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Mailtrain is an open-source self-hosted newsletter app built on Node.js and MySQL/MariaDB. Mailtrain’s source is on GitHub. This guide will show you how to install Mailtrain on a fresh FreeBSD 12 Vultr instance.
Requirements
- Software Requirements:
- Node.js v7 or greater
- MySQL v5.5
- Nginx
- Redis (optional)
- Hardware Requirements:
- 1 vCPU
- 1024 MB RAM
Before you begin
Check the FreeBSD version.
uname -ro# FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE
Ensure that your FreeBSD system is up to date.
freebsd-update fetch installpkg update && pkg upgrade -y
Install the necessary packages.
pkg install -y sudo vim unzip wget git bash socat
Create a new user account with your preferred username (we will use johndoe
).
adduser# Username: johndoe# Full name: John Doe# Uid (Leave empty for default): <Enter># Login group [johndoe]: <Enter># Login group is johndoe. Invite johndoe into other groups? []: wheel# Login class [default]: <Enter># Shell (sh csh tcsh nologin) [sh]: bash# Home directory [/home/johndoe]: <Enter># Home directory permissions (Leave empty for default): <Enter># Use password-based authentication? [yes]: <Enter># Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]: <Enter># Use a random password? (yes/no) [no]: <Enter># Enter password: your_secure_password# Enter password again: your_secure_password# Lock out the account after creation? [no]: <Enter># OK? (yes/no): yes# Add another user? (yes/no): no# Goodbye!
Run the visudo
command and uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
, to allow members of the wheel
group to execute any command.
visudo# Uncomment by removing hash (#) sign# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
Now, switch to your newly created user with su
command.
su - johndoe
NOTE: Replace johndoe
with your username.
Set up the timezone.
sudo tzsetup
Install Node.js and npm
Install Node.js and npm.
sudo pkg install -y node10 npm-node10
Check the versions.
node -v && npm -v# v10.15.3# 6.9.0
Install MariaDB
Install MariaDB.
sudo pkg install -y mariadb102-client mariadb102-server
Check the version.
mysql --version# mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.2.24-MariaDB, for FreeBSD12.0 (amd64) using readline 5.1
Start and enable MariaDB.
sudo sysrc mysql_enable="yes" sudo service mysql-server start
Run the mysql_secure_installation
script to improve the security of your MariaDB installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Log into MariaDB as the root user.
mysql -u root -p# Enter password:
Create a new MariaDB database and user. Remember the credentials for this new user.
CREATE DATABASE dbname;GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;exit;
Install Nginx
Install Nginx.
sudo pkg install -y nginx
Check the version.
nginx -v# nginx version: nginx/1.14.2
Enable and start Nginx.
sudo sysrc nginx_enable=yessudo service nginx start
Run sudo vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/mailtrain.conf
and set up Nginx for Mailtrain.
server { listen [::]:80; listen 80; server_name example.com; charset utf-8; client_max_body_size 50M; location / { proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; proxy_next_upstream error timeout http_502 http_503 http_504; }}
Save the file and exit.
Now we need to include mailtrain.conf
in the main nginx.conf
file.
Run sudo vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
and add the following line to the http {}
block.
include mailtrain.conf;
Test the configuration.
sudo nginx -t
Reload Nginx.
sudo service nginx reload
Install Mailtrain
Create an empty document root folder where Mailtrain should be installed.
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/www/mailtrain
Navigate to the document root folder.
cd /usr/local/www/mailtrain
Change ownership of the /usr/local/www/mailtrain
folder to user johndoe
.
sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /usr/local/www/mailtrain
Download and unzip Mailtrain.
wget https://github.com/Mailtrain-org/mailtrain/archive/master.zipunzip master.ziprm master.zipmv mailtrain-master/* . && mv mailtrain-master/.* .rmdir mailtrain-master
Run npm install --production
in the Mailtrain folder to install required dependencies.
Copy config/default.toml
as config/production.toml
and update MySQL and any other settings in it.
cp config/default.toml config/production.tomlvim config/production.toml
Run the server.
NODE_ENV=production npm start
Installation is complete. Login with the username admin
and the password test
. Once logged in, update the user information and password via the Mailtrain web interface.
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