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postfix
Install and configure postfix on your system.
Example Playbook
This example is taken from molecule/resources/playbook.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.
---
- name: Converge
hosts: all
become: yes
gather_facts: yes
vars:
postfix_aliases:
- name: root
destination: robert@meinit.nl
roles:
- robertdebock.postfix
The machine you are running this on, may need to be prepared, I use this playbook to ensure everything is in place to let the role work.
---
- name: Prepare
hosts: all
become: yes
gather_facts: no
roles:
- robertdebock.bootstrap
- robertdebock.core_dependencies
Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.
Role Variables
These variables are set in defaults/main.yml:
---
# defaults file for postfix
# These settings are required in postfix.
postfix_myhostname: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
postfix_mydomain: "{{ ansible_domain | default ('localdomain', true) }}"
postfix_myorigin: "{{ ansible_domain | default ('localdomain', true) }}"
# To "listen" on public interfaces, set inet_interfaces to something like
# "all" or the name of the interface, such as "eth0".
postfix_inet_inferfaces: "loopback-only"
# The distination tells Postfix what mails to accept mail for.
postfix_mydestination: $mydomain, $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
# To accept email from other machines, set the mynetworks to something like
# "192.168.0.0/24".
postfix_mynetworks: "127.0.0.0/8"
# These settings change the role of the postfix server to a relay host.
# postfix_relay_domains: "$mydestination"
# If you want to forward emails to another central relay server, set relayhost.
# use brackets to sent to the A-record of the relayhost.
# postfix_relayhost: [relay.example.com]
# Set the restrictions for receiving mails.
postfix_smtpd_recipient_restrictions:
- permit_mynetworks
- permit_sasl_authenticated
- reject_unauth_destination
- reject_invalid_hostname
- reject_non_fqdn_hostname
- reject_non_fqdn_sender
- reject_non_fqdn_recipient
- reject_unknown_sender_domain
- reject_unknown_recipient_domain
- reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org
- reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org
- reject_rbl_client dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net
- permit
# To enable spamassassin, ensure spamassassin is installed,
# (hint: role: robertdebock.spamassassin) and set these two variables:
# postfix_spamassassin: enabled
# postfix_spamassassin_user: spamd
# To enable clamav, ensure clamav is installed,
# (hint: role: robertdebock.clamav) and set this variable:
# postfix_clamav: enabled
# You can configure aliases here. Typically redirecting `root` is a good plan.
# postfix_aliases:
# - name: root
# destination: robert@meinit.nl
Requirements
- Access to a repository containing packages, likely on the internet.
- A recent version of Ansible. (Tests run on the current, previous and next release of Ansible.)
The following roles can be installed to ensure all requirements are met, using ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml:
---
- robertdebock.bootstrap
- robertdebock.core_dependencies
Context
This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.
Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility
This role has been tested on these container images:
| container | tag | allow_failures |
|---|---|---|
| alpine | latest | no |
| alpine | edge | yes |
| debian | unstable | yes |
| debian | latest | no |
| centos | 7 | no |
| redhat | 7 | no |
| centos | latest | no |
| redhat | latest | no |
| fedora | latest | no |
| fedora | rawhide | yes |
| ubuntu | latest | no |
This role has been tested on these Ansible versions:
- ansible>=2.8, <2.9
- ansible>=2.9
- git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git@devel
Exceptions
Some variarations of the build matrix do not work. These are the variations and reasons why the build won't work:
| variation | reason |
|---|---|
| opensuse | Not idempotent on configure postfix (main.cf) and configure postfix |
Testing
Unit tests are done on every commit, pull request, release and periodically.
If you find issues, please register them in GitHub
Testing is done using Tox and Molecule:
Tox tests multiple ansible versions. Molecule tests multiple distributions.
To test using the defaults (any installed ansible version, namespace: robertdebock, image: fedora, tag: latest):
molecule test
# Or select a specific image:
image=ubuntu molecule test
# Or select a specific image and a specific tag:
image="debian" tag="stable" tox
Or you can test multiple versions of Ansible, and select images:
Tox allows multiple versions of Ansible to be tested. To run the default (namespace: robertdebock, image: fedora, tag: latest) tests:
tox
# To run CentOS (namespace: `robertdebock`, tag: `latest`)
image="centos" tox
# Or customize more:
image="debian" tag="stable" tox
Modules
This role uses the following modules:
---
- command
- file
- group
- lineinfile
- package
- service
- template
License
Apache-2.0