Generic Platform - Mail Service

Overview

Docker image and docker-compose sample configuration to bring up a Mail Sender Service to the Docker Generic Platform (GP).

Configuration

The service is formed by one container:

• mail: based on alpine docker image with postfix package installed.

Operation

1. Use the docker-compose.yml.sample file as your docker-compose configuration file.

2. Install assets with devcontrol assets-install.

3. Start the service with docker-compose up -d.

4. Use mail:25 endpoint within your platform as a mail sender.

5. Manage backups of your files:

   1. Make a backup executing docker-compose exec mail backup.
   2. Find the current backup within the /var/backups/gp/mail/ of the container.
   3. Extract the current backup executing docker cp $(docker-compose ps -q mail):/var/backups/gp gp.

6. Stop the service with docker-compose stop.

You can use this docker piece with the Docker Generic Platform project.

Known issues

None known