Revision as of 17:06, 28 May 2009

Adding a Second Postfix Instance on one Server

ip addr add 1.2.3.4/8 dev eth0 # or see /etc/network/interfaces

rsync -av /etc/postfix/ /data/postfix/conf

mkdir /data/postfix/spool

mkdir /data/postfix/data; chown postfix.postfix /data/postfix/data

inet_interfaces =1.2.3.4
smtp_bind_address = 1.2.3.4
queue_directory = /data/postfix/spool/
data_directory = /data/postfix/data

alternate_config_directories = /data/postfix/conf/

postfix -c /data/postfix/conf/ check
postfix -c /data/postfix/conf/ start

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   ip addr add 1.2.3.4/8 dev eth0 # or see /etc/network/interfaces
 * Copy the /etc/postfix directory and all files
-  rsync -av /etc/postfix /tmp/
+  rsync -av /etc/postfix/ /data/postfix/conf
 * Create an additional spool directory
-  mkdir /tmp/spool
+  mkdir /data/postfix/spool
 * Create an additional data directory
-  mkdir /tmp/data; chown postfix.postfix /tmp/data
+  mkdir /data/postfix/data; chown postfix.postfix /data/postfix/data
 * Edit the config files
-** /tmp/postfix/main.cf
+** /data/postfix/conf/main.cf
   inet_interfaces =1.2.3.4
   smtp_bind_address = 1.2.3.4
-  queue_directory = /tmp/spool/
+  queue_directory = /data/postfix/spool/
-  data_directory = /tmp/data
+  data_directory = /data/postfix/data
 ** /etc/postfix/main.cf (default configuration file)
-  alternate_config_directories = /tmp/postfix/
+  alternate_config_directories = /data/postfix/conf/
 * check & start
-  postfix -c /tmp/postfix/ check
+  postfix -c /data/postfix/conf/ check
-  postfix -c /tmp/postfix/ start
+  postfix -c /data/postfix/conf/ start