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astrogeek First complete version 		howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql:database [2015/06/11 14:42 (UTC)] (current)
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-===== Virtual Mail Server Database =====+====== Virtual Mail Server Database ====== 
 + 
 +This page is supplemental to main article: [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Creating a Virtual Mail Server with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL]]
  
 The database is used to provide configuration and authentication for your virtual mail domains and mail boxes. Email content is not stored in the database in this configuration. The database is used to provide configuration and authentication for your virtual mail domains and mail boxes. Email content is not stored in the database in this configuration.
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 If you have a full Slackware installation with MySQL already working then you may skip to the next section. If you have a full Slackware installation with MySQL already working then you may skip to the next section.
  
-If you need to install MySQL (MariaDB) then grab the package from a repo, verify it, then install it:+If you need to install MySQL (MariaDB) then grab the package and sigfile from a repo, verify it, then install it:
 <code> <code>
 # For 32 bit package # # For 32 bit package #
 wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-2_slack14.1.txz wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-2_slack14.1.txz
 +wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-2_slack14.1.txz.asc
 # For 64 bit package # # For 64 bit package #
 wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
-gpg --verify mariadb-5.5.40...txz {path to your downloaded package}+wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz.asc 
 +gpg --verify mariadb-5.5.40...txz.asc {path to your downloaded package sigfile}
 installpkg mariadb-5.5.40...txz installpkg mariadb-5.5.40...txz
 </code> </code>
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   * virtual_users - Contains an entry for each virtual mail box served   * virtual_users - Contains an entry for each virtual mail box served
   * virtual_aliases - Maps aliases (source) to actual mail boxes (destination)   * virtual_aliases - Maps aliases (source) to actual mail boxes (destination)
 +to create these tables, type
 +<code>mysql --user="mailuser" -p -e "CREATE TABLE virtual_domains( id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY ( id ) );" mailserver
 +
 +mysql --user="mailuser" -p -e "CREATE TABLE virtual_users( id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, domain_id INT NOT NULL , password VARCHAR(106) NOT NULL, email VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY ( id ) ,FOREIGN KEY (domain_id) REFERENCES virtual_domains(id));" mailserver
  
 +mysql --user="mailuser" -p -e "CREATE TABLE virtual_aliases( id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, domain_id INT NOT NULL, source VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, destination VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY ( id ),FOREIGN KEY (domain_id) REFERENCES virtual_domains(id) );" mailserver
 +</code> each time supplying the password you gave for the mysql mailuser user.
 ==== Adding Domain Entries ==== ==== Adding Domain Entries ====
 To add entries to the virtual_domains table using the mysql client: To add entries to the virtual_domains table using the mysql client:
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 For troubleshooting, use the queries shown above to verify the domains, email users and aliases in the database at any time, and to reset virtual user passwords. For troubleshooting, use the queries shown above to verify the domains, email users and aliases in the database at any time, and to reset virtual user passwords.
 [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Return to main article page]] [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Return to main article page]]
 +====== Sources ======
 +  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:astrogeek | astrogeek]]
 {{tag>howtos email postfix dovecot mysql}} {{tag>howtos email postfix dovecot mysql}}

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