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# thingy!
some kind of hosting setup
## setup
1. log into the vps, make sure it's fedora (or else 🔪)
2. create a new admin user
- `sudo useradd -m -G wheel admin`
- `sudo passwd admin`
- `sudo su - admin`
3. use the system setup script, and log out
- `sudo dnf install git -y`
- `git clone https://gitlab.com/futile/thingy`
- `./thingy/set-up-system.sh`
- `exit`
4. log in again, populate the `.env` and start everything up
- `cd thingy`
- `micro .env`
- `docker compose up`
5. continue with service-specific setups .....
## services
specifics for everything
**currently serving**
- via docker
- **caddy** http server & reverse proxy
- **stalwart** mailserver
- **bulwark** webmail
- via caddy
- `mail.yaoi.dog` mail (server & admin dash)
- `post.yaoi.dog` mail (webmail)
**dns setup**
| type | host | value | notes |
|-------|-----------|---------------------------- |----------------------------|
| `A` | `@` | `<ip>` | apex domain |
| `A` | `mail` | `<ip>` | mailserver |
| `A` | `post` | `<ip>` | webmail |
| `CAA` | `@` | `0 issue "letsencrypt.org"` | allow caddy to issue certs |
### stalwart
**first setup**
1. server identity
- server hostname: `mail.yaoi.dog`
- default email domain: `yaoi.dog`
- automatically obtain tls certificate: `true`
- generate email signing keys: `true`
2. storage
- main data storage: `rocksdb`
- path: `/var/lib/stalwart/`
3. account directory
- directory type: `use internal`
4. logging
- log destination: `console`
5. automatic dns management
- dns server type: `porkbun`
- description: `porkbun`
**further setup**
- settings -> security -> allowed ips
- added `172.18.0.0/24`; reason: `internal`
- settings -> network -> http -> security
- permissive cors policy: `true` **[restart needed]**
**notes**
- in [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml), a `stalwart-logs` volume is currently defined but not being used, due to the fact that stalwart does not seem to create anything within it. i need to figure out why. for now, stalwart logs to console.
**useful links**
- https://stalw.art/docs/install/platform/docker/
- https://stalw.art/docs/install/security/
- https://stalw.art/docs/server/reverse-proxy/caddy/
- https://stalw.art/docs/telemetry/tracing/log/
- https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/tests/Imap/input
- https://mail-tester.com/
### bulwark
**useful links**
- https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/deployment/docker
- https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/guides/admin
- https://bulwarkmail.org/docs/getting-started/configuration/environment-reference