mokacoding

The Cloud 66 documentation to install SMTP on a server is excellent and easy to follow, but glosses over how to write a deploy hook to automate the process.

This is my take on a deploy hook to install SMPT through Postfix.

deploy_hooks.yml

---
production:
  first_thing:
    - source: /.cloud66/postfix_setup.sh
      destination: ~/postfix_setup.sh
      target: any
      apply_during: build_only
      execute: true
      sudo: true

postfix_setup.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

# Install Postfix to send emails
yet | sudo apt-get install postfix

# Configure Postfix
sudo echo "myhostname = yourdomain.com" >> /etc/postfix/main.cf

# Apply configurations
sudo /etc/init.d/postfix reload

This is the first deploy hook that I've ever written for Cloud 66, so if you think there's a better way to achieve the result please get in touch through Twitter @mokagio, or leave a comment below.

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