Mailcow-dockerized: [Question] Why switch to docker? And usage with nextcloud
All in the title :P
Why the switch to docker?
What are the disadvantages?
What are the advantages?
I never used docker and I'm kind of old school when deploying servers.
Also, how easy can I deploy this with my existing nextcloud installation?
Can I set the quota of nextcloud to work with this?
Extarys
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Docker鈥榮 main advantage is isolation of the different services from each other and from the host system. This gives security benefits and allows for easier upgrades.
Mailcow doesn鈥榯 care about or integrate with Nextcloud, so you can deploy them side-by-side.
mkuron
on 25 Sep 2017
Is there even any mail app that integrates with Nextcloud other than imap-webmail-apps?
So what does the Nextcloud quota have to do with this?
Braintelligence
on 27 Sep 2017
I used this but it's no bundle and lack some informations https://thomas-leister.de/en/mailserver-debian-stretch/
Extarys
on 27 Sep 2017
@Braintelligence there is the Nextcloud Mail App I would expect that this works without a problem with Mailcow.
chriscroome
on 28 Sep 2017
@chriscroome but that's a simple imap web client. It sounded like we're talking about more features.
I use RainLoop on my NextCloud.
Braintelligence
on 28 Sep 2017
@Braintelligence sorry I misread before I posted, you are right.
chriscroome
on 28 Sep 2017
In addition to what @mkuron said, another benefit is ease-of-deployment or recovery. You have your config file? Great - get your new server, clone this repo, then docker-compose up -d and you're done :) Need to recover from backups? Just make sure that your vmail container/files are synced over, and do the same as above.
Because it's all in a docker container, you can recover it to any distro + server that runs docker - doesn't have to be the same version etc. anymore, and you don't have to worry about upgrades to the software breaking things, in that it's expected that any released version of mailcow has been tested as working :) Basically, just abstracts away a bunch of the administration tasks in order to save you time, and increase security.
stevesbrain
on 28 Sep 2017
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In addition to what @mkuron said, another benefit is ease-of-deployment or recovery. You have your config file? Great - get your new server, clone this repo, then
docker-compose up -dand you're done :) Need to recover from backups? Just make sure that your vmail container/files are synced over, and do the same as above.Because it's all in a docker container, you can recover it to any distro + server that runs docker - doesn't have to be the same version etc. anymore, and you don't have to worry about upgrades to the software breaking things, in that it's expected that any released version of mailcow has been tested as working :) Basically, just abstracts away a bunch of the administration tasks in order to save you time, and increase security.