ansible-dovecot

ansible-dovecot is an Ansible role used to install and set up Dovecot on a Debian-based operating system.

It does the following:

• Installs Dovecot packages
• Creates a dedicated user and group for Dovecot vmail
• Sets up a special folder for Dovecot virtual users' home
• Configures SSL
• Sets up the mail location and type
• Configures a basic authentication password file and a static user database
• Configures user accounts
• Enables SASL authentication

Installation

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/lgaggini/ansible-dovecot.git

Configuration

You can configure it using the variables found in the defaults/main.yml file.

Usage

- name: Set up an Ubuntu cloud image for Dovecot
  hosts: imapserver
  vars_files:
    - group_vars/dovecot.yml

  roles:
    - { role: dovecot, tags: ['dovecot'] }