This ansible role deploys msmtp for Ubuntu 12.04 (tested on vagrant)
##Prerequisite
- Having ansible installed on your workstation.
- Having an SMTP server
##How to install
- Use github to clone/fork in your role directory
- ansible galaxy
ansible-galaxy install adham.helal.msmtp
##Variables All the default variables are located defaults/main.yml. Mostly you would need to configure the following variables.
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msmtp_accounts: You can define one or more smtp account
msmtp_accounts: - account : "gmail" host : "smtp.gmail.com" port : 587 auth : "on" user : "[email protected]" password : "some password" - account : "mysmtp" host : "smtp.example" port : 587 auth : "on" user : "myuser" password : "123456" -
msmtp_default_account: Default smtp account to use
msmtp_default_account: "gmail" -
msmtp_from: From field
msmtp_from : "No Reply" -
Logging
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Option A (syslog)
msmtp_log : "syslog" -
Option B (file logging)
msmtp_log : "file" msmtp_logfile : /var/log/msmtp.log -
Option C (No logging)
msmtp_log : "no"
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Mail aliases
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msmtp_alias_default: default email this required
msmtp_alias_default : [email protected] -
msmtp_alias_root: root email this is optional
msmtp_alias_root : [email protected] -
msmtp_alias_cron: cron email this optional
msmtp_alias_cron : [email protected]
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##Configure You can configure your variables in ansible with one of the following
- Create a variable in host/group variables directory. (recommended)
- Editing var/main.yml
- Run ansible-playbook with -e
- Edit the default/main.yml (not recommended)
##Run By default the mstmp will fail because the configuration uses a bogus smtp server you need to use a valid smtp server
ansible-playbook -l hostname msmtp.yml
##Test You should get a test mail if it works on the root mail
##Possible issues From field requires more work http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/doc/msmtp.html#Envelope_002dfrom-address