Installs and configures postfix for client or outbound relayhost, or to do SASL authentication.
On RHEL-family systems, sendmail will be replaced with postfix.
- Ubuntu 10.04+
- Debian 6.0+
- RHEL/CentOS/Scientific 5.7+, 6.2+
- Amazon Linux (as of AMIs created after 4/9/2012)
May work on other platforms with or without modification.
See attributes/default.rb for default values.
node['postfix']['mail_type']- Sets the kind of mail configuration.masterwill set up a server (relayhost).node['postfix']['relayhost_role']- name of a role used for search in the client recipe.node['postfix']['multi_environment_relay']- set to true if nodes should not constrain search for the relayhost in their own environment.node['postfix']['use_procmail']- set to true if nodes should use procmail as the delivery agent.node['postfix']['use_alias_maps']- set to true if you want the cookbook to use/configure alias mapsnode['postfix']['use_transport_maps']- set to true if you want the cookbook to use/configure transport mapsnode['postfix']['use_access_maps']- set to true if you want the cookbook to use/configure access mapsnode['postfix']['use_virtual_aliases']- set to true if you want the cookbook to use/configure virtual alias mapsnode['postfix']['aliases']- hash of aliases to create withrecipe[postfix::aliases], see below under Recipes for more information.node['postfix']['transports']- hash of transports to create withrecipe[postfix::transports], see below under Recipes for more information.node['postfix']['access']- hash of access to create withrecipe[postfix::access], see below under Recipes for more information.node['postfix']['virtual_aliases']- hash of virtual_aliases to create withrecipe[postfix::virtual_aliases], see below under Recipes for more information.node['postfix']['main_template_source']- Cookbook source for main.cf template. Default 'postfix'node['postfix']['master_template_source']- Cookbook source for master.cf template. Default 'postfix'
The main.cf template has been simplified to include any attributes in the node['postfix']['main'] data structure. The following attributes are still included with this cookbook to maintain some semblance of backwards compatibility.
This change in namespace to node['postfix']['main'] should allow for greater flexibility, given the large number of configuration variables for the postfix daemon. All of these cookbook attributes correspond to the option of the same name in /etc/postfix/main.cf.
node['postfix']['main']['biff']- (yes/no); default nonode['postfix']['main']['append_dot_mydomain']- (yes/no); default nonode['postfix']['main']['myhostname']- defaults to fqdn from Ohainode['postfix']['main']['mydomain']- defaults to domain from Ohainode['postfix']['main']['myorigin']- defaults to $myhostnamenode['postfix']['main']['mynetworks']- default is nil, which forces Postfix to default to loopback addresses.node['postfix']['main']['inet_interfaces']- set toloopback-only, orallfor server recipenode['postfix']['main']['alias_maps']- set tohash:/etc/aliasesnode['postfix']['main']['mailbox_size_limit']- set to0(disabled)node['postfix']['main']['mydestination']- default fqdn, hostname, localhost.localdomain, localhostnode['postfix']['main']['smtpd_use_tls']- (yes/no); default yes. See conditional cert/key attributes.node['postfix']['main']['smtpd_tls_cert_file']- conditional attribute, set to full path of server's x509 certificate.node['postfix']['main']['smtpd_tls_key_file']- conditional attribute, set to full path of server's private keynode['postfix']['main']['smtpd_tls_CAfile']- set to platform specific CA bundlenode['postfix']['main']['smtpd_tls_session_cache_database']- set tobtree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
node['postfix']['main']['smtp_use_tls']- (yes/no); default yes. See following conditional attributes.node['postfix']['main']['smtp_tls_CAfile']- set to platform specific CA bundlenode['postfix']['main']['smtp_tls_session_cache_database']- set tobtree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
node['postfix']['main']['smtp_sasl_auth_enable']- (yes/no); default no. If enabled, see following conditional attributes.node['postfix']['main']['smtp_sasl_password_maps']- Set tohash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwdtemplate filenode['postfix']['main']['smtp_sasl_security_options']- Set to noanonymousnode['postfix']['main']['relayhost']- Set to empty stringnode['postfix']['sasl']['smtp_sasl_user_name']- SASL user to authenticate as. Default emptynode['postfix']['sasl']['smtp_sasl_passwd']- SASL password to use. Default empty.
node['postfix']['sender_canonical_map_entries']- (hash with key value pairs); default not configured. Setup generic canonical maps. Seeman 5 canonical. If has at least one value, then will be enabled in config.node['postfix']['smtp_generic_map_entries']- (hash with key value pairs); default not configured. Setup generic postfix maps. Seeman 5 generic. If has at least one value, then will be enabled in config.
Example of json role config, for setup *_map_entries:
postfix : {
...
"smtp_generic_map_entries" : { "[email protected]" : "[email protected]", "[email protected]" : "[email protected]" }
}
- `node['postfix']['master']['submission'] - Whether to use submission (TCP 587) daemon. (true/false); default false
Installs the postfix package and manages the service and the main configuration files (/etc/postfix/main.cf and /etc/postfix/master.cf). See Usage and Examples to see how to affect behavior of this recipe through configuration. Depending on the node['postfix']['use_alias_maps'], node['postfix']['use_transport_maps'], node['postfix']['use_access_maps'] and node['postfix']['use_virtual_aliases'] attributes the default recipe can call additional recipes to manage additional postfix configuration files
For a more dynamic approach to discovery for the relayhost, see the client and server recipes below.
Use this recipe to have nodes automatically search for the mail relay based which node has the node['postfix']['relayhost_role'] role. Sets the node['postfix']['main']['relayhost'] attribute to the first result from the search.
Includes the default recipe to install, configure and start postfix.
Does not work with chef-solo.
Sets up the system to authenticate with a remote mail relay using SASL authentication.
To use Chef Server search to automatically detect a node that is the relayhost, use this recipe in a role that will be relayhost. By default, the role should be "relayhost" but you can change the attribute node['postfix']['relayhost_role'] to modify this.
Note This recipe will set the node['postfix']['mail_type'] to "master" with an override attribute.
Manage /etc/aliases with this recipe. Currently only Ubuntu 10.04 platform has a template for the aliases file. Add your aliases template to the templates/default or to the appropriate platform+version directory per the File Specificity rules for templates. Then specify a hash of aliases for the node['postfix']['aliases'] attribute.
Arrays are supported as alias values, since postfix supports comma separated values per alias, simply specify your alias as an array to use this handy feature.
Manage /etc/aliases with this recipe.
Manage /etc/postfix/transport with this recipe.
Manage /etc/postfix/access with this recipe.
Manage /etc/postfix/virtual with this recipe.
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Templates#Templates-TemplateLocationSpecificity
On systems that should simply send mail directly to a relay, or out to the internet, use recipe[postfix] and modify the node['postfix']['main']['relayhost'] attribute via a role.
On systems that should be the MX for a domain, set the attributes accordingly and make sure the node['postfix']['mail_type'] attribute is master. See Examples for information on how to use recipe[postfix::server] to do this automatically.
If you need to use SASL authentication to send mail through your ISP (such as on a home network), use postfix::sasl_auth and set the appropriate attributes.
For each of these implementations, see Examples for role usage.
The example roles below only have the relevant postfix usage. You may have other contents depending on what you're configuring on your systems.
The base role is applied to all nodes in the environment.
name "base"
run_list("recipe[postfix]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"mail_type" => "client",
"main" => {
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com",
"relayhost" => "[smtp.example.com]",
"smtp_use_tls" => "no"
}
}
)The relayhost role is applied to the nodes that are relayhosts. Often this is 2 systems using a CNAME of smtp.example.com.
name "relayhost"
run_list("recipe[postfix::server]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"mail_type" => "master",
"main" => {
"mynetworks" => [ "10.3.3.0/24", "127.0.0.0/8" ],
"inet-interfaces" => "all",
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com"
}
)The sasl_relayhost role is applied to the nodes that are relayhosts and require authenticating with SASL. For example this might be on a household network with an ISP that otherwise blocks direct internet access to SMTP.
name "sasl_relayhost"
run_list("recipe[postfix], recipe[postfix::sasl_auth]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"mail_type" => "master",
"main" => {
"mynetworks" => "10.3.3.0/24",
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com",
"relayhost" => "[smtp.comcast.net]:587",
"smtp_sasl_auth_enable" => "yes"
},
"sasl" => {
"smtp_sasl_passwd" => "your_password",
"smtp_sasl_user_name" => "your_username"
}
}
)For an example of using encrypted data bags to encrypt the SASL password, see the following blog post:
If you'd like to use the more dynamic search based approach for discovery, use the server and client recipes. First, create a relayhost role.
name "relayhost"
run_list("recipe[postfix::server]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"main" => {
"mynetworks" => "10.3.3.0/24",
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com"
}
}
)Then, add the postfix::client recipe to the run list of your base role or equivalent role for postfix clients.
name "base"
run_list("recipe[postfix::client]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"mail_type" => "client",
"main" => {
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com"
}
}
)If you wish to use a different role name for the relayhost, then also set the attribute in the base role. For example, postfix_master as the role name:
name "postfix_master"
description "a role for postfix master that isn't relayhost"
run_list("recipe[postfix::server]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"main" => {
"mynetworks" => "10.3.3.0/24",
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com"
}
}
)The base role would look something like this:
name "base"
run_list("recipe[postfix::client]")
override_attributes(
"postfix" => {
"relayhost_role" => "postfix_master",
"mail_type" => "client",
"main" => {
"mydomain" => "example.com",
"myorigin" => "example.com"
}
}
)- Author:: Joshua Timberman [email protected]
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