set static ip address and system hostname

  • How to join domain

  • How to install local mail(squirrelmail) using postfix and dovecot

HOW TO SET STATIC IP ADDRESS AND SYSTEM HOSTNAME


Open terminal on centos and type command as shown above to configure network


press enter on edit a connection


press enter to edit the network adapter


insert the information as shown above


press enter system hostname


create your hostname

Key in password for Ali(the user that we set up during installation of centos7) to change the hostname


Press enter


How to join domain:

Install package as shown above to join the domain cybertech365.info from Microsoft windows


Discover the domain cybertech365.info by using command realm discover


Join the domain as administrator, password for administrator of domain is required.

Installation of localmail (using postfix, dovecot and suqirrelmail):

Remove sendmail by using command as shown above


edit hosts file


Add host’s IP address and hostname at the last line the file


Install epel-release package and allow port 80 in firewall


Install postfix and edit the file main.cf


Edit accordingly on line 76 and 83


Edit accordingly on line 99 and 113


Edit accordingly on line 164 and 165


Edit accordingly on line 264


Edit accordingly on line 418 and 419, press key esc + shift and ; on keyboard, type wq to save the file and quit


Enable and restart postfix then install telnet


Check SMTP connection using telnet session by key in command as shown above


List all file listed under the recipient, Ali’s mail directory


check the content of the mail


install dovecot and edit dovecot.conf file


Edit accordingly on line 23 and 24


Edit 10-mail.conf file


Edit accordingly on line 24


Edit 10-auth.conf file


Edit on line 10


Edit line 100


Edit 10-master.conf file


Edit line 91 and 92


Type command as shown above to enable and start dovecot


Test pop3 connection with telnet, retr 1 is use to retrieve the whole message in mail directory


Use command above to install squirrelmail


Change directory as shown above and run conf.pl to configure squirrelmail


Key in 1 and press enter


Enter domain name


Enter s to save data



Change domain to cybertech365.info


Use SMTP



Edit httpd.conf file


Add text from line 355 to 363 at the bottom of the file, press the key esc + shift + ; and type wq to save the changes and quit


Restart httpd


Open firefox browser