apache2 not installed

[malutanpetronel]

At first I did added in mailserver/tasks/postfixadmin.yml at line 127:

• name: ensure /etc/apache2/sites-available directory exists
  file:
  path: /etc/apache2/sites-available
  state: directory
  tags:
  • postfixadmin

and the playbook went fine to the end.

As a remark I did need to add in passwords.yml as described on your blog:
...
ansible_domain: <domain.com>
...

... but at the end I realised apache2 service is not installed at all:

root@mail:~# service apache2 restart
Failed to restart apache2.service: Unit apache2.service not found.

[malutanpetronel]

maybe something like

• name: Install required binary packages
  apt: name={{item}} state=present
  with_items:
  • apache2
  • libapache2-mod-php5
    notify: restart apache ?

need it there ?

[frjo]

Yes, you need to fix the web server yourself since I have not added any public role for it.

I use Apache 2.4 with PHP-FPM 7 myself, highly recommend that combination.

Read more on my setup here : https://xdeb.org/post/2017/11/09/running-drupal-on-debian-9-with-apache-2-4-http2-event-mpm-and-php-fpm-via-socks-and-proxy/

[malutanpetronel]

I did installed

Server version: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)
Server built: 2018-06-02T08:01:13

PHP 7.0.30-0+deb9u1 (cli) (built: Jun 14 2018 13:50:25) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.30-0+deb9u1, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies

I did enabled some modules you suggested and I assume I need to change the mail.conf too ?

[frjo]

If you want to install into other directories or do some other changes you can edit mail.conf.j2.

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[frjo]

If you have not already you really should make use of the letsencrypt role as well.

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[malutanpetronel]

Ok ;) So it looks some missing info in the blog here : https://xdeb.org/post/2018/02/07/run-your-own-mail-server-with-postfix-and-dovecot/

I did added letsencrypt at first, as common contains - include: misc.yml which verify the letsencrypt cert... but I fail with

...frjo/files/letsencrypt/account_aes256.key which is missing
I've thought letsencrypt should be used with certbot ? or should I generate the key locally ?

[frjo]

If you are unsure what the the letsencrypt role does after looking at it then I think the official certbot is an better option.

The "account_aes256.key” is a local file containing the encrypted account key for lets encrypt.

I use the letencrypt role since it avoids the need to do any manual setup on a server.

[malutanpetronel]

1. so I should get somehow / somewhere a key for lets encrypt..
2. and I should encrypt shomehow the account key for lets encrypt from point 1 :)

[frjo]

Just use certbot instead.

[malutanpetronel]

it still looks that the server load until it output timeout ! Any hints please ?

[frjo]

Need the log output to see what the issues are.

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[malutanpetronel]

Do you have an email?

[frjo]

There is a contact form on my blog.

[malutanpetronel]

I noticed you did not shared the content of etc/postfixadmin/config.local.php.j2
Did you forgot ot push it content? or I am supposed to copy the default file to local, customise it iwth vars and reuse it later ?

[malutanpetronel]

I wrongly look in another folder