postfix

This role can install, configure and start Postfix MTA.

Requirements

See below

Collection requirements

The role requires the firewall role and the selinux role from the fedora.linux_system_roles collection, if postfix_manage_firewall and postfix_manage_selinux is set to true, respectively. (Please see also postfix_manage_firewall and postfix_manage_selinux)

If the postfix is a role from the fedora.linux_system_roles collection or from the Fedora RPM package, the requirement is already satisfied.

The role requires additional collections to manage rpm-ostree systems. If you need to manage rpm-ostree systems, run the below command to install the collections.

ansible-galaxy collection install -r meta/collection-requirements.yml

Role Variables

postfix_conf

postfix_conf:
  relayhost: example.com

This is a dictionary which can hold key/value pairs of all supported Postfix configuration parameters. Keys not supported by the installed Postfix are ignored. The default is empty {}.

You can specify previous: replaced within the postfix_conf dictionary to remove any existing configuration and apply the desired configuration on top of clean postfix installation.

WARNING: If you specify previous: replaced, the role reinstalls the postfix package and replaces the existing /etc/postfix/main.cf and /etc/postfix/master.cf files. Ensure to back up those files to preserve your settings.

WARNING: When managing rpm-ostree systems, the role cannot reinstall the postfix package, so it just replaces the modified config files with empty files. This is not idempotent.

If you specify only previous: replaced under the postfix_conf dictionary, the role re-installs the postfix package and enables the postfix service without applying any configuration.

For example, to remove existing configuration and set relayhost: example.com on top of clean postfix installation, use postfix_conf like this:

postfix_conf:
  previous: replaced
  relayhost: example.com

postfix_files

postfix_files:
  - name: sasl_passwd
    content: example.com user:password
    postmap: true
  - name: sender_canonical_maps
    content: /.+/  info@example.com

This is a list of files that will be placed in /etc/postfix and that can be converted into Postfix Lookup Tables if needed.

It's meant as a simple mechanism to configure things such as SASL credentials and other small snippets.

postfix_check

postfix_check: false

This is a boolean which determines if postfix check is run before starting Postfix if the configuration has changed. The default is true.

postfix_backup

postfix_backup: true

This is a boolean which determines if the role will make a single backup copy of the configuration - for example, cp /etc/postfix/main.cf /etc/postfix/main.cf.backup, thus overwriting the previous backup, if any. The default is false. NOTE: If you want to set this to true, you must also set postfix_backup_multiple: false - see below.

postfix_backup_multiple

postfix_backup_multiple: false

This is a boolean which determines if the role will make a timestamped backup copy of the configuration - for example, cp /etc/postfix/main.cf /etc/postfix/main.cf.$(date -Isec), thus keeping multiple backup copies. The default is true. NOTE: This setting overrides postfix_backup, so you must set this to false if you want to use postfix_backup.

postfix_manage_firewall

Boolean flag allowing to configure firewall using the firewall role. Manage the smtp related ports, 25/tcp, 465/tcp, and 587/tcp. If the variable is set to false, the postfix role does not manage the firewall. Default to false.

NOTE: postfix_manage_firewall is limited to adding ports. It cannot be used for removing ports. If you want to remove ports, you will need to use the firewall system role directly.

NOTE: the firewall management is not supported on RHEL 6.

postfix_manage_selinux

Boolean flag allowing to configure selinux using the selinux role. Assign smtp_port_t to the smtp related ports. If the variable is set to false, the postfix role does not manage the selinux

NOTE: postfix_manage_selinux is limited to adding policy. It cannot be used for removing policy. If you want to remove policy, you will need to use the selinux system role directly.

Limitations

There is no way to remove separate configuration parameters. As a workaround, you can use postfix_conf's previous: replaced to remove the existing configuration and then apply the desired configuration on top of clean postfix installation. For more information, see postfix_conf.

Example Playbook

Install and enable postfix. Configure relay_domains=$mydestination and relayhost=example.com.

---
- name: Manage postfix
  hosts: all
  vars:
    postfix_conf:
      relay_domains: $mydestination
      relayhost: example.com
  roles:
    - linux-system-roles.postfix

Install and enable postfix. Do not run 'postfix check' before restarting postfix:

---
- name: Manage postfix with no check
  hosts: all
  vars:
    postfix_check: false
  roles:
    - linux-system-roles.postfix

Install and enable postfix. Do single backup of main.cf (older backup will be rewritten) and configure relayhost=example.com:

---
- name: Manage postfix with relayhost
  hosts: all
  vars:
    postfix_conf:
      relayhost: example.com
    postfix_backup: true
  roles:
    - linux-system-roles.postfix

Install and enable postfix. Do timestamped backup of main.cf and configure relayhost=example.com (if postfix_backup_multiple is set to true postfix_backup is ignored):

---
- name: Manage postfix with multiple backups
  hosts: all
  vars:
    postfix_conf:
      relayhost: example.com
    postfix_backup_multiple: true
  roles:
    - linux-system-roles.postfix

rpm-ostree

See README-ostree.md

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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