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robertdebock/ansible-role-dovecot

Install and configure dovecot on your system.

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This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.dovecot

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for dovecot

# Set the location for the mailbox.
dovecot_mailbox_location: "mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u"

# Grant access to these supplementary groups for mail processes.
dovecot_mail_access_groups: mail

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

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This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles: dependencies

This role has been tested on these container images:

container tags
Alpine all
Amazon Candidate
EL 9
Debian all
Fedora all
Ubuntu all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

  • The previous version.
  • The current version.
  • The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

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