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Installation Prerequisites
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You already should have installed and configured Postfix and Dovecot with
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PostgreSQL support. You also need access to a local or remote PostgreSQL
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server.
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Check for pgsql support in Dovecot and Postfix
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To verify that your Dovecot and Postfix installation has support for
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PostgreSQL use the :command:`postconf` and :command:`dovecot` commands as
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shown below:
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.. code-block:: console
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  root@host:~# postconf -m | grep pgsql
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  pgsql
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  root@host:~# postconf -a | grep dovecot
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  dovecot
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  root@host:~# dovecot --build-options | grep postgresql
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  SQL drivers: mysql postgresql sqlite
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vmm depends on Python (≥ 2.4.0) and Psycopg_ (≥ 2.0) or pyPgSQL_ (≥ 2.5.1)
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[#]_. Psycopg and pyPgSQL are depending on parts of the *eGenix.com mx Base
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Distribution* (mxDateTime_ and mxTools_).
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If you are using Python ≤ 2.5.0:
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 ‣ if you want to store your users' passwords as ``PLAIN-MD4`` digest in
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   the database, vmm will try to use ``Crypto.Hash.MD4`` from PyCrypto_
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 ‣ if you are using Dovecot ≥ v1.1.0 and you want to store your users'
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   passwords as ``SHA256`` or ``SSHA256`` hashes, vmm will try to use
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   ``Crypto.Hash.SHA256`` from PyCrypto. For ``SHA256``/``SSHA256`` you
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   should have installed PyCrypto, at least in version 2.1.0alpha1.
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 When the Crypto.Hash module couldn't be imported, vmm will use
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 dovecotpw/doveadm, if  the *misc.password_scheme* setting in your
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 :file:`vmm.cfg` is set to ``PLAIN-MD4``, ``SHA256`` or ``SSHA256``.
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If your Dovecot and/or Postfix installation shouldn't support PostgreSQL you
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could possibly fix this by installing the missing package (see below) or by
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recompiling the corresponding part.
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Package names by OS/Distribution
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`postfix <http://packages.debian.org/postfix>`_ and
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   `postfix-pgsql <http://packages.debian.org/postfix-pgsql>`_
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   * `dovecot-common <http://packages.debian.org/dovecot-common>`_
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 ‣ Wheezy (and Squeeze backports):
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   * `dovecot-core <http://packages.debian.org/dovecot-core>`_ and
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     `dovecot-lmtpd <http://packages.debian.org/dovecot-lmtpd>`_
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`dovecot-imapd <http://packages.debian.org/dovecot-imapd>`_ and/or
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   `dovecot-pop3d <http://packages.debian.org/dovecot-pop3d>`_
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`postgresql-client <http://packages.debian.org/postgresql-client>`_
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   (or `postgresql <http://packages.debian.org/postgresql>`_ , if you do not
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   have a dedicated PostgreSQL server.)
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`python <http://packages.debian.org/python>`_,
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   `python-egenix-mxdatetime \
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   <http://packages.debian.org/python-egenix-mxdatetime>`_
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   and `python-psycopg2 <http://packages.debian.org/python-psycopg2>`_
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   optionally `python-crypto <http://packages.debian.org/python-crypto>`_
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`gettext <http://packages.debian.org/gettext>`_
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^^^^^^^
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 ‣ dovecot
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 ‣ postgresql-client (and postgresql-server, if you do not have a dedicated
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   PostgreSQL server.)
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 ‣ python25, py25-mx-base and py25-pyPgSQL optionally py25-pycrypto
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`dev-python/pypgsql <http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-python/pypgsql>`_
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`mail-mta/postfix <http://gentoo-portage.com/mail-mta/postfix>`_
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`net-mail/dovecot <http://gentoo-portage.com/net-mail/dovecot>`_
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`dev-db/postgresql-base <http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/postgresql-base>`_
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 ‣ `dev-db/postgresql-server \
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   <http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/postgresql-server>`_
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Applied use-Flags (/etc/portage/package.use)::
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Or build the above mentioned software from ports.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. rubric:: Footnotes
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.. [#] Beginning with version 0.7.0 of vmm support for pyPgSQL will be dropped.
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.. include:: ../ext_references.rst