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Installing vmm

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After you've prepared everything, it's time to install vmm.

Change into the :file:`vmm-0.6.1` directory an execute the

:file:`install.sh` script.

You can adjust the installation prefix by modifying line 8 of the script.

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# cd /path/to/vmm-0.6.1

 root@host:/path/to/vmm-0.6.1# ./install.sh

 Don't forget to edit /usr/local/etc/vmm.cfg - or run: vmm cf

 and /etc/postfix/pgsql-*.cf files.

 root@host:/path/to/vmm-0.6.1#

pgsql-\*.cf files

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After executing the install script you have to edit all :file:`pgsql-{*}.cf`

files in `postconf -h config_directory`. For details see `pgsql_table(5)`_.

The used parameter values are:

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parameter value

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dbname    mailsys

hosts     localhost

password  some_password

user      postfix

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So it's easy to use just the :command:`sed` command, in order to edit all

files at once. For example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# sed -i "s|\bpostfix\b|_postfix|g" `postconf -h config_directory`/pgsql-*.cf

 root@host:~# sed -i "s|some_password|3Q>MO…|g" `postconf -h config_directory`/pgsql-*.cf

 root@host:~#

If your `sed` doesn't like the `-i` option (is unable to edit files in place),

you can do it with :command:`perl`:

.. code-block:: console

 # perl -pi -e "s|\bpostfix\b|_postfix|g" `postconf -h config_directory`/pgsql-*.cf

.. note:: Don't forget to start or restart Dovecot and Postfix.

vmm configure

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Finally you have to edit your :file:`vmm.cfg`. You can edit the configuration

file in your favorite editor or execute :command:`vmm configure`.

vmm's configuration parameters are described in :manpage:`vmm.cfg(5)`.

The initial :doc:`../vmm.cfg` is also well documented.

Ready, set, go!

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For a list of available subcommands execute :command:`vmm help`.

For details about the subcommands see :manpage:`vmm(1)` or continue reading

at :doc:`../howto`.

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