--- search: exclude: true --- # Rainloop Setup Rent a VPS with debian 10+ (or just run it yourself, but make sure it is correctly port forwarded so that public ip points to the machine like a vps). Once you have ssh'd into your debian server as root, we can start: ## **Initial Setup** First install all the dependencies: apt install php7.4 php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-fpm php7.4-json php7.4-dev php7.4-mysql nginx curl socat unzip -y Then configure nginx: wget https://blog.nowhere.moe/servers/rainloop/rainloop.conf -O /etc/nginx/sites-available/rainloop.conf nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/rainloop.conf ![](2.png) Here make sure you edit the configuration file properly so that the domain name matches your own domain name. once you're done editing the file, hit CTRL+S to save and CTRL+X to exit nano. If you don't have a domain name, just go for a free alternative like [DuckDNS](https://www.duckdns.org). ![](0.png) You can verify it is working by doing the following: ![](1.png) Next we're going to get a free letsencrypt SSL certificate using acme.sh: wget -O - https://get.acme.sh | sh source ~/.bashrc systemctl stop nginx acme.sh --issue --standalone -d ech2.duckdns.org -k 4096 systemctl start nginx ![](3.png) Next we enable the site: ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/rainloop.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/rainloop.conf nginx -t systemctl restart nginx Once that's done, reload nginx and install rainloop: cd /opt wget http://www.rainloop.net/repository/webmail/rainloop-community-latest.zip unzip rainloop-community-latest.zip -d /var/www/ chown www-data: -R /var/www/ Next configure php7.4-fpm correctly: cd /etc/php/7.4/ echo 'date.timezone = Europe/Paris' >> fpm/php.ini echo 'date.timezone = Europe/Paris' >> cli/php.ini systemctl enable --now php7.4-fpm nginx systemctl restart php7.4-fpm nginx Once that's done, simply browse to your website: ![](4.png) You need to browse to the url "https://ech2.duckdns.org/?admin", The default admin password is admin:12345 ![](5.png) Once you're logged in, make sure to change the admin password ![](6.png) ![](7.png) And you're done! now you simply need to configure rainloop and test if it is working, so log out, and go back to the root directory https://ech2.duckdns.org/: ## ## **Linking it to an existing SMTP server** Follow this [tutorial](../mail2/index.md) on how to setup a SMTP server: ![](16.png) ![](17.png) ![](18.png) ![](19.png) And now try to login: ![](20.png) And that's it! We managed to login: ![](21.png)