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Lists.ovirt.org-Configuration

Configuration for lists.ovirt.org

These configuration details are derived from notes taken during the installation and configuration of lists.ovirt.org.

Overall configuration details

Trimmed all unneeded packages from system to get base install, or use a base image that is already minimal.

Configured firewall to allow ports 22, 25, 80, and 443:

cat /tmp/firewall.sh
#!/bin/bash
iptables -F
iptables -X
iptables -I INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -d 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state new -j REJECT 
service iptables save

Set IP address to static in: ‘/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0’

Installed mailman and postfix:

yum install mailman postfix

Configured Postfix to listen to the external interface and for all the domains you want. These are the parameters set differently from default for ovirt.org:

myhostname = lists.ovirt.org
inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost, 173.255.252.138
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain, linode01.ovirt.org
relay_domains = $mydestination, linode01.ovirt.org, lists.ovirt.org

Mailman configuration

In ‘/etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf’ set ‘/mailman’ to redirect to listinfo page:

# Uncomment the following line, to redirect queries to /mailman to the
# listinfo page (recommended).

RedirectMatch ^/mailman[/]*$ /mailman/listinfo

NOTE: Normally a Mailman-only host would have ‘/’ redirected. This may be disabled because lists.ovirt.org is serving www.ovirt.org at ‘/’.

# RedirectMatch ^/[/]*$ /mailman/listinfo

Edited ‘/etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py’ and configured:

DEFAULT_URL_HOST   = "lists.ovirt.org"
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = "ovirt.org"

Restarted Apache.

Added new virtual host to ‘/etc/httpd/conf.d/lists.ovirt.org.conf’:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@lists.ovirt.org
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
    ServerName lists.ovirt.org
    ErrorLog logs/lists.ovirt.org-error_log
    CustomLog logs/lists.ovirt.org-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Ran ‘chkconfig {httpd,postfix,mailman,iptables} on’.

Ran ‘/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mmsitepass’ to set mailman password.

Ran ‘/usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist’ to create a new list. Add the password to the file ‘/root/passwords’.

Don’t forget to add sections to ‘/etc/aliases’ for each mailing list, then run ‘newaliases’.

To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or
equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the
`newaliases' program:

## mailman mailing list
mailman:              "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
mailman-admin:        "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
mailman-bounces:      "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"
mailman-confirm:      "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"
mailman-join:         "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
mailman-leave:        "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
mailman-owner:        "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
mailman-request:      "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"
mailman-subscribe:    "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"
mailman-unsubscribe:  "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"

Resources used

http://www.iredmail.org/forum/topic1582-howto-configure-mailman-on-centosrhel-5.html

/usr/share/doc/mailman/INSTALL.REDHAT

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