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Mike Hillyer
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51 lines
1.6 KiB
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# Starting KumoMTA
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If you followed all the instructions above without errors, you should now have a working MTA on a properly sized server.
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Check to see if it is already running from the install instructions above:
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```bash
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sudo systemctl status kumomta
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```
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If the service is already running, you will need to restart it to apply the changes made above:
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```bash
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sudo systemctl restart kumomta
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```
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Start the MTA with this:
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```bash
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sudo systemctl start kumomta
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```
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You can enable it to restart as a service with a reboot with:
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```bash
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sudo systemctl enable kumomta
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```
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Alternately you can start it manually with:
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```bash
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sudo /opt/kumomta/sbin/kumod --policy \
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/opt/kumomta/etc/policy/init.lua --user kumod&
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```
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* Using sudo allows KumoMTA to run as a privileged user so it can access port 25 which is needed to deliver via SMTP to the internet.
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* The daemon `kumod` is the MTA.
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* The directive --policy makes kumod load the 'init.lua' file as configuration policy.
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* Because we launched with sudo, you need to use the directive --user and provide a valid user to assign responsibility to.
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* The line ends with a `&` that forces the daemon to run in the background and returns you to a usable prompt (use `fg` to bring it back to the foreground).
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You can also get immediate feedback by pre-pending ```KUMOD_LOG=kumod=info``` (or debug for more detail):
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```bash
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sudo KUMOD_LOG=kumod=info /opt/kumomta/sbin/kumod --policy /opt/kumomta/etc/policy/init.lua --user kumod&
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```
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If all goes well, it should return a PID and drop you back to a Linux prompt.
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If KumoMTA does not start, refer to the [Troubleshooting Page](../userguide/operation/troubleshooting.md) of the User Guide.
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