docker: integrate documentation

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.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       - name: download filtermail
-        run: curl -L https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.5.2/filtermail-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/filtermail && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filtermail
+        run: curl -L https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.3.0/filtermail-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/filtermail && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filtermail
       - name: run chatmaild tests 
         working-directory: chatmaild
         run: pipx run tox

.github/workflows/deploy.yaml

@@ -1,375 +0,0 @@
-name: Deploy
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - j4n/docker-pr
-  pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'scripts/**'
-      - '**/README.md'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-
-env:
-  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
-
-jobs:
-  build-docker:
-    name: Build Docker image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    outputs:
-      image: ${{ steps.image-ref.outputs.image }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Login to GHCR
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels)
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-          tags: |
-            # Tagged releases: v1.2.3 -> :1.2.3, :1.2, :latest
-            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            # Branch pushes: foo/docker-pr -> :foo-docker-pr
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            # Always: :sha-<hash>
-            type=sha
-
-      - name: Build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: docker/chatmail_relay.dockerfile
-          push: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-          build-args: |
-            GIT_HASH=${{ github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Output image reference
-        id: image-ref
-        run: |
-          SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${{ github.sha }}" | cut -c1-7)
-          IMAGE="${{ env.REGISTRY }}/$(echo "${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'):sha-${SHORT_SHA}"
-          echo "image=${IMAGE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-  deploy:
-    name: Deploy to ${{ matrix.host }}
-    needs: build-docker
-    # dont do the regular tests on this branch
-    if: >-
-      !cancelled() && (
-        github.event_name == 'push' ||
-        (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'j4n/'))
-      )
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - host: staging2.testrun.org
-            acme_dir: acme
-            dkim_dir: dkimkeys
-            zone_file: staging.testrun.org-default.zone
-            disable_ipv6: false
-            add_ssh_keys: true
-          - host: staging-ipv4.testrun.org
-            acme_dir: acme-ipv4
-            dkim_dir: dkimkeys-ipv4
-            zone_file: staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone
-            disable_ipv6: true
-            add_ssh_keys: false
-    environment:
-      name: ${{ matrix.host }}
-      url: https://${{ matrix.host }}/
-    concurrency: ${{ matrix.host }}
-    steps:
-      # --- Common setup ---
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: prepare SSH and save ACME/DKIM
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-          ACME_DIR: ${{ matrix.acme_dir }}
-          DKIM_DIR: ${{ matrix.dkim_dir }}
-          ZONE: ${{ matrix.zone_file }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir ~/.ssh
-          echo "${{ secrets.STAGING_SSH_KEY }}" >> ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          ssh-keyscan ${HOST} > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          # save previous acme & dkim state (trailing slash = copy contents)
-          rsync -avz root@${HOST}:/var/lib/acme/ ${ACME_DIR}/ || true
-          rsync -avz root@${HOST}:/etc/dkimkeys/ ${DKIM_DIR}/ || true
-          # backup to ns.testrun.org if contents are useful
-          if [ -f ${DKIM_DIR}/opendkim.private ]; then
-            rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" ${DKIM_DIR}/ root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/${DKIM_DIR}/ || true
-          fi
-          if [ "$(ls -A ${ACME_DIR}/certs 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-            rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" ${ACME_DIR}/ root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/${ACME_DIR}/ || true
-          fi
-          # make sure CAA record isn't set
-          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new .github/workflows/${ZONE} root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org sed -i '/CAA/d' /etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone ${HOST} /etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: rebuild VPS
-        env:
-          SERVER_ID: ${{ matrix.host == 'staging2.testrun.org' && secrets.STAGING_SERVER_ID || secrets.STAGING_IPV4_SERVER_ID }}
-        run: |
-          curl -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.HETZNER_API_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '{"image":"debian-12"}' \
-            "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1/servers/${SERVER_ID}/actions/rebuild"
-
-      - run: scripts/initenv.sh
-      - name: append venv/bin to PATH
-        run: echo venv/bin >>$GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: wait for VPS rebuild
-        id: wait-for-vps
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          while ! ssh -o ConnectTimeout=180 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new root@${HOST} id -u ; do sleep 1 ; done
-
-      - name: restore ACME/DKIM
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-          ACME_DIR: ${{ matrix.acme_dir }}
-          DKIM_DIR: ${{ matrix.dkim_dir }}
-        run: |
-          # download from ns.testrun.org
-          rsync -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/${ACME_DIR}/ acme-restore/ || true
-          rsync -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/${DKIM_DIR}/ dkimkeys-restore/ || true
-          # restore to VPS
-          rsync -avz acme-restore/ root@${HOST}:/var/lib/acme/ || true
-          rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/ root@${HOST}:/etc/dkimkeys/ || true
-          ssh root@${HOST} chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
-
-      - name: bare offline tests
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy
-
-      - name: bare deploy
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-          DISABLE_IPV6: ${{ matrix.disable_ipv6 }}
-        run: |
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'apt update && apt install -y git python3.11-venv python3-dev gcc'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'git clone https://github.com/chatmail/relay'
-          ssh root@${HOST} "cd relay && git checkout ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'cd relay && scripts/initenv.sh'
-          ssh root@${HOST} "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy init ${HOST}"
-          if [ "${DISABLE_IPV6}" = "true" ]; then
-            ssh root@${HOST} "sed -i 's#disable_ipv6 = False#disable_ipv6 = True#' relay/chatmail.ini"
-          fi
-          ssh root@${HOST} "sed -i 's/#\s*mtail_address/mtail_address/' relay/chatmail.ini"
-          ssh root@${HOST} "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check --ssh-host localhost"
-
-      - name: bare DNS
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-          ZONE: ${{ matrix.zone_file }}
-        run: |
-          ssh root@${HOST} chown opendkim:opendkim -R /etc/dkimkeys
-          ssh root@${HOST} "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy dns --zonefile staging-generated.zone --ssh-host localhost"
-          ssh root@${HOST} cat relay/staging-generated.zone >> .github/workflows/${ZONE}
-          cat .github/workflows/${ZONE}
-          scp .github/workflows/${ZONE} root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone ${HOST} /etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: bare integration tests
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: ssh root@${HOST} "cd relay && CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2=ci-chatmail.testrun.org scripts/cmdeploy test --slow --ssh-host localhost"
-
-      - name: bare final DNS check
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: ssh root@${HOST} "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy dns -v --ssh-host localhost"
-
-      # --- Docker deploy (push only, runs even if bare failed) ---
-
-      - name: stop bare services
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'systemctl stop postfix dovecot nginx opendkim unbound filtermail doveauth chatmail-metadata iroh-relay mtail fcgiwrap acmetool 2>/dev/null || true'
-
-      - name: install Docker on VPS
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc && chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(. /etc/os-release && echo $VERSION_CODENAME) stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin'
-
-      - name: prepare Docker bind mounts
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'mkdir -p /srv/chatmail/certs /srv/chatmail/dkim'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'cp -a /var/lib/acme/. /srv/chatmail/certs/ && cp -a /etc/dkimkeys/. /srv/chatmail/dkim/' || true
-
-      - name: generate and upload chatmail.ini
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          cmdeploy init ${HOST}
-          sed -i 's/#\s*mtail_address/mtail_address/' chatmail.ini
-          scp chatmail.ini root@${HOST}:/srv/chatmail/chatmail.ini
-
-      - name: deploy with Docker
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          GHCR_IMAGE="${{ needs.build-docker.outputs.image }}"
-          rsync -avz --exclude='.git' --exclude='venv' --exclude='__pycache__' ./ root@${HOST}:/srv/chatmail/relay/
-          # Login to GHCR on VPS and pull pre-built image
-          echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | ssh root@${HOST} 'docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin'
-          ssh root@${HOST} "docker pull ${GHCR_IMAGE}"
-          ssh root@${HOST} "cd /srv/chatmail/relay && CHATMAIL_IMAGE=${GHCR_IMAGE} MAIL_DOMAIN=${HOST} docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml -f docker/docker-compose.ci.yaml up -d"
-
-      - name: wait for container healthy
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          # Stream journald inside the container
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail journalctl -f --no-pager' &
-          LOG_PID=$!
-          trap "kill $LOG_PID 2>/dev/null || true" EXIT
-          for i in $(seq 1 60); do
-            status=$(ssh root@${HOST} 'docker inspect --format={{.State.Health.Status}} chatmail 2>/dev/null' || echo "missing")
-            echo "  [$i/60] status=$status"
-            if [ "$status" = "healthy" ]; then
-              echo "Container is healthy."
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            if [ "$status" = "unhealthy" ]; then
-              echo "Container is unhealthy!"
-              break
-            fi
-            sleep 5
-          done
-          echo "Container did not become healthy."
-          kill $LOG_PID 2>/dev/null || true
-          echo "--- failed units ---"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail systemctl --failed --no-pager' || true
-          echo "--- service logs ---"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail journalctl -u dovecot -u postfix -u nginx -u unbound --no-pager -n 50' || true
-          echo "--- listening ports ---"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail ss -tlnp' || true
-          echo "--- chatmail.ini ---"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail cat /etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini' || true
-          exit 1
-
-      - name: show container state
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: |
-          echo "--- listening ports ---"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail ss -tlnp'
-          echo "--- chatmail.ini ---"
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail cat /etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini'
-
-      - name: Docker offline tests
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        run: CHATMAIL_DOCKER=chatmail pytest --pyargs cmdeploy
-
-      - name: Docker DNS
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-          ZONE: ${{ matrix.zone_file }}
-        run: |
-          # Reset zone file in case bare DNS already appended to it
-          git checkout .github/workflows/${ZONE}
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail chown opendkim:opendkim -R /etc/dkimkeys'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail cmdeploy dns --ssh-host @local --zonefile /opt/chatmail/staging.zone --verbose'
-          ssh root@${HOST} 'docker cp chatmail:/opt/chatmail/staging.zone /tmp/staging.zone'
-          scp root@${HOST}:/tmp/staging.zone staging-generated.zone
-          cat staging-generated.zone >> .github/workflows/${ZONE}
-          cat .github/workflows/${ZONE}
-          scp .github/workflows/${ZONE} root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone ${HOST} /etc/nsd/${HOST}.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: Docker integration tests
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        run: CHATMAIL_DOCKER=chatmail CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2=ci-chatmail.testrun.org cmdeploy test --slow
-
-      - name: Docker final DNS check
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'push'
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        env:
-          HOST: ${{ matrix.host }}
-        run: ssh root@${HOST} 'docker exec chatmail cmdeploy dns -v --ssh-host @local'
-
-      # --- Cleanup ---
-
-      - name: add SSH keys
-        if: >-
-          !cancelled() && matrix.add_ssh_keys
-          && steps.wait-for-vps.outcome == 'success'
-        run: ssh root@${{ matrix.host }} 'curl -s https://github.com/hpk42.keys https://github.com/j4n.keys >> .ssh/authorized_keys'

.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+name: Docker Build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docker/**'
+      - 'docker-compose.yaml'
+      - '.dockerignore'
+      - 'chatmaild/**'
+      - 'cmdeploy/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - j4n/docker
+    paths:
+      - 'docker/**'
+      - 'docker-compose.yaml'
+      - '.dockerignore'
+      - 'chatmaild/**'
+      - 'cmdeploy/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml'
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Docker image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to GHCR
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels)
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            # Tagged releases: v1.2.3 → :1.2.3, :1.2, :latest
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            # Branch pushes: j4n/docker → :j4n-docker
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            # Always: :sha-<hash>
+            type=sha
+
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: docker/chatmail_relay.dockerfile
+          push: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          build-args: |
+            GIT_HASH=${{ github.sha }}

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+name: deploy on staging-ipv4.testrun.org, and run tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'scripts/**'
+      - '**/README.md'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: deploy on staging-ipv4.testrun.org, and run tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    environment:
+      name: staging-ipv4.testrun.org
+      url: https://staging-ipv4.testrun.org/
+    concurrency: staging-ipv4.testrun.org
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: prepare SSH
+        run: |
+          mkdir ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.STAGING_SSH_KEY }}" >> ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          ssh-keyscan staging-ipv4.testrun.org > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          # save previous acme & dkim state
+          rsync -avz root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/var/lib/acme acme-ipv4 || true
+          rsync -avz root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/dkimkeys dkimkeys-ipv4 || true
+          # store previous acme & dkim state on ns.testrun.org, if it contains useful certs
+          if [ -f dkimkeys-ipv4/dkimkeys/opendkim.private ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" dkimkeys-ipv4 root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
+          if [ "$(ls -A acme-ipv4/acme/certs)" ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" acme-ipv4 root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
+          # make sure CAA record isn't set
+          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org sed -i '/CAA/d' /etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging-ipv4.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
+
+      - name: rebuild staging-ipv4.testrun.org to have a clean VPS
+        run: |
+            curl -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.HETZNER_API_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"image":"debian-12"}' \
+            "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1/servers/${{ secrets.STAGING_IPV4_SERVER_ID }}/actions/rebuild"
+
+      - run: scripts/initenv.sh
+
+      - name: append venv/bin to PATH
+        run: echo venv/bin >>$GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: upload TLS cert after rebuilding
+        run: |
+          echo " --- wait until staging-ipv4.testrun.org VPS is rebuilt --- "
+          rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          while ! ssh -o ConnectTimeout=180 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org id -u ; do sleep 1 ; done
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org id -u
+          # download acme & dkim state from ns.testrun.org
+          rsync -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/acme-ipv4/acme acme-restore || true
+          rsync -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/dkimkeys-ipv4/dkimkeys dkimkeys-restore || true
+          # restore acme & dkim state to staging2.testrun.org
+          rsync -avz acme-restore/acme root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/var/lib/ || true
+          rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
+
+      - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
+        run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
+
+      - run: |
+          cmdeploy init staging-ipv4.testrun.org
+          sed -i 's#disable_ipv6 = False#disable_ipv6 = True#' chatmail.ini
+          sed -i 's/#\s*mtail_address/mtail_address/' chatmail.ini
+
+      - run: cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check
+
+      - name: set DNS entries
+        run: |
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org chown opendkim:opendkim -R /etc/dkimkeys
+          cmdeploy dns --zonefile staging-generated.zone
+          cat staging-generated.zone >> .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone
+          cat .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone
+          scp .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging-ipv4.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
+
+      - name: cmdeploy test
+        run: CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2=ci-chatmail.testrun.org cmdeploy test --slow
+
+      - name: cmdeploy dns
+        run: cmdeploy dns -v
+

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+name: deploy on staging2.testrun.org, and run tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'scripts/**'
+      - '**/README.md'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: deploy on staging2.testrun.org, and run tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    environment:
+      name: staging2.testrun.org
+      url: https://staging2.testrun.org/
+    concurrency: staging2.testrun.org
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: prepare SSH
+        run: |
+          mkdir ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.STAGING_SSH_KEY }}" >> ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          ssh-keyscan staging2.testrun.org > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          # save previous acme & dkim state
+          rsync -avz root@staging2.testrun.org:/var/lib/acme . || true
+          rsync -avz root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/dkimkeys . || true
+          # store previous acme & dkim state on ns.testrun.org, if it contains useful certs
+          if [ -f dkimkeys/opendkim.private ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" dkimkeys root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
+          if [ "$(ls -A acme/certs)" ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" acme root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
+          # make sure CAA record isn't set
+          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org sed -i '/CAA/d' /etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging2.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
+
+      - name: rebuild staging2.testrun.org to have a clean VPS
+        run: |
+            curl -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.HETZNER_API_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"image":"debian-12"}' \
+            "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1/servers/${{ secrets.STAGING_SERVER_ID }}/actions/rebuild"
+
+      - run: scripts/initenv.sh
+
+      - name: append venv/bin to PATH
+        run: echo venv/bin >>$GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: upload TLS cert after rebuilding
+        run: |
+          echo " --- wait until staging2.testrun.org VPS is rebuilt --- "
+          rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          while ! ssh -o ConnectTimeout=180 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org id -u ; do sleep 1 ; done
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org id -u
+          # download acme & dkim state from ns.testrun.org
+          rsync -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/acme acme-restore || true
+          rsync -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/dkimkeys dkimkeys-restore || true
+          # restore acme & dkim state to staging2.testrun.org
+          rsync -avz acme-restore/acme root@staging2.testrun.org:/var/lib/ || true
+          rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
+
+      - name: add hpk42 key to staging server
+        run: ssh root@staging2.testrun.org 'curl -s https://github.com/hpk42.keys >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
+
+      - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
+        run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
+
+      - run: |
+          cmdeploy init staging2.testrun.org
+          sed -i 's/#\s*mtail_address/mtail_address/' chatmail.ini
+
+      - run: cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check
+
+      - name: set DNS entries
+        run: |
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new root@staging2.testrun.org chown opendkim:opendkim -R /etc/dkimkeys
+          cmdeploy dns --zonefile staging-generated.zone --verbose
+          cat staging-generated.zone >> .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone
+          cat .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone
+          scp .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging2.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
+          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
+
+      - name: cmdeploy test
+        run: CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2=ci-chatmail.testrun.org cmdeploy test --slow
+
+      - name: cmdeploy dns
+        run: cmdeploy dns -v
+

.gitignore

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *$py.class
 *.swp
 *qr-*.png
-chatmail*.ini
+chatmail.ini
 
 
 # C extensions

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@
   Provide an "fsreport" CLI for more fine grained analysis of message files. 
   ([#637](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/637))
 
+- Add installation via docker compose (MVP 1). The instructions, known issues and limitations are located in `/docs` 
+  ([#614](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/614))
+
+- Add configuration parameters
+  ([#614](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/614)):
+  - `change_kernel_settings` - Whether to change kernel parameters during installation (default: `True`)
+  - `fs_inotify_max_user_instances_and_watchers` - Value for kernel parameters `fs.inotify.max_user_instances` and `fs.inotify.max_user_watches` (default: `65535`)
 
 ## 1.7.0 2025-09-11
 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Config:
         )
         self.mtail_address = params.get("mtail_address")
         self.disable_ipv6 = params.get("disable_ipv6", "false").lower() == "true"
+        self.noacme = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_NOACME", "false").lower() == "true"
         self.addr_v4 = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_ADDR_V4", "")
         self.addr_v6 = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_ADDR_V6", "")
         self.acme_email = params.get("acme_email", "")
@@ -60,31 +61,6 @@ class Config:
         self.privacy_pdo = params.get("privacy_pdo")
         self.privacy_supervisor = params.get("privacy_supervisor")
 
-        # TLS certificate management.
-        # If tls_external_cert_and_key is set, use externally managed certs.
-        # Otherwise derived from the domain name:
-        # - Domains starting with "_" use self-signed certificates
-        # - All other domains use ACME.
-        external = params.get("tls_external_cert_and_key", "").strip()
-
-        if external:
-            parts = external.split()
-            if len(parts) != 2:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "tls_external_cert_and_key must have two space-separated"
-                    " paths: CERT_PATH KEY_PATH"
-                )
-            self.tls_cert_mode = "external"
-            self.tls_cert_path, self.tls_key_path = parts
-        elif self.mail_domain.startswith("_"):
-            self.tls_cert_mode = "self"
-            self.tls_cert_path = "/etc/ssl/certs/mailserver.pem"
-            self.tls_key_path = "/etc/ssl/private/mailserver.key"
-        else:
-            self.tls_cert_mode = "acme"
-            self.tls_cert_path = f"/var/lib/acme/live/{self.mail_domain}/fullchain"
-            self.tls_key_path = f"/var/lib/acme/live/{self.mail_domain}/privkey"
-
         # deprecated option
         mbdir = params.get("mailboxes_dir", f"/home/vmail/mail/{self.mail_domain}")
         self.mailboxes_dir = Path(mbdir.strip())

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/fsreport.py

@@ -13,20 +13,9 @@ to show storage summaries only for first 1000 mailboxes
 
     python -m chatmaild.fsreport /path/to/chatmail.ini --maxnum 1000
 
-to write Prometheus textfile for node_exporter
-
-    python -m chatmaild.fsreport --textfile /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/
-
-writes to /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/fsreport.prom
-
-to also write legacy metrics.py style output (default: /var/www/html/metrics):
-
-    python -m chatmaild.fsreport --textfile /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/ --legacy-metrics
-
 """
 
 import os
-import tempfile
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -59,19 +48,7 @@ class Report:
         self.num_ci_logins = self.num_all_logins = 0
         self.login_buckets = {x: 0 for x in (1, 10, 30, 40, 80, 100, 150)}
 
-        KiB = 1024
+        self.message_buckets = {x: 0 for x in (0, 160000, 500000, 2000000)}
-        MiB = 1024 * KiB
-        self.message_size_thresholds = (
-            0,
-            100 * KiB,
-            MiB // 2,
-            1 * MiB,
-            2 * MiB,
-            5 * MiB,
-            10 * MiB,
-        )
-        self.message_buckets = {x: 0 for x in self.message_size_thresholds}
-        self.message_count_buckets = {x: 0 for x in self.message_size_thresholds}
 
     def process_mailbox_stat(self, mailbox):
         # categorize login times
@@ -91,10 +68,9 @@ class Report:
             for size in self.message_buckets:
                 for msg in mailbox.messages:
                     if msg.size >= size:
-                        if self.mdir and f"/{self.mdir}/" not in msg.path:
+                        if self.mdir and not msg.relpath.startswith(self.mdir):
                             continue
                         self.message_buckets[size] += msg.size
-                        self.message_count_buckets[size] += 1
 
         self.size_messages += sum(entry.size for entry in mailbox.messages)
         self.size_extra += sum(entry.size for entry in mailbox.extrafiles)
@@ -117,10 +93,9 @@ class Report:
 
         pref = f"[{self.mdir}] " if self.mdir else ""
         for minsize, sumsize in self.message_buckets.items():
-            count = self.message_count_buckets[minsize]
             percent = (sumsize / all_messages * 100) if all_messages else 0
             print(
-                f"{pref}larger than {HSize(minsize)}: {HSize(sumsize)} ({percent:.2f}%), {count} msgs"
+                f"{pref}larger than {HSize(minsize)}: {HSize(sumsize)} ({percent:.2f}%)"
             )
 
         user_logins = self.num_all_logins - self.num_ci_logins
@@ -136,75 +111,6 @@ class Report:
         for days, active in self.login_buckets.items():
             print(f"last {days:3} days: {HSize(active)} {p(active)}")
 
-    def _write_atomic(self, filepath, content):
-        """Atomically write content to filepath via tmp+rename."""
-        dirpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filepath))
-        fd, tmppath = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=dirpath, suffix=".tmp")
-        try:
-            with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
-                f.write(content)
-            os.chmod(tmppath, 0o644)
-            os.rename(tmppath, filepath)
-        except BaseException:
-            try:
-                os.unlink(tmppath)
-            except OSError:
-                pass
-            raise
-
-    def dump_textfile(self, filepath):
-        """Dump metrics in Prometheus exposition format."""
-        lines = []
-
-        lines.append("# HELP chatmail_storage_bytes Mailbox storage in bytes.")
-        lines.append("# TYPE chatmail_storage_bytes gauge")
-        lines.append(f'chatmail_storage_bytes{{kind="messages"}} {self.size_messages}')
-        lines.append(f'chatmail_storage_bytes{{kind="extra"}} {self.size_extra}')
-        total = self.size_extra + self.size_messages
-        lines.append(f'chatmail_storage_bytes{{kind="total"}} {total}')
-
-        lines.append("# HELP chatmail_messages_bytes Sum of msg bytes >= threshold.")
-        lines.append("# TYPE chatmail_messages_bytes gauge")
-        for minsize, sumsize in self.message_buckets.items():
-            lines.append(f'chatmail_messages_bytes{{min_size="{minsize}"}} {sumsize}')
-
-        lines.append("# HELP chatmail_messages_count Number of msgs >= size threshold.")
-        lines.append("# TYPE chatmail_messages_count gauge")
-        for minsize, count in self.message_count_buckets.items():
-            lines.append(f'chatmail_messages_count{{min_size="{minsize}"}} {count}')
-
-        lines.append("# HELP chatmail_accounts Number of accounts.")
-        lines.append("# TYPE chatmail_accounts gauge")
-        user_logins = self.num_all_logins - self.num_ci_logins
-        lines.append(f'chatmail_accounts{{kind="all"}} {self.num_all_logins}')
-        lines.append(f'chatmail_accounts{{kind="ci"}} {self.num_ci_logins}')
-        lines.append(f'chatmail_accounts{{kind="user"}} {user_logins}')
-
-        lines.append(
-            "# HELP chatmail_accounts_active Non-CI accounts active within N days."
-        )
-        lines.append("# TYPE chatmail_accounts_active gauge")
-        for days, active in self.login_buckets.items():
-            lines.append(f'chatmail_accounts_active{{days="{days}"}} {active}')
-
-        self._write_atomic(filepath, "\n".join(lines) + "\n")
-
-    def dump_compat_textfile(self, filepath):
-        """Dump legacy metrics.py style metrics."""
-        user_logins = self.num_all_logins - self.num_ci_logins
-        lines = [
-            "# HELP total number of accounts",
-            "# TYPE accounts gauge",
-            f"accounts {self.num_all_logins}",
-            "# HELP number of CI accounts",
-            "# TYPE ci_accounts gauge",
-            f"ci_accounts {self.num_ci_logins}",
-            "# HELP number of non-CI accounts",
-            "# TYPE nonci_accounts gauge",
-            f"nonci_accounts {user_logins}",
-        ]
-        self._write_atomic(filepath, "\n".join(lines) + "\n")
-
 
 def main(args=None):
     """Report about filesystem storage usage of all mailboxes and messages"""
@@ -221,21 +127,19 @@ def main(args=None):
         "--days",
         default=0,
         action="store",
-        help="assume date to be DAYS older than now",
+        help="assume date to be days older than now",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--min-login-age",
         default=0,
-        metavar="DAYS",
         dest="min_login_age",
         action="store",
-        help="only sum up message size if last login is at least DAYS days old",
+        help="only sum up message size if last login is at least min-login-age days old",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--mdir",
-        metavar="{cur,new,tmp}",
         action="store",
-        help="only consider messages in specified Maildir subdirectory for summary",
+        help="only consider 'cur' or 'new' or 'tmp' messages for summary",
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -244,21 +148,6 @@ def main(args=None):
         action="store",
         help="maximum number of mailboxes to iterate on",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--textfile",
-        metavar="PATH",
-        default=None,
-        help="write Prometheus textfile to PATH (directory or file); "
-        "if PATH is a directory, writes 'fsreport.prom' inside it",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--legacy-metrics",
-        metavar="FILENAME",
-        nargs="?",
-        const="/var/www/html/metrics",
-        default=None,
-        help="write legacy metrics.py textfile (default: /var/www/html/metrics)",
-    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
@@ -272,15 +161,7 @@ def main(args=None):
     rep = Report(now=now, min_login_age=int(args.min_login_age), mdir=args.mdir)
     for mbox in iter_mailboxes(str(config.mailboxes_dir), maxnum=maxnum):
         rep.process_mailbox_stat(mbox)
-    if args.textfile:
+    rep.dump_summary()
-        path = args.textfile
-        if os.path.isdir(path):
-            path = os.path.join(path, "fsreport.prom")
-        rep.dump_textfile(path)
-    if args.legacy_metrics:
-        rep.dump_compat_textfile(args.legacy_metrics)
-    if not args.textfile and not args.legacy_metrics:
-        rep.dump_summary()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f

@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ passthrough_senders =
 # (space-separated, item may start with "@" to whitelist whole recipient domains)
 passthrough_recipients =
 
-# Use externally managed TLS certificates instead of built-in acmetool.
-# Paths refer to files on the deployment server (not the build machine).
-# Both files must already exist before running cmdeploy.
-# Certificate renewal is your responsibility; changed files are
-# picked up automatically by all relay services.
-# tls_external_cert_and_key = /path/to/fullchain.pem /path/to/privkey.pem
-
 # path to www directory - documented here: https://chatmail.at/doc/relay/getting_started.html#custom-web-pages
 #www_folder = www
 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/newemail.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import json
 import random
 import secrets
 import string
-from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from chatmaild.config import Config, read_config
 
@@ -24,26 +23,13 @@ def create_newemail_dict(config: Config):
     return dict(email=f"{user}@{config.mail_domain}", password=f"{password}")
 
 
-def create_dclogin_url(email, password):
-    """Build a dclogin: URL with credentials and self-signed cert acceptance.
-
-    Uses ic=3 (AcceptInvalidCertificates) so chatmail clients
-    can connect to servers with self-signed TLS certificates.
-    """
-    return f"dclogin:{quote(email, safe='@')}?p={quote(password, safe='')}&v=1&ic=3"
-
-
 def print_new_account():
     config = read_config(CONFIG_PATH)
     creds = create_newemail_dict(config)
 
-    result = dict(email=creds["email"], password=creds["password"])
-    if config.tls_cert_mode == "self":
-        result["dclogin_url"] = create_dclogin_url(creds["email"], creds["password"])
-
     print("Content-Type: application/json")
     print("")
-    print(json.dumps(result))
+    print(json.dumps(creds))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_config.py

@@ -73,51 +73,3 @@ def test_config_userstate_paths(make_config, tmp_path):
 def test_config_max_message_size(make_config, tmp_path):
     config = make_config("something.testrun.org", dict(max_message_size="10000"))
     assert config.max_message_size == 10000
-
-
-def test_config_tls_default_acme(make_config):
-    config = make_config("chat.example.org")
-    assert config.tls_cert_mode == "acme"
-    assert config.tls_cert_path == "/var/lib/acme/live/chat.example.org/fullchain"
-    assert config.tls_key_path == "/var/lib/acme/live/chat.example.org/privkey"
-
-
-def test_config_tls_self(make_config):
-    config = make_config("_test.example.org")
-    assert config.tls_cert_mode == "self"
-    assert config.tls_cert_path == "/etc/ssl/certs/mailserver.pem"
-    assert config.tls_key_path == "/etc/ssl/private/mailserver.key"
-
-
-def test_config_tls_external(make_config):
-    config = make_config(
-        "chat.example.org",
-        {
-            "tls_external_cert_and_key": "/custom/fullchain.pem /custom/privkey.pem",
-        },
-    )
-    assert config.tls_cert_mode == "external"
-    assert config.tls_cert_path == "/custom/fullchain.pem"
-    assert config.tls_key_path == "/custom/privkey.pem"
-
-
-def test_config_tls_external_overrides_underscore(make_config):
-    config = make_config(
-        "_test.example.org",
-        {
-            "tls_external_cert_and_key": "/certs/fullchain.pem /certs/privkey.pem",
-        },
-    )
-    assert config.tls_cert_mode == "external"
-    assert config.tls_cert_path == "/certs/fullchain.pem"
-    assert config.tls_key_path == "/certs/privkey.pem"
-
-
-def test_config_tls_external_bad_format(make_config):
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="two space-separated"):
-        make_config(
-            "chat.example.org",
-            {
-                "tls_external_cert_and_key": "/only/one/path.pem",
-            },
-        )

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_filtermail_blackbox.py

@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-import shutil
 import smtplib
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
 import pytest
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    shutil.which("filtermail") is None,
-    reason="filtermail binary not found",
-)
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def smtpserver():
@@ -47,8 +41,6 @@ def test_one_mail(
     make_config, make_popen, smtpserver, maildata, filtermail_mode, monkeypatch
 ):
     monkeypatch.setenv("PYTHONUNBUFFERED", "1")
-    # DKIM is tested by cmdeploy tests.
-    monkeypatch.setenv("FILTERMAIL_SKIP_DKIM", "1")
     smtp_inject_port = 20025
     if filtermail_mode == "outgoing":
         settings = dict(
@@ -65,14 +57,19 @@ def test_one_mail(
     path = str(config._inipath)
 
     popen = make_popen(["filtermail", path, filtermail_mode])
-    line = popen.stderr.readline().strip()
 
-    # skip a warning that FILTERMAIL_SKIP_DKIM shouldn't be used in prod
+    # Wait for filtermail to start accepting connections
-    if b"DKIM verification DISABLED!" in line:
+    import socket
-        line = popen.stderr.readline().strip()
+    import time
-    if b"loop" not in line:
+    for _ in range(50):  # 5 second timeout
-        print(line.decode("ascii"), file=sys.stderr)
+        try:
-        pytest.fail("starting filtermail failed")
+            sock = socket.create_connection(("127.0.0.1", smtp_inject_port), timeout=0.1)
+            sock.close()
+            break
+        except (ConnectionRefusedError, OSError):
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+    else:
+        pytest.fail("filtermail failed to start accepting connections")
 
     addr = f"user1@{config.mail_domain}"
     config.get_user(addr).set_password("l1k2j3l1k2j3l")

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_newmail.py

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import json
 
 import chatmaild
-from chatmaild.newemail import (
+from chatmaild.newemail import create_newemail_dict, print_new_account
-    create_dclogin_url,
-    create_newemail_dict,
-    print_new_account,
-)
 
 
 def test_create_newemail_dict(example_config):
@@ -19,18 +15,6 @@ def test_create_newemail_dict(example_config):
     assert ac1["password"] != ac2["password"]
 
 
-def test_create_dclogin_url():
-    url = create_dclogin_url("user@example.org", "p@ss w+rd")
-    assert url.startswith("dclogin:")
-    assert "v=1" in url
-    assert "ic=3" in url
-
-    assert "user@example.org" in url
-    # password special chars must be encoded
-    assert "p%40ss" in url
-    assert "w%2Brd" in url
-
-
 def test_print_new_account(capsys, monkeypatch, maildomain, tmpdir, example_config):
     monkeypatch.setattr(chatmaild.newemail, "CONFIG_PATH", str(example_config._inipath))
     print_new_account()
@@ -41,20 +25,3 @@ def test_print_new_account(capsys, monkeypatch, maildomain, tmpdir, example_conf
     dic = json.loads(lines[2])
     assert dic["email"].endswith(f"@{example_config.mail_domain}")
     assert len(dic["password"]) >= 10
-    # default tls_cert=acme should not include dclogin_url
-    assert "dclogin_url" not in dic
-
-
-def test_print_new_account_self_signed(capsys, monkeypatch, make_config):
-    config = make_config("_test.example.org")
-    monkeypatch.setattr(chatmaild.newemail, "CONFIG_PATH", str(config._inipath))
-    print_new_account()
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
-    lines = out.split("\n")
-    dic = json.loads(lines[2])
-    assert "dclogin_url" in dic
-    url = dic["dclogin_url"]
-    assert url.startswith("dclogin:")
-    assert "ic=3" in url
-
-    assert dic["email"].split("@")[0] in url

cmdeploy/pyproject.toml

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "pytest-xdist", 
   "execnet",
   "imap_tools",
-  "deltachat-rpc-client",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/acmetool/acmetool-redirector.service

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=acmetool HTTP redirector
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/acmetool redirector --service.uid=daemon --bind=127.0.0.1:402
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/acmetool redirector --service.uid=daemon
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=30
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/chatmail.zone.j2

@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
 {{ mail_domain }}.                   AAAA  {{ AAAA }}
 {% endif %}
 {{ mail_domain }}.                   MX 10 {{ mail_domain }}.
-{% if strict_tls %}
 _mta-sts.{{ mail_domain }}.          TXT "v=STSv1; id={{ sts_id }}"
 mta-sts.{{ mail_domain }}.           CNAME {{ mail_domain }}.
-{% endif %}
 www.{{ mail_domain }}.               CNAME {{ mail_domain }}.
 {{ dkim_entry }}
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ along with command line option and subcommand parsing.
 
 import argparse
 import importlib.resources
+import importlib.util
 import os
 import pathlib
 import shutil
@@ -90,10 +91,9 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
     ssh_host = args.ssh_host if args.ssh_host else args.config.mail_domain
     sshexec = get_sshexec(ssh_host)
     require_iroh = args.config.enable_iroh_relay
-    strict_tls = args.config.tls_cert_mode == "acme"
     if not args.dns_check_disabled:
         remote_data = dns.get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, args.config.mail_domain)
-        if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, strict_tls=strict_tls, print=out.red):
+        if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, print=out.red):
             return 1
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
     pyinf = "pyinfra --dry" if args.dry_run else "pyinfra"
 
     cmd = f"{pyinf} --ssh-user root {ssh_host} {deploy_path} -y"
-    if ssh_host == "localhost":
+    if ssh_host in ["localhost", "@docker"]:
+        if ssh_host == "@docker":
+            env["CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK"] = "True"
+            env["CHATMAIL_NOSYSCTL"] = "True"
         cmd = f"{pyinf} @local {deploy_path} -y"
 
     if version.parse(pyinfra.__version__) < version.parse("3"):
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
                 out.red("Website deployment failed.")
         elif retcode == 0:
             out.green("Deploy completed, call `cmdeploy dns` next.")
-        elif not args.dns_check_disabled and strict_tls and not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
+        elif not args.dns_check_disabled and not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
             out.red("Deploy completed but letsencrypt not configured")
             out.red("Run 'cmdeploy run' again")
             retcode = 0
@@ -151,13 +154,11 @@ def dns_cmd(args, out):
     """Check DNS entries and optionally generate dns zone file."""
     ssh_host = args.ssh_host if args.ssh_host else args.config.mail_domain
     sshexec = get_sshexec(ssh_host, verbose=args.verbose)
-    tls_cert_mode = args.config.tls_cert_mode
-    strict_tls = tls_cert_mode == "acme"
     remote_data = dns.get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, args.config.mail_domain)
-    if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, strict_tls=strict_tls):
+    if not remote_data:
         return 1
 
-    if strict_tls and not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
+    if not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
         out.red("could not get letsencrypt account url, please run 'cmdeploy run'")
         return 1
 
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ def dns_cmd(args, out):
         out.red("could not determine dkim_entry, please run 'cmdeploy run'")
         return 1
 
-    remote_data["strict_tls"] = strict_tls
     zonefile = dns.get_filled_zone_file(remote_data)
 
     if args.zonefile:
@@ -206,15 +206,17 @@ def test_cmd_options(parser):
         action="store_true",
         help="also run slow tests",
     )
-    add_ssh_host_option(parser)
 
 
 def test_cmd(args, out):
-    """Run local and online tests for chatmail deployment."""
+    """Run local and online tests for chatmail deployment.
 
-    env = os.environ.copy()
+    This will automatically pip-install 'deltachat' if it's not available.
-    if args.ssh_host:
+    """
-        env["CHATMAIL_SSH"] = args.ssh_host
+
+    x = importlib.util.find_spec("deltachat")
+    if x is None:
+        out.check_call(f"{sys.executable} -m pip install deltachat")
 
     pytest_path = shutil.which("pytest")
     pytest_args = [
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ def test_cmd(args, out):
     ]
     if args.slow:
         pytest_args.append("--slow")
-    ret = out.run_ret(pytest_args, env=env)
+    ret = out.run_ret(pytest_args)
     return ret
 
 
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ def add_ssh_host_option(parser):
     parser.add_argument(
         "--ssh-host",
         dest="ssh_host",
-        help="Run commands on 'localhost' or on a specific SSH host "
+        help="Run commands on 'localhost', via '@docker', or on a specific SSH host "
         "instead of chatmail.ini's mail_domain.",
     )
 
@@ -381,7 +383,9 @@ def get_parser():
 
 def get_sshexec(ssh_host: str, verbose=True):
     if ssh_host in ["localhost", "@local"]:
-        return LocalExec(verbose)
+        return LocalExec(verbose, docker=False)
+    elif ssh_host == "@docker":
+        return LocalExec(verbose, docker=True)
     if verbose:
         print(f"[ssh] login to {ssh_host}")
     return SSHExec(ssh_host, verbose=verbose)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from chatmaild.config import read_config
 from pyinfra import facts, host, logger
-from pyinfra.api import FactBase
 from pyinfra.facts import hardware
+from pyinfra.api import FactBase
 from pyinfra.facts.files import Sha256File
 from pyinfra.facts.systemd import SystemdEnabled
 from pyinfra.operations import apt, files, pip, server, systemd
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ from .basedeploy import (
     has_systemd,
 )
 from .dovecot.deployer import DovecotDeployer
-from .external.deployer import ExternalTlsDeployer
 from .filtermail.deployer import FiltermailDeployer
 from .mtail.deployer import MtailDeployer
 from .nginx.deployer import NginxDeployer
 from .opendkim.deployer import OpendkimDeployer
 from .postfix.deployer import PostfixDeployer
-from .selfsigned.deployer import SelfSignedTlsDeployer
 from .www import build_webpages, find_merge_conflict, get_paths
 
 
@@ -541,20 +539,6 @@ class GithashDeployer(Deployer):
         )
 
 
-def get_tls_deployer(config, mail_domain):
-    """Select the appropriate TLS deployer based on config."""
-    tls_domains = [mail_domain, f"mta-sts.{mail_domain}", f"www.{mail_domain}"]
-
-    if config.tls_cert_mode == "acme":
-        return AcmetoolDeployer(config.acme_email, tls_domains)
-    elif config.tls_cert_mode == "self":
-        return SelfSignedTlsDeployer(mail_domain)
-    elif config.tls_cert_mode == "external":
-        return ExternalTlsDeployer(config.tls_cert_path, config.tls_key_path)
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"Unknown tls_cert_mode: {config.tls_cert_mode}")
-
-
 def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -> None:
     """Deploy a chat-mail instance.
 
@@ -590,15 +574,8 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
         port_services = [
             (["master", "smtpd"], 25),
             ("unbound", 53),
-        ]
+            ("acmetool", 80),
-        if config.tls_cert_mode == "acme":
-            port_services.append(("acmetool", 402))
-        port_services += [
             (["imap-login", "dovecot"], 143),
-            # acmetool previously listened on port 80,
-            # so don't complain during upgrade that moved it to port 402
-            # and gave the port to nginx.
-            (["acmetool", "nginx"], 80),
             ("nginx", 443),
             (["master", "smtpd"], 465),
             (["master", "smtpd"], 587),
@@ -623,7 +600,7 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
                     )
                     exit(1)
 
-    tls_deployer = get_tls_deployer(config, mail_domain)
+    tls_domains = [mail_domain, f"mta-sts.{mail_domain}", f"www.{mail_domain}"]
 
     all_deployers = [
         ChatmailDeployer(mail_domain),
@@ -633,7 +610,12 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
         UnboundDeployer(config),
         TurnDeployer(mail_domain),
         IrohDeployer(config.enable_iroh_relay),
-        tls_deployer,
+    ]
+
+    if not config.noacme:
+        all_deployers.append(AcmetoolDeployer(config.acme_email, tls_domains))
+
+    all_deployers += [
         WebsiteDeployer(config),
         ChatmailVenvDeployer(config),
         MtastsDeployer(),

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dns.py

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ def get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, mail_domain):
     )
 
 
-def check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, *, strict_tls=True, print=print):
+def check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, *, print=print):
     mail_domain = remote_data["mail_domain"]
     if not remote_data["A"] and not remote_data["AAAA"]:
         print(f"Missing A and/or AAAA DNS records for {mail_domain}!")
-    elif strict_tls and remote_data["MTA_STS"] != f"{mail_domain}.":
+    elif remote_data["MTA_STS"] != f"{mail_domain}.":
         print("Missing MTA-STS CNAME record:")
         print(f"mta-sts.{mail_domain}.   CNAME  {mail_domain}.")
-    elif strict_tls and remote_data["WWW"] != f"{mail_domain}.":
+    elif remote_data["WWW"] != f"{mail_domain}.":
         print("Missing www CNAME record:")
         print(f"www.{mail_domain}.   CNAME  {mail_domain}.")
     else:

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/deployer.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import urllib.request
 
 from chatmaild.config import Config
 from pyinfra import host
@@ -52,21 +51,10 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
         self.need_restart = False
 
 
-def _pick_url(primary, fallback):
-    try:
-        req = urllib.request.Request(primary, method="HEAD")
-        urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10)
-        return primary
-    except Exception:
-        return fallback
-
-
 def _install_dovecot_package(package: str, arch: str):
     arch = "amd64" if arch == "x86_64" else arch
     arch = "arm64" if arch == "aarch64" else arch
-    primary_url = f"https://download.delta.chat/dovecot/dovecot-{package}_2.3.21%2Bdfsg1-3_{arch}.deb"
+    url = f"https://download.delta.chat/dovecot/dovecot-{package}_2.3.21%2Bdfsg1-3_{arch}.deb"
-    fallback_url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/dovecot/releases/download/upstream%2F2.3.21%2Bdfsg1/dovecot-{package}_2.3.21%2Bdfsg1-3_{arch}.deb"
-    url = _pick_url(primary_url, fallback_url)
     deb_filename = "/root/" + url.split("/")[-1]
 
     match (package, arch):

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2

@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ service anvil {
 }
 
 ssl = required
-ssl_cert = <{{ config.tls_cert_path }}
+ssl_cert = </var/lib/acme/live/{{ config.mail_domain }}/fullchain
-ssl_key = <{{ config.tls_key_path }}
+ssl_key = </var/lib/acme/live/{{ config.mail_domain }}/privkey
 ssl_dh = </usr/share/dovecot/dh.pem
 ssl_min_protocol = TLSv1.3
 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/external/deployer.py

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import io
-
-from pyinfra import host
-from pyinfra.facts.files import File
-from pyinfra.operations import files, systemd
-
-from cmdeploy.basedeploy import Deployer, get_resource
-
-
-class ExternalTlsDeployer(Deployer):
-    """Expects TLS certificates to be managed on the server.
-
-    Validates that the configured certificate and key files
-    exist on the remote host.  Installs a systemd path unit
-    that watches the certificate file and automatically
-    restarts/reloads affected services when it changes.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, cert_path, key_path):
-        self.cert_path = cert_path
-        self.key_path = key_path
-
-    def configure(self):
-        # Verify cert and key exist on the remote host using pyinfra facts.
-        for path in (self.cert_path, self.key_path):
-            info = host.get_fact(File, path=path)
-            if info is None:
-                raise Exception(f"External TLS file not found on server: {path}")
-
-        # Deploy the .path unit (templated with the cert path).
-        # pkg=__package__ is required here because the resource files
-        # live in cmdeploy.external, not the default cmdeploy package.
-        source = get_resource("tls-cert-reload.path.f", pkg=__package__)
-        content = source.read_text().format(cert_path=self.cert_path).encode()
-
-        path_unit = files.put(
-            name="Upload tls-cert-reload.path",
-            src=io.BytesIO(content),
-            dest="/etc/systemd/system/tls-cert-reload.path",
-            user="root",
-            group="root",
-            mode="644",
-        )
-
-        service_unit = files.put(
-            name="Upload tls-cert-reload.service",
-            src=get_resource("tls-cert-reload.service", pkg=__package__),
-            dest="/etc/systemd/system/tls-cert-reload.service",
-            user="root",
-            group="root",
-            mode="644",
-        )
-
-        if path_unit.changed or service_unit.changed:
-            self.need_restart = True
-
-    def activate(self):
-        systemd.service(
-            name="Enable tls-cert-reload path watcher",
-            service="tls-cert-reload.path",
-            running=True,
-            enabled=True,
-            restarted=self.need_restart,
-            daemon_reload=self.need_restart,
-        )
-        # No explicit reload needed here: dovecot/nginx read the cert
-        # on startup, and the .path watcher handles live changes.

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/external/tls-cert-reload.path.f

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Watch the TLS certificate file for changes.
-# When the cert is updated (e.g. renewed by an external process),
-# this triggers tls-cert-reload.service to reload the affected services.
-#
-# NOTE: changes to the certificates are not detected if they cross bind-mount boundaries. 
-# After cert renewal, you must then trigger the reload explicitly:
-#   systemctl start tls-cert-reload.service
-[Unit]
-Description=Watch TLS certificate for changes
-
-[Path]
-PathChanged={cert_path}
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/external/tls-cert-reload.service

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Reload services that cache the TLS certificate.
-#
-# dovecot: caches the cert at startup; reload re-reads SSL certs
-#          without dropping existing connections.
-# nginx:   caches the cert at startup; reload gracefully picks up
-#          the new cert for new connections.
-# postfix: reads the cert fresh on each TLS handshake,
-#          does NOT need a reload/restart.
-[Unit]
-Description=Reload TLS services after certificate change
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart dovecot
-ExecStart=/bin/systemctl try-reload-or-restart nginx

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/filtermail/deployer.py

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ class FiltermailDeployer(Deployer):
 
     def install(self):
         arch = host.get_fact(facts.server.Arch)
-        url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.5.2/filtermail-{arch}"
+        url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.3.0/filtermail-{arch}"
         sha256sum = {
-            "x86_64": "ce24ca0075aa445510291d775fb3aea8f4411818c7b885ae51a0fe18c5f789ce",
+            "x86_64": "f14a31323ae2dad3b59d3fdafcde507521da2f951a9478cd1f2fe2b4463df71d",
-            "aarch64": "c5d783eefa5332db3d97a0e6a23917d72849e3eb45da3d16ce908a9b4e5a797d",
+            "aarch64": "933770d75046c4fd7084ce8d43f905f8748333426ad839154f0fc654755ef09f",
         }[arch]
         self.need_restart |= files.download(
             name="Download filtermail",

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/autoconfig.xml.j2

@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <clientConfig version="1.1">
-  <emailProvider id="{{ config.mail_domain }}">
+  <emailProvider id="{{ config.domain_name }}">
-    <domain>{{ config.mail_domain }}</domain>
+    <domain>{{ config.domain_name }}</domain>
-    <displayName>{{ config.mail_domain }} chatmail</displayName>
+    <displayName>{{ config.domain_name }} chatmail</displayName>
-    <displayShortName>{{ config.mail_domain }}</displayShortName>
+    <displayShortName>{{ config.domain_name }}</displayShortName>
     <incomingServer type="imap">
-      <hostname>{{ config.mail_domain }}</hostname>
+      <hostname>{{ config.domain_name }}</hostname>
       <port>993</port>
       <socketType>SSL</socketType>
       <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
     </incomingServer>
     <incomingServer type="imap">
-      <hostname>{{ config.mail_domain }}</hostname>
+      <hostname>{{ config.domain_name }}</hostname>
       <port>143</port>
       <socketType>STARTTLS</socketType>
       <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
     </incomingServer>
     <incomingServer type="imap">
-      <hostname>{{ config.mail_domain }}</hostname>
+      <hostname>{{ config.domain_name }}</hostname>
       <port>443</port>
       <socketType>SSL</socketType>
       <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
     </incomingServer>
     <outgoingServer type="smtp">
-      <hostname>{{ config.mail_domain }}</hostname>
+      <hostname>{{ config.domain_name }}</hostname>
       <port>465</port>
       <socketType>SSL</socketType>
       <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
     </outgoingServer>
     <outgoingServer type="smtp">
-      <hostname>{{ config.mail_domain }}</hostname>
+      <hostname>{{ config.domain_name }}</hostname>
       <port>587</port>
       <socketType>STARTTLS</socketType>
       <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
     </outgoingServer>
     <outgoingServer type="smtp">
-      <hostname>{{ config.mail_domain }}</hostname>
+      <hostname>{{ config.domain_name }}</hostname>
       <port>443</port>
       <socketType>SSL</socketType>
       <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/deployer.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def _configure_nginx(config: Config, debug: bool = False) -> bool:
         user="root",
         group="root",
         mode="644",
-        config=config,
+        config={"domain_name": config.mail_domain},
         disable_ipv6=config.disable_ipv6,
     )
     need_restart |= main_config.changed
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def _configure_nginx(config: Config, debug: bool = False) -> bool:
         user="root",
         group="root",
         mode="644",
-        config=config,
+        config={"domain_name": config.mail_domain},
     )
     need_restart |= autoconfig.changed
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _configure_nginx(config: Config, debug: bool = False) -> bool:
         user="root",
         group="root",
         mode="644",
-        config=config,
+        config={"domain_name": config.mail_domain},
     )
     need_restart |= mta_sts_config.changed
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/mta-sts.txt.j2

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version: STSv1
 mode: enforce
-mx: {{ config.mail_domain }}
+mx: {{ config.domain_name }}
 max_age: 2419200

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2

@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ stream {
 }
 
 http {
-{% if config.tls_cert_mode == "self" %}
-	limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=newaccount:10m rate=2r/s;
-{% endif %}
 	sendfile on;
 	tcp_nopush on;
 
@@ -56,8 +53,8 @@ http {
 
 	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
 	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
-	ssl_certificate {{ config.tls_cert_path }};
+	ssl_certificate /var/lib/acme/live/{{ config.domain_name }}/fullchain;
-	ssl_certificate_key {{ config.tls_key_path }};
+	ssl_certificate_key /var/lib/acme/live/{{ config.domain_name }}/privkey;
 
 	gzip on;
 
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ http {
 
 		index index.html index.htm;
 
-		server_name {{ config.mail_domain }} www.{{ config.mail_domain }} mta-sts.{{ config.mail_domain }};
+		server_name {{ config.domain_name }} www.{{ config.domain_name }} mta-sts.{{ config.domain_name }};
 
 		access_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=local7;
 
@@ -84,15 +81,11 @@ http {
 		}
 
 		location /new {
-{% if config.tls_cert_mode != "self" %}
 			if ($request_method = GET) {
 				# Redirect to Delta Chat,
 				# which will in turn do a POST request.
-				return 301 dcaccount:https://{{ config.mail_domain }}/new;
+				return 301 dcaccount:https://{{ config.domain_name }}/new;
 			}
-{% else %}
-			limit_req zone=newaccount burst=5 nodelay;
-{% endif %}
 
 			fastcgi_pass unix:/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
 			include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
@@ -106,11 +99,9 @@ http {
 		#
 		# Redirects are only for browsers.
 		location /cgi-bin/newemail.py {
-{% if config.tls_cert_mode != "self" %}
 			if ($request_method = GET) {
-				return 301 dcaccount:https://{{ config.mail_domain }}/new;
+				return 301 dcaccount:https://{{ config.domain_name }}/new;
 			}
-{% endif %}
 
 			fastcgi_pass unix:/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
 			include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
@@ -141,29 +132,8 @@ http {
 	# Redirect www. to non-www
 	server {
 		listen 127.0.0.1:8443 ssl;
-		server_name www.{{ config.mail_domain }};
+		server_name www.{{ config.domain_name }};
-		return 301 $scheme://{{ config.mail_domain }}$request_uri;
+		return 301 $scheme://{{ config.domain_name }}$request_uri;
 		access_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=local7;
 	}
-
-	server {
-		listen 80;
-		{% if not disable_ipv6 %}
-		listen [::]:80;
-		{% endif %}
-
-		{% if config.tls_cert_mode == "acme" %}
-		location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
-			proxy_pass http://acmetool;
-		}
-		{% endif %}
-
-		return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
-	}
-
-	{% if config.tls_cert_mode == "acme" %}
-	upstream acmetool {
-		server 127.0.0.1:402;
-	}
-	{% endif %}
 }

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/opendkim/deployer.py

@@ -37,15 +37,21 @@ class OpendkimDeployer(Deployer):
         )
         need_restart |= main_config.changed
 
-        screen_script = files.file(
+        screen_script = files.put(
-            path="/etc/opendkim/screen.lua",
+            src=get_resource("opendkim/screen.lua"),
-            present=False,
+            dest="/etc/opendkim/screen.lua",
+            user="root",
+            group="root",
+            mode="644",
         )
         need_restart |= screen_script.changed
 
-        final_script = files.file(
+        final_script = files.put(
-            path="/etc/opendkim/final.lua",
+            src=get_resource("opendkim/final.lua"),
-            present=False,
+            dest="/etc/opendkim/final.lua",
+            user="root",
+            group="root",
+            mode="644",
         )
         need_restart |= final_script.changed
 
@@ -103,13 +109,6 @@ class OpendkimDeployer(Deployer):
         )
         need_restart |= service_file.changed
 
-        files.file(
-            name="chown opendkim: /etc/dkimkeys/opendkim.private",
-            path="/etc/dkimkeys/opendkim.private",
-            user="opendkim",
-            group="opendkim",
-        )
-
         self.need_restart = need_restart
 
     def activate(self):

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/opendkim/final.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+mtaname = odkim.get_mtasymbol(ctx, "{daemon_name}")
+if mtaname == "ORIGINATING" then
+	-- Outgoing message will be signed,
+	-- no need to look for signatures.
+	return nil
+end
+
+nsigs = odkim.get_sigcount(ctx)
+if nsigs == nil then
+	return nil
+end
+
+local valid = false
+local error_msg = "No valid DKIM signature found."
+for i = 1, nsigs do
+	sig = odkim.get_sighandle(ctx, i - 1)
+	sigres = odkim.sig_result(sig)
+
+	-- All signatures that do not correspond to From: 
+	-- were ignored in screen.lua and return sigres -1.
+	-- 
+	-- Any valid signature that was not ignored like this
+	-- means the message is acceptable.
+	if sigres == 0 then
+		valid = true
+    else
+        error_msg = "DKIM signature is invalid, error code " .. tostring(sigres) .. ", search https://github.com/trusteddomainproject/OpenDKIM/blob/master/libopendkim/dkim.h#L108"
+	end
+end
+
+if valid then
+	-- Strip all DKIM-Signature headers after successful validation
+	-- Delete in reverse order to avoid index shifting.
+	for i = nsigs, 1, -1 do
+		odkim.del_header(ctx, "DKIM-Signature", i)
+	end
+else
+	odkim.set_reply(ctx, "554", "5.7.1", error_msg)
+	odkim.set_result(ctx, SMFIS_REJECT)
+end
+
+return nil

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/opendkim/opendkim.conf

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ SignHeaders *,+autocrypt,+content-type
 # Default is empty.
 OversignHeaders from,reply-to,subject,date,to,cc,resent-date,resent-from,resent-sender,resent-to,resent-cc,in-reply-to,references,list-id,list-help,list-unsubscribe,list-subscribe,list-post,list-owner,list-archive,autocrypt
 
+# Script to ignore signatures that do not correspond to the From: domain.
+ScreenPolicyScript /etc/opendkim/screen.lua
+
+# Script to reject mails without a valid DKIM signature.
+FinalPolicyScript /etc/opendkim/final.lua
+
 # In Debian, opendkim runs as user "opendkim". A umask of 007 is required when
 # using a local socket with MTAs that access the socket as a non-privileged
 # user (for example, Postfix). You may need to add user "postfix" to group

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/opendkim/screen.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- Ignore signatures that do not correspond to the From: domain.
+
+from_domain = odkim.get_fromdomain(ctx)
+if from_domain == nil then
+	return nil
+end
+
+n = odkim.get_sigcount(ctx)
+if n == nil then
+	return nil
+end
+
+for i = 1, n do
+	sig = odkim.get_sighandle(ctx, i - 1)
+	sig_domain = odkim.sig_getdomain(sig)
+	if from_domain ~= sig_domain then
+		odkim.sig_ignore(sig)
+	end
+end
+
+return nil

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/main.cf.j2

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ readme_directory = no
 compatibility_level = 3.6
 
 # TLS parameters
-smtpd_tls_cert_file={{ config.tls_cert_path }}
+smtpd_tls_cert_file=/var/lib/acme/live/{{ config.mail_domain }}/fullchain
-smtpd_tls_key_file={{ config.tls_key_path }}
+smtpd_tls_key_file=/var/lib/acme/live/{{ config.mail_domain }}/privkey
 smtpd_tls_security_level=may
 
 smtp_tls_CApath=/etc/ssl/certs
-smtp_tls_security_level={{ "verify" if config.tls_cert_mode == "acme" else "encrypt" }}
+smtp_tls_security_level=verify
 # Send SNI extension when connecting to other servers.
 # <https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_tls_servername>
 smtp_tls_servername = hostname

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/master.cf.j2

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ filter    unix -        n       n       -       -       lmtp
 # Local SMTP server for reinjecting incoming filtered mail 
 127.0.0.1:{{ config.postfix_reinject_port_incoming }} inet  n       -       n       -       100      smtpd
   -o syslog_name=postfix/reinject_incoming
+  -o smtpd_milters=unix:opendkim/opendkim.sock
 
 # Cleanup `Received` headers for authenticated mail
 # to avoid leaking client IP.

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/smtp_tls_policy_map

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 /^\[[^]]+\]$/ encrypt
-/^_/          encrypt
 /^nauta\.cu$/    may

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/selfsigned/deployer.py

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import shlex
-
-from pyinfra.operations import apt, server
-
-from cmdeploy.basedeploy import Deployer
-
-
-def openssl_selfsigned_args(domain, cert_path, key_path, days=36500):
-    """Return the openssl argument list for a self-signed certificate.
-
-    The certificate uses an EC P-256 key with SAN entries for *domain*,
-    ``www.<domain>`` and ``mta-sts.<domain>``.
-    """
-    return [
-        "openssl", "req", "-x509",
-        "-newkey", "ec", "-pkeyopt", "ec_paramgen_curve:P-256",
-        "-noenc", "-days", str(days),
-        "-keyout", str(key_path),
-        "-out", str(cert_path),
-        "-subj", f"/CN={domain}",
-        "-addext", "extendedKeyUsage=serverAuth,clientAuth",
-        "-addext",
-        f"subjectAltName=DNS:{domain},DNS:www.{domain},DNS:mta-sts.{domain}",
-    ]
-
-
-class SelfSignedTlsDeployer(Deployer):
-    """Generates a self-signed TLS certificate for all chatmail endpoints."""
-
-    def __init__(self, mail_domain):
-        self.mail_domain = mail_domain
-        self.cert_path = "/etc/ssl/certs/mailserver.pem"
-        self.key_path = "/etc/ssl/private/mailserver.key"
-
-    def install(self):
-        apt.packages(
-            name="Install openssl",
-            packages=["openssl"],
-        )
-
-    def configure(self):
-        args = openssl_selfsigned_args(
-            self.mail_domain, self.cert_path, self.key_path,
-        )
-        cmd = shlex.join(args)
-        server.shell(
-            name="Generate self-signed TLS certificate if not present",
-            commands=[f"[ -f {self.cert_path} ] || {cmd}"],
-        )
-
-    def activate(self):
-        pass

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/chatmail-fsreport.service.f

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 User=vmail
-ExecStart=/usr/local/lib/chatmaild/venv/bin/chatmail-fsreport /usr/local/lib/chatmaild/chatmail.ini
+ExecStart=/usr/local/lib/chatmaild/venv/bin/chatmail-fsreport /usr/local/lib/chatmaild/chatmail.ini 
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/chatmail-metadata.service.f

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description=Chatmail dict proxy for IMAP METADATA
 [Service]
 ExecStart={execpath} /run/chatmail-metadata/metadata.socket {config_path}
 Restart=always
-RestartSec=5
+RestartSec=30
 User=vmail
 RuntimeDirectory=chatmail-metadata
 UMask=0077

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/sshexec.py

@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ class SSHExec:
     FuncError = FuncError
 
     def __init__(self, host, verbose=False, python="python3", timeout=60):
-        docker_container = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_DOCKER")
-        if docker_container:
-            python = f"docker exec -i {docker_container} python3"
         self.gateway = execnet.makegateway(f"ssh=root@{host}//python={python}")
         self._remote_cmdloop_channel = bootstrap_remote(self.gateway, remote)
         self.timeout = timeout
@@ -88,10 +85,9 @@ class SSHExec:
 
 
 class LocalExec:
-    FuncError = FuncError
+    def __init__(self, verbose=False, docker=False):
-
-    def __init__(self, verbose=False):
         self.verbose = verbose
+        self.docker = docker
 
     def __call__(self, call, kwargs=None, log_callback=None):
         if kwargs is None:
@@ -99,15 +95,11 @@ class LocalExec:
         return call(**kwargs)
 
     def logged(self, call, kwargs: dict):
-        title = call.__doc__
-        if not title:
-            title = call.__name__
         where = "locally"
+        if self.docker:
+            if call == remote.rdns.perform_initial_checks:
+                kwargs["pre_command"] = "docker exec chatmail "
+                where = "in docker"
         if self.verbose:
-            print_stderr(f"Running {where}: {title}(**{kwargs})")
+            print(f"Running {where}: {call.__name__}(**{kwargs})")
-            return self(call, kwargs, log_callback=print_stderr)
+        return call(**kwargs)
-        else:
-            print_stderr(title, end="")
-            res = self(call, kwargs, log_callback=remote.rshell.log_progress)
-            print_stderr()
-            return res

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/benchmark.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import time
 def test_tls_imap(benchmark, imap):
     def imap_connect():
         imap.connect()
@@ -42,9 +41,9 @@ class TestDC:
 
         def dc_ping_pong():
             chat.send_text("ping")
-            msg = ac2.wait_for_incoming_msg()
+            msg = ac2._evtracker.wait_next_incoming_message()
-            msg.get_snapshot().chat.send_text("pong")
+            msg.chat.send_text("pong")
-            ac1.wait_for_incoming_msg()
+            ac1._evtracker.wait_next_incoming_message()
 
         benchmark(dc_ping_pong, 5)
 
@@ -56,6 +55,6 @@ class TestDC:
             for i in range(10):
                 chat.send_text(f"hello {i}")
             for i in range(10):
-                ac2.wait_for_incoming_msg()
+                ac2._evtracker.wait_next_incoming_message()
 
-        benchmark(dc_send_10_receive_10, 5, cooldown="auto")
+        benchmark(dc_send_10_receive_10, 5)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_0_qr.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
 import requests
 
 from cmdeploy.genqr import gen_qr_png_data
@@ -9,33 +8,18 @@ def test_gen_qr_png_data(maildomain):
     assert data
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning")
 def test_fastcgi_working(maildomain, chatmail_config):
     url = f"https://{maildomain}/new"
     print(url)
-    verify = chatmail_config.tls_cert_mode == "acme"
+    res = requests.post(url)
-    res = requests.post(url, verify=verify)
     assert maildomain in res.json().get("email")
     assert len(res.json().get("password")) > chatmail_config.password_min_length
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning")
+def test_newemail_configure(maildomain, rpc):
-def test_newemail_configure(maildomain, rpc, chatmail_config):
     """Test configuring accounts by scanning a QR code works."""
     url = f"DCACCOUNT:https://{maildomain}/new"
     for i in range(3):
         account_id = rpc.add_account()
-        if chatmail_config.tls_cert_mode == "self":
+        rpc.set_config_from_qr(account_id, url)
-            # deltachat core's rustls rejects self-signed HTTPS certs during
+        rpc.configure(account_id)
-            # set_config_from_qr, so fetch credentials via requests instead
-            res = requests.post(f"https://{maildomain}/new", verify=False)
-            data = res.json()
-            rpc.add_or_update_transport(account_id, {
-                "addr": data["email"],
-                "password": data["password"],
-                "imapServer": maildomain,
-                "smtpServer": maildomain,
-                "certificateChecks": "acceptInvalidCertificates",
-            })
-        else:
-            rpc.add_transport_from_qr(account_id, url)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import time
 import pytest
 
 from cmdeploy import remote
-from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import get_sshexec
+from cmdeploy.sshexec import SSHExec
 
 
 class TestSSHExecutor:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def sshexec(self, sshdomain):
-        return get_sshexec(sshdomain)
+        return SSHExec(sshdomain)
 
     def test_ls(self, sshexec):
         out = sshexec(call=remote.rdns.shell, kwargs=dict(command="ls"))
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class TestSSHExecutor:
         assert res["A"] or res["AAAA"]
 
     def test_logged(self, sshexec, maildomain, capsys):
-        sshexec.verbose = False
         sshexec.logged(
             remote.rdns.perform_initial_checks, kwargs=dict(mail_domain=maildomain)
         )
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ class TestSSHExecutor:
                 remote.rdns.perform_initial_checks,
                 kwargs=dict(mail_domain=None),
             )
-        except AssertionError:
-            pass
         except sshexec.FuncError as e:
             assert "rdns.py" in str(e)
             assert "AssertionError" in str(e)
@@ -86,8 +83,10 @@ def test_remote(remote, imap_or_smtp):
 
 
 def test_use_two_chatmailservers(cmfactory, maildomain2):
-    ac1 = cmfactory.get_online_account()
+    ac1 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
-    ac2 = cmfactory.get_online_account(domain=maildomain2)
+    cmfactory.switch_maildomain(maildomain2)
+    ac2 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
+    cmfactory.bring_accounts_online()
     cmfactory.get_accepted_chat(ac1, ac2)
     domain1 = ac1.get_config("addr").split("@")[1]
     domain2 = ac2.get_config("addr").split("@")[1]
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ def test_reject_missing_dkim(cmsetup, maildata, from_addr):
     conn.starttls()
 
     with conn as s:
-        with pytest.raises(smtplib.SMTPDataError, match="No DKIM signature found"):
+        with pytest.raises(smtplib.SMTPDataError, match="No valid DKIM signature"):
             s.sendmail(from_addr=from_addr, to_addrs=recipient.addr, msg=msg)
 
 
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ def test_expunged(remote, chatmail_config):
     ]
     outdated_days = int(chatmail_config.delete_large_after) + 1
     find_cmds.append(
-        f"find {chatmail_config.mailboxes_dir} -path '*/cur/*' -mtime +{outdated_days} -size +200k -type f"
+        "find {chatmail_config.mailboxes_dir} -path '*/cur/*' -mtime +{outdated_days} -size +200k -type f"
     )
     for cmd in find_cmds:
         for line in remote.iter_output(cmd):

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py

@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ import pytest
 import requests
 
 from cmdeploy.remote import rshell
-from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import get_sshexec
+from cmdeploy.sshexec import SSHExec
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def imap_mailbox(cmfactory, ssl_context):
+def imap_mailbox(cmfactory):
     (ac1,) = cmfactory.get_online_accounts(1)
     user = ac1.get_config("addr")
     password = ac1.get_config("mail_pw")
-    host = user.split("@")[1]
+    mailbox = imap_tools.MailBox(user.split("@")[1])
-    mailbox = imap_tools.MailBox(host, ssl_context=ssl_context)
     mailbox.login(user, password)
     mailbox.dc_ac = ac1
     return mailbox
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ class TestMetadataTokens:
 
     def test_set_get_metadata(self, imap_mailbox):
         "set and get metadata token for an account"
-        time.sleep(5)  # make sure Metadata service had a chance to restart
         client = imap_mailbox.client
         client.send(b'a01 SETMETADATA INBOX (/private/devicetoken "1111" )\n')
         res = client.readline()
@@ -63,8 +61,8 @@ class TestEndToEndDeltaChat:
         chat.send_text("message0")
 
         lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive message")
-        msg2 = ac2.wait_for_incoming_msg()
+        msg2 = ac2._evtracker.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg2.get_snapshot().text == "message0"
+        assert msg2.text == "message0"
 
     def test_exceed_quota(
         self, cmfactory, lp, tmpdir, remote, chatmail_config, sshdomain
@@ -92,41 +90,45 @@ class TestEndToEndDeltaChat:
         lp.sec(f"filling remote inbox for {user}")
         fn = f"7743102289.M843172P2484002.c20,S={quota},W=2398:2,"
         path = chatmail_config.mailboxes_dir.joinpath(user, "cur", fn)
-        sshexec = get_sshexec(sshdomain)
+        sshexec = SSHExec(sshdomain)
         sshexec(call=rshell.write_numbytes, kwargs=dict(path=str(path), num=120))
         res = sshexec(call=rshell.dovecot_recalc_quota, kwargs=dict(user=user))
         assert res["percent"] >= 100
 
         lp.sec("ac2: check quota is triggered")
 
-        def send_hello():
+        starting = True
-            chat.send_text("hello")
+        for line in remote.iter_output("journalctl -n0 -f -u dovecot"):
-
+            if starting:
-        for line in remote.iter_output(
+                chat.send_text("hello")
-            "journalctl -n1 -f -u dovecot", ready=send_hello
+                starting = False
-        ):
             if user not in line:
+                # print(line)
                 continue
             if "quota exceeded" in line:
                 return
 
     def test_securejoin(self, cmfactory, lp, maildomain2):
-        ac1 = cmfactory.get_online_account()
+        ac1 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
-        ac2 = cmfactory.get_online_account(domain=maildomain2)
+        cmfactory.switch_maildomain(maildomain2)
+        ac2 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
+        cmfactory.bring_accounts_online()
 
         lp.sec("ac1: create QR code and let ac2 scan it, starting the securejoin")
-        qr = ac1.get_qr_code()
+        qr = ac1.get_setup_contact_qr()
 
         lp.sec("ac2: start QR-code based setup contact protocol")
-        ch = ac2.secure_join(qr)
+        ch = ac2.qr_setup_contact(qr)
         assert ch.id >= 10
-        ac1.wait_for_securejoin_inviter_success()
+        ac1._evtracker.wait_securejoin_inviter_progress(1000)
 
     def test_dkim_header_stripped(self, cmfactory, maildomain2, lp, imap_mailbox):
         """Test that if a DC address receives a message, it has no
         DKIM-Signature and Authentication-Results headers."""
-        ac1 = cmfactory.get_online_account()
+        ac1 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
-        ac2 = cmfactory.get_online_account(domain=maildomain2)
+        cmfactory.switch_maildomain(maildomain2)
+        ac2 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
+        cmfactory.bring_accounts_online()
         chat = cmfactory.get_accepted_chat(ac1, imap_mailbox.dc_ac)
         chat.send_text("message0")
         chat2 = cmfactory.get_accepted_chat(ac2, imap_mailbox.dc_ac)
@@ -143,32 +145,33 @@ class TestEndToEndDeltaChat:
                 assert "dkim-signature" not in msg.headers
 
     def test_read_receipts_between_instances(self, cmfactory, lp, maildomain2):
-        ac1 = cmfactory.get_online_account()
+        ac1 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
-        ac2 = cmfactory.get_online_account(domain=maildomain2)
+        cmfactory.switch_maildomain(maildomain2)
+        ac2 = cmfactory.new_online_configuring_account(cache=False)
+        cmfactory.bring_accounts_online()
 
         lp.sec("setup encrypted comms between ac1 and ac2 on different instances")
-        qr = ac1.get_qr_code()
+        qr = ac1.get_setup_contact_qr()
-        ch = ac2.secure_join(qr)
+        ch = ac2.qr_setup_contact(qr)
         assert ch.id >= 10
-        ac1.wait_for_securejoin_inviter_success()
+        ac1._evtracker.wait_securejoin_inviter_progress(1000)
 
         lp.sec("ac1 sends a message and ac2 marks it as seen")
         chat = ac1.create_chat(ac2)
         msg = chat.send_text("hi")
-        m = ac2.wait_for_incoming_msg()
+        m = ac2._evtracker.wait_next_incoming_message()
         m.mark_seen()
         # we can only indirectly wait for mark-seen to cause an smtp-error
         lp.sec("try to wait for markseen to complete and check error states")
         deadline = time.time() + 3.1
         while time.time() < deadline:
-            m_snap = m.get_snapshot()
+            msgs = m.chat.get_messages()
-            msgs = m_snap.chat.get_messages()
             for msg in msgs:
-                assert "error" not in m.get_info()
+                assert "error" not in m.get_message_info()
             time.sleep(1)
 
 
-def test_hide_senders_ip_address(cmfactory, ssl_context):
+def test_hide_senders_ip_address(cmfactory):
     public_ip = requests.get("http://icanhazip.com").content.decode().strip()
     assert ipaddress.ip_address(public_ip)
 
@@ -176,12 +179,7 @@ def test_hide_senders_ip_address(cmfactory, ssl_context):
     chat = cmfactory.get_accepted_chat(user1, user2)
 
     chat.send_text("testing submission header cleanup")
-    user2.wait_for_incoming_msg()
+    user2._evtracker.wait_next_incoming_message()
-    addr = user2.get_config("addr")
+    user2.direct_imap.select_folder("Inbox")
-    host = addr.split("@")[1]
+    msg = user2.direct_imap.get_all_messages()[0]
-    pw = user2.get_config("mail_pw")
+    assert public_ip not in msg.obj.as_string()
-    mailbox = imap_tools.MailBox(host, ssl_context=ssl_context)
-    mailbox.login(addr, pw)
-    msgs = list(mailbox.fetch(mark_seen=False))
-    assert msgs, "expected at least one message"
-    assert public_ip not in msgs[0].obj.as_string()

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_3_status.py

@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import main
 
 def test_status_cmd(chatmail_config, capsys, request):
     os.chdir(request.config.invocation_params.dir)
-    command = ["status"]
+    assert main(["status"]) == 0
-    if os.getenv("CHATMAIL_SSH"):
-        command.append("--ssh-host")
-        command.append(os.getenv("CHATMAIL_SSH"))
-    assert main(command) == 0
     status_out = capsys.readouterr()
     print(status_out.out)
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/plugin.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import imaplib
+import io
 import itertools
 import os
 import random
 import smtplib
-import ssl
 import subprocess
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -34,24 +34,17 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
             pytest.skip("skipping slow test, use --slow to run")
 
 
-def _get_chatmail_config():
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-    current = Path().resolve()
+def chatmail_config(pytestconfig):
+    current = basedir = Path().resolve()
     while 1:
         path = current.joinpath("chatmail.ini").resolve()
         if path.exists():
-            return read_config(path), path
+            return read_config(path)
         if current == current.parent:
             break
         current = current.parent
-    return None, None
 
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def chatmail_config(pytestconfig):
-    config, path = _get_chatmail_config()
-    if config:
-        return config
-    basedir = Path().resolve()
     pytest.skip(f"no chatmail.ini file found in {basedir} or parent dirs")
 
 
@@ -79,17 +72,10 @@ def sshdomain2(maildomain2):
 
 
 def pytest_report_header():
-    config, path = _get_chatmail_config()
+    domain = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_DOMAIN")
-    domain2 = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2", "NOT SET")
+    if domain:
-    domain = config.mail_domain if config else "NOT SET"
+        text = f"chatmail test instance: {domain}"
-    path = path if path else "NOT SET"
+        return ["-" * len(text), text, "-" * len(text)]
-
-    lines = [
-        f"chatmail.ini {domain} location: {path}",
-        f"chatmail2: {domain2}",
-    ]
-    sep = "-" * max(map(len, lines))
-    return [sep, *lines, sep]
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -104,22 +90,15 @@ def cm_data(request):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def benchmark(request, chatmail_config):
+def benchmark(request):
-    def bench(func, num, name=None, reportfunc=None, cooldown=0.0):
+    def bench(func, num, name=None, reportfunc=None):
         if name is None:
             name = func.__name__
-        if cooldown == "auto":
-            per_minute = max(chatmail_config.max_user_send_per_minute, 1)
-            cooldown = chatmail_config.max_user_send_burst_size * 60 / per_minute
-
         durations = []
         for i in range(num):
             now = time.time()
             func()
             durations.append(time.time() - now)
-            if cooldown > 0 and i + 1 < num:
-                # Keep post-run cooldown out of measured benchmark duration.
-                time.sleep(cooldown)
         durations.sort()
         request.config._benchresults[name] = (reportfunc, durations)
 
@@ -165,25 +144,15 @@ def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter):
             tr.write_line(line)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+@pytest.fixture
-def ssl_context(chatmail_config):
+def imap(maildomain):
-    if chatmail_config.tls_cert_mode == "self":
+    return ImapConn(maildomain)
-        ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-        ctx.check_hostname = False
-        ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-        return ctx
-    return None
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def imap(maildomain, ssl_context):
+def make_imap_connection(maildomain):
-    return ImapConn(maildomain, ssl_context=ssl_context)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def make_imap_connection(maildomain, ssl_context):
     def make_imap_connection():
-        conn = ImapConn(maildomain, ssl_context=ssl_context)
+        conn = ImapConn(maildomain)
         conn.connect()
         return conn
 
@@ -195,13 +164,12 @@ class ImapConn:
     logcmd = "journalctl -f -u dovecot"
     name = "dovecot"
 
-    def __init__(self, host, ssl_context=None):
+    def __init__(self, host):
         self.host = host
-        self.ssl_context = ssl_context
 
     def connect(self):
         print(f"imap-connect {self.host}")
-        self.conn = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(self.host, ssl_context=self.ssl_context)
+        self.conn = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(self.host)
 
     def login(self, user, password):
         print(f"imap-login {user!r} {password!r}")
@@ -227,14 +195,14 @@ class ImapConn:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def smtp(maildomain, ssl_context):
+def smtp(maildomain):
-    return SmtpConn(maildomain, ssl_context=ssl_context)
+    return SmtpConn(maildomain)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def make_smtp_connection(maildomain, ssl_context):
+def make_smtp_connection(maildomain):
     def make_smtp_connection():
-        conn = SmtpConn(maildomain, ssl_context=ssl_context)
+        conn = SmtpConn(maildomain)
         conn.connect()
         return conn
 
@@ -246,14 +214,12 @@ class SmtpConn:
     logcmd = "journalctl -f -t postfix/smtpd -t postfix/smtp -t postfix/lmtp"
     name = "postfix"
 
-    def __init__(self, host, ssl_context=None):
+    def __init__(self, host):
         self.host = host
-        self.ssl_context = ssl_context
 
     def connect(self):
         print(f"smtp-connect {self.host}")
-        context = self.ssl_context or ssl.create_default_context()
+        self.conn = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.host)
-        self.conn = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.host, context=context)
 
     def login(self, user, password):
         print(f"smtp-login {user!r} {password!r}")
@@ -296,94 +262,68 @@ def gencreds(chatmail_config):
 
 
 #
-# Delta Chat RPC-based test support
+# Delta Chat testplugin re-use
 # use the cmfactory fixture to get chatmail instance accounts
 #
 
-from deltachat_rpc_client import DeltaChat, Rpc
 
+class ChatmailTestProcess:
+    """Provider for chatmail instance accounts as used by deltachat.testplugin.acfactory"""
 
-class ChatmailACFactory:
+    def __init__(self, pytestconfig, maildomain, gencreds):
-    """RPC-based account factory for chatmail testing."""
+        self.pytestconfig = pytestconfig
-
+        self.maildomain = maildomain
-    def __init__(self, rpc, maildomain, gencreds, chatmail_config):
+        assert "." in self.maildomain, maildomain
-        self.dc = DeltaChat(rpc)
-        self.rpc = rpc
-        self._maildomain = maildomain
         self.gencreds = gencreds
-        self.chatmail_config = chatmail_config
+        self._addr2files = {}
 
-    def _make_transport(self, domain):
+    def get_liveconfig_producer(self):
-        """Build a transport config dict for the given domain."""
+        while 1:
-        addr, password = self.gencreds(domain)
+            user, password = self.gencreds(self.maildomain)
-        transport = {
+            config = {
-            "addr": addr,
+                "addr": user,
-            "password": password,
+                "mail_pw": password,
-            # Setting server explicitly skips requesting autoconfig XML,
+            }
-            # see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mailmaint-autoconfig/
+            # speed up account configuration
-            "imapServer": domain,
+            config["mail_server"] = self.maildomain
-            "smtpServer": domain,
+            config["send_server"] = self.maildomain
-        }
+            yield config
-        if self.chatmail_config.tls_cert_mode == "self":
-            transport["certificateChecks"] = "acceptInvalidCertificates"
-        return transport
 
-    def get_online_account(self, domain=None):
+    def cache_maybe_retrieve_configured_db_files(self, cache_addr, db_target_path):
-        """Create, configure and bring online a single account."""
+        pass
-        return self.get_online_accounts(1, domain)[0]
 
-    def get_online_accounts(self, num, domain=None):
+    def cache_maybe_store_configured_db_files(self, acc):
-        """Create multiple online accounts in parallel."""
+        pass
-        domain = domain or self._maildomain
-        futures = []
-        accounts = []
-        for _ in range(num):
-            account = self.dc.add_account()
-            future = account.add_or_update_transport.future(
-                self._make_transport(domain)
-            )
-            futures.append(future)
-
-            # ensure messages stay in INBOX so that they can be
-            # concurrently fetched via extra IMAP connections during tests
-            account.set_config("delete_server_after", "10")
-            accounts.append(account)
-
-        for future in futures:
-            future()
-
-        for account in accounts:
-            account.bring_online()
-        return accounts
-
-    def get_accepted_chat(self, ac1, ac2):
-        """Create a 1:1 chat between ac1 and ac2 accepted on both sides."""
-        ac2.create_chat(ac1)
-        return ac1.create_chat(ac2)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def rpc(tmp_path_factory):
-    """Start a deltachat-rpc-server process for the test session."""
-
-    # NB: accounts_dir must NOT already exist as directory --
-    # core-rust only creates accounts.toml if the dir doesn't exist yet.
-    accounts_dir = str(tmp_path_factory.mktemp("dc") / "accounts")
-    rpc = Rpc(accounts_dir=accounts_dir)
-    rpc.start()
-    yield rpc
-    rpc.close()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def cmfactory(rpc, gencreds, maildomain, chatmail_config):
+def cmfactory(request, gencreds, tmpdir, maildomain):
-    """Return a ChatmailACFactory for creating online Delta Chat accounts."""
+    # cloned from deltachat.testplugin.amfactory
-    return ChatmailACFactory(
+    pytest.importorskip("deltachat")
-        rpc=rpc,
+    from deltachat.testplugin import ACFactory
-        maildomain=maildomain,
+
-        gencreds=gencreds,
+    testproc = ChatmailTestProcess(request.config, maildomain, gencreds)
-        chatmail_config=chatmail_config,
+
-    )
+    class Data:
+        def read_path(self, path):
+            return
+
+    am = ACFactory(request=request, tmpdir=tmpdir, testprocess=testproc, data=Data())
+
+    # nb. a bit hacky
+    # would probably be better if deltachat's test machinery grows native support
+    def switch_maildomain(maildomain2):
+        am.testprocess.maildomain = maildomain2
+
+    am.switch_maildomain = switch_maildomain
+
+    yield am
+    if hasattr(request.node, "rep_call") and request.node.rep_call.failed:
+        if testproc.pytestconfig.getoption("--extra-info"):
+            logfile = io.StringIO()
+            am.dump_imap_summary(logfile=logfile)
+            print(logfile.getvalue())
+            # request.node.add_report_section("call", "imap-server-state", s)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -395,30 +335,19 @@ class Remote:
     def __init__(self, sshdomain):
         self.sshdomain = sshdomain
 
-    def iter_output(self, logcmd="", ready=None):
+    def iter_output(self, logcmd=""):
         getjournal = "journalctl -f" if not logcmd else logcmd
-        print(self.sshdomain)
-        match self.sshdomain:
-            case "@local": command = []
-            case "localhost": command = []
-            case _: command = ["ssh", f"root@{self.sshdomain}"]
-        docker_container = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_DOCKER")
-        if docker_container:
-            command += ["docker", "exec", docker_container]
-        [command.append(arg) for arg in getjournal.split()]
         self.popen = subprocess.Popen(
-            command,
+            ["ssh", f"root@{self.sshdomain}", getjournal],
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         )
         while 1:
             line = self.popen.stdout.readline()
             res = line.decode().strip().lower()
-            if not res:
+            if res:
+                yield res
+            else:
                 break
-            if ready is not None:
-                ready()
-                ready = None
-            yield res
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -434,40 +363,38 @@ def lp(request):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def cmsetup(maildomain, gencreds, ssl_context):
+def cmsetup(maildomain, gencreds):
-    return CMSetup(maildomain, gencreds, ssl_context)
+    return CMSetup(maildomain, gencreds)
 
 
 class CMSetup:
-    def __init__(self, maildomain, gencreds, ssl_context):
+    def __init__(self, maildomain, gencreds):
         self.maildomain = maildomain
         self.gencreds = gencreds
-        self.ssl_context = ssl_context
 
     def gen_users(self, num):
         print(f"Creating {num} online users")
         users = []
         for i in range(num):
             addr, password = self.gencreds()
-            user = CMUser(self.maildomain, addr, password, self.ssl_context)
+            user = CMUser(self.maildomain, addr, password)
             assert user.smtp
             users.append(user)
         return users
 
 
 class CMUser:
-    def __init__(self, maildomain, addr, password, ssl_context=None):
+    def __init__(self, maildomain, addr, password):
         self.maildomain = maildomain
         self.addr = addr
         self.password = password
-        self.ssl_context = ssl_context
         self._smtp = None
         self._imap = None
 
     @property
     def smtp(self):
         if not self._smtp:
-            handle = SmtpConn(self.maildomain, ssl_context=self.ssl_context)
+            handle = SmtpConn(self.maildomain)
             handle.connect()
             handle.login(self.addr, self.password)
             self._smtp = handle
@@ -476,7 +403,7 @@ class CMUser:
     @property
     def imap(self):
         if not self._imap:
-            imap = ImapConn(self.maildomain, ssl_context=self.ssl_context)
+            imap = ImapConn(self.maildomain)
             imap.connect()
             imap.login(self.addr, self.password)
             self._imap = imap

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/test_dns.py

@@ -91,16 +91,6 @@ class TestPerformInitialChecks:
         assert not res
         assert len(l) == 2
 
-    def test_perform_initial_checks_no_mta_sts_self_signed(self, mockdns):
-        del mockdns["CNAME"]["mta-sts.some.domain"]
-        remote_data = remote.rdns.perform_initial_checks("some.domain")
-        assert not remote_data["MTA_STS"]
-
-        l = []
-        res = check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, strict_tls=False, print=l.append)
-        assert res
-        assert not l
-
 
 def parse_zonefile_into_dict(zonefile, mockdns_base, only_required=False):
     for zf_line in zonefile.split("\n"):

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/test_external_tls.py

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-"""Functional tests for tls_external_cert_and_key option."""
-
-import json
-
-import chatmaild.newemail
-import pytest
-from chatmaild.config import read_config, write_initial_config
-
-
-def make_external_config(tmp_path, cert_key=None):
-    inipath = tmp_path / "chatmail.ini"
-    overrides = {}
-    if cert_key is not None:
-        overrides["tls_external_cert_and_key"] = cert_key
-    write_initial_config(inipath, "chat.example.org", overrides=overrides)
-    return inipath
-
-
-def test_external_tls_config_reads_paths(tmp_path):
-    inipath = make_external_config(
-        tmp_path,
-        cert_key=(
-            "/etc/letsencrypt/live/chat.example.org/fullchain.pem"
-            " /etc/letsencrypt/live/chat.example.org/privkey.pem"
-        ),
-    )
-    config = read_config(inipath)
-    assert config.tls_cert_mode == "external"
-    assert (
-        config.tls_cert_path == "/etc/letsencrypt/live/chat.example.org/fullchain.pem"
-    )
-    assert config.tls_key_path == "/etc/letsencrypt/live/chat.example.org/privkey.pem"
-
-
-def test_external_tls_missing_option_uses_acme(tmp_path):
-    config = read_config(make_external_config(tmp_path))
-    assert config.tls_cert_mode == "acme"
-
-
-def test_external_tls_bad_format_raises(tmp_path):
-    inipath = make_external_config(tmp_path, cert_key="/only/one/path.pem")
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="two space-separated"):
-        read_config(inipath)
-
-
-def test_external_tls_three_paths_raises(tmp_path):
-    inipath = make_external_config(tmp_path, cert_key="/a /b /c")
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="two space-separated"):
-        read_config(inipath)
-
-
-def test_external_tls_no_dclogin_url(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch):
-    inipath = make_external_config(
-        tmp_path, cert_key="/certs/fullchain.pem /certs/privkey.pem"
-    )
-    monkeypatch.setattr(chatmaild.newemail, "CONFIG_PATH", str(inipath))
-    chatmaild.newemail.print_new_account()
-    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
-    lines = out.split("\n")
-    dic = json.loads(lines[2])
-    assert "dclogin_url" not in dic
-
-
-def test_external_tls_selects_correct_deployer(tmp_path):
-    from cmdeploy.deployers import get_tls_deployer
-    from cmdeploy.external.deployer import ExternalTlsDeployer
-    from cmdeploy.selfsigned.deployer import SelfSignedTlsDeployer
-
-    inipath = make_external_config(
-        tmp_path, cert_key="/certs/fullchain.pem /certs/privkey.pem"
-    )
-    config = read_config(inipath)
-    deployer = get_tls_deployer(config, "chat.example.org")
-
-    assert isinstance(deployer, ExternalTlsDeployer)
-    assert not isinstance(deployer, SelfSignedTlsDeployer)
-    assert deployer.cert_path == "/certs/fullchain.pem"
-    assert deployer.key_path == "/certs/privkey.pem"

doc/source/docker.rst

@@ -6,24 +6,37 @@ using Docker Compose.
 
 .. note::
 
-    - Docker support is experimental, CI builds and tests the image automatically, but please report bugs.
+   Docker support is experimental and not yet covered by automated tests, please report bugs.
-    - The image wraps the cmdeploy process detailed in the :doc:`getting_started` instructions in a Debian-systemd image with r/w access to `/sys/fs`
-    - Currently amd64-only (arm64 should work but is untested).
 
 
-Setup Preparation
+Known limitations
+-----------------
+
+- Requires cgroups v2 on the host. Operation with cgroups v1 has not been tested.
+- This preliminary image simply wraps the cmdeploy process detailed in the :doc:`getting_started` instructions in a full Debian-systemd image. 
+- Currently, the image has only been tested and built on amd64, though arm64 should theoretically work as well.
+
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+- **Docker Compose v2** (``docker compose``, not ``docker-compose``) is
+  required for its ``cgroup: host`` support (`Install instructions <https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/#install-using-the-repository>`_:)
+
+- **DNS records** for your domain (see step 1 below).
+
+- **Kernel parameters** — ``fs.inotify.max_user_instances`` and
+  ``fs.inotify.max_user_watches`` must be raised on the host because they
+  cannot be changed inside the container (see step 2 below).
+
+
+Preliminary setup
 -----------------
 
 We use ``chat.example.org`` as the chatmail domain in the following
 steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
 
-1. Install docker and docker compose v2 (check with `docker compose version`), install, e.g., through
+1. Setup the initial DNS records.
-    - Debian 12 through the `official install instructions <https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/#install-using-the-repository>`_
-    - Debian 13+ with `apt install docker docker-compose`
-
-   If you must use v1 (EOL since 2023), use `docker-compose` in the following and modify the `docker-compose.yaml` to use `privileged: true` instead of `cgroup: host`, though that gives the container full privileges.
-
-2. Setup the initial DNS records.
    The following is an example in the familiar BIND zone file format with
    a TTL of 1 hour (3600 seconds).
    Please substitute your domain and IP addresses.
@@ -35,7 +48,7 @@ steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
        www.chat.example.org. 3600 IN CNAME chat.example.org.
        mta-sts.chat.example.org. 3600 IN CNAME chat.example.org.
 
-3. Configure kernel parameters on the host, as these can not be set from the container::
+2. Configure kernel parameters on the host, as these can not be set from the container::
 
        echo "fs.inotify.max_user_instances=65536" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-inotify.conf
        echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=65536" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-inotify.conf
@@ -60,32 +73,38 @@ Either:
 - Create a service directory, e.g., `/srv/chatmail-relay`::
 
     mkdir -p /srv/chatmail-relay && cd /srv/chatmail-relay
-    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chatmail/relay/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yaml
+    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chatmail/relay/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chatmail/relay/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.override.yaml.example
-    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chatmail/relay/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.override.yaml.example -O docker-compose.override.yaml
+    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chatmail/relay/refs/heads/main/docker/env.example -O .env
+    
 
 - or clone the chatmail repo ::
 
    git clone https://github.com/chatmail/relay
    cd relay
+   cp example.env .env
+
 
 
 Customize and start
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-1. Set the fully qualified domain name of the relay::
+1. All local customizations (data paths, extra volumes, config mounts) go in
+   ``docker-compose.override.yaml``, which Compose merges automatically with
+   the base file. By default, all data is stored in docker volumes, you will
+   likely want to at least create and configure the mail storage location. Copy
+   the example to get started::
 
-       echo 'MAIL_DOMAIN=chat.example.org' > .env
+       cp docker/docker-compose.override.yaml.example docker-compose.override.yaml
+       # and edit docker-compose.override.yaml
+
+
+2. Configure the ``.env`` file. Only ``MAIL_DOMAIN`` is required, the domain
+   name of the future server.
 
    The container generates a ``chatmail.ini`` with defaults from
    ``MAIL_DOMAIN`` on first start. To customize chatmail settings, mount
    your own ``chatmail.ini`` instead (see `Custom chatmail.ini`_ below).
 
-2. All local customizations (data paths, extra volumes, config mounts) go in
-   ``docker-compose.override.yaml``, which Compose merges automatically with
-   the base file. By default, all data is stored in docker volumes, you will
-   likely want to at least create and configure the mail storage location, but
-   you might also want to configure external TLS certificates there.
-
 3. Start the container::
 
        docker compose up -d
@@ -94,40 +113,26 @@ Customize and start
 4. After installation is complete, open ``https://chat.example.org`` in
    your browser.
 
-Finish install and test
------------------------
 
-You can test the installation with::
+Managing the server
+-------------------
 
-        pip install cmping chat.example.org # or
+Use ``docker exec`` to run cmdeploy commands inside the container::
-        uvx cmping chat.example.org # if you use https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
-
-You should check and extend your DNS records for better interoperability::
 
     # Show required DNS records
-    docker exec chatmail cmdeploy dns --ssh-host @local
+    docker exec chatmail /opt/cmdeploy/bin/cmdeploy dns --ssh-host @local
 
-You can check server status with::
+    # Check server status
+    docker exec chatmail /opt/cmdeploy/bin/cmdeploy status --ssh-host @local
 
-    docker exec chatmail cmdeploy status --ssh-host @local
+    # Run benchmarks (can also run from any machine with cmdeploy installed)
-
+    docker exec chatmail /opt/cmdeploy/bin/cmdeploy bench chat.example.org
-You can run some benchmarks (can also run from any machine with cmdeploy installed)::
-
-    docker exec chatmail cmdeploy bench
-
-You can run the test suite with::
-
-    docker exec chatmail cmdeploy test --ssh-host localhost
-
-You can look at logs::
-
-    docker exec chatmail journalctl -fu postfix@-
 
 
 Customization
 -------------
 
-Website
+Custom website
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 You can customize the chatmail landing page by mounting a directory with
@@ -154,8 +159,14 @@ your own website source files.
 Custom chatmail.ini
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-If you want to go beyond simply setting the ``MAIL_DOMAIN`` in ``.env``, you
+There are two configuration modes:
-can use a regular `chatmail.ini` to give you full control.
+
+**Simple (default):** Set ``MAIL_DOMAIN`` in ``.env``. The container
+auto-generates ``chatmail.ini`` with defaults on first start. This is
+sufficient for most deployments.
+
+**Advanced:** Generate a ``chatmail.ini``, edit it, and mount it into
+the container. This gives you full control over all chatmail settings.
 
 1. Extract the generated config from a running container::
 
@@ -175,16 +186,6 @@ can use a regular `chatmail.ini` to give you full control.
        docker compose down && docker compose up -d
 
 
-External TLS certificates
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If TLS certificates are managed outside the container (e.g. by certbot,
-acmetool, or Traefik on the host), mount them into the container and set
-``TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY`` in ``docker-compose.override.yaml``.
-Changed certificates are picked up automatically via inotify.
-See the examples in the example override and :ref:`external-tls` in the getting started guide for details.
-
-
 Migrating from a bare-metal install
 ------------------------------------
 
@@ -207,19 +208,16 @@ switch to Docker:
 
 3. Copy persistent data into the ``./data/`` subdirectories (for example, as configured in `Customize and start`_) ::
 
-       mkdir -p data/dkim data/certs data/mail
+       mkdir -p data/chatmail-dkimkeys data/chatmail-acme data/chatmail
 
        # DKIM keys
-       cp -a /etc/dkimkeys/* data/dkim/
+       cp -a /etc/dkimkeys/* data/chatmail-dkimkeys/
 
-       # TLS certificates
+       # ACME certificates and account
-       rsync -a /var/lib/acme/ data/certs/
+       rsync -a /var/lib/acme/ data/chatmail-acme/
 
-   Note that ownership of dkim and acme is adjusted on container start.
+       # Mail data
-
+       rsync -a /home/ data/chatmail/
-   For the mail directory::
-
-       rsync -a /home/vmail/ data/mail/
 
    Alternatively, mount ``/home/vmail`` directly by changing the volume
    in ``docker-compose-override.yaml``::
@@ -237,13 +235,11 @@ Clone the repository and build the Docker image::
 
     git clone https://github.com/chatmail/relay
     cd relay
-    docker/build.sh
+    docker compose build chatmail
 
 The build bakes all binaries, Python packages, and the install stage
-into the image. After building, only ``docker-compose.yaml`` and a ``.env``
+into the image. After building, only ``docker-compose.yaml`` and ``.env``
-with ``MAIL_DOMAIN`` are needed to run the container. The `build.sh` passes the
+are needed to run the container.
-git hash onto the docker build so it can be determined if there has been a
-change that warrants a redeploy.
 
 You can transfer a locally built image to your server directly (pigz is parallel `gzip` which can be used instead as well) ::
 

doc/source/getting_started.rst

@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
        www.chat.example.org. 3600 IN CNAME chat.example.org.
        mta-sts.chat.example.org. 3600 IN CNAME chat.example.org.
 
-   .. note::
-
-      For experimental deployments using self-signed certificates,
-      use a domain name starting with ``_``
-      (e.g. ``_chat.example.org``).
-      The ``mta-sts`` CNAME and ``_mta-sts`` TXT records
-      are not needed for such domains.
-
 2. On your local PC, clone the repository and bootstrap the Python
    virtualenv.
 
@@ -71,16 +63,6 @@ steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.
 
        scripts/cmdeploy init chat.example.org  # <-- use your domain
 
-   To use self-signed TLS certificates
-   instead of Let's Encrypt,
-   use a domain name starting with ``_``
-   (e.g. ``scripts/cmdeploy init _chat.example.org``).
-   Domains starting with ``_`` cannot obtain WebPKI certificates,
-   so self-signed mode is derived automatically.
-   This is useful for private or test deployments.
-   See the :doc:`overview`
-   for details on certificate provisioning.
-
 4. Verify that SSH root login to the deployment server server works:
 
    ::
@@ -193,55 +175,6 @@ creating addresses, login with ssh to the deployment machine and run:
 Chatmail address creation will be denied while this file is present.
 
 
-Running a relay with self-signed certificates
-----------------------------------------------
-
-Use a domain name starting with ``_`` (e.g. ``_chat.example.org``)
-to run a relay with self-signed certificates.
-Domains starting with ``_`` cannot obtain WebPKI certificates
-so the relay automatically uses self-signed certificates
-and all other relays will accept connections from it
-without requiring certificate verification.
-This is useful for experimental setups and testing.
-
-.. _external-tls:
-
-Running a relay with externally managed certificates
------------------------------------------------------
-
-If you already have a TLS certificate manager
-(e.g. Traefik, certbot, or another ACME client)
-running on the deployment server,
-you can configure the relay to use those certificates
-instead of the built-in ``acmetool``.
-
-Set the following in ``chatmail.ini``::
-
-    tls_external_cert_and_key = /path/to/fullchain.pem /path/to/privkey.pem
-
-The paths must point to certificate and key files
-on the deployment server.
-During ``cmdeploy run``, these paths are written into
-the Postfix, Dovecot, and Nginx configurations.
-No certificate files are transferred from the build machine —
-they must already exist on the server,
-managed by your external certificate tool.
-
-The deploy will verify that both files exist on the server.
-``acmetool`` is **not** installed or run in this mode.
-
-.. note::
-
-   You are responsible for certificate renewal.
-   When the certificate file changes on disk,
-   all relay services pick up the new certificate automatically
-   via a systemd path watcher installed during deploy.
-   The watcher uses inotify, which does not cross bind-mount boundaries.
-   If you use such a setup, you must trigger the reload explicitly after renewal::
-
-      systemctl start tls-cert-reload.service
-
-
 Migrating to a new build machine
 ----------------------------------
 

doc/source/overview.rst

@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ TLS requirements
 
 Postfix is configured to require valid TLS by setting
 `smtp_tls_security_level <https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_tls_security_level>`_
-to ``verify``.
+to ``verify``. If emails don’t arrive at your chatmail relay server, the
+problem is likely that your relay does not have a valid TLS certificate.
 
 You can test it by resolving ``MX`` records of your relay domain and
 then connecting to MX relays (e.g ``mx.example.org``) with
@@ -308,11 +309,6 @@ When providing a TLS certificate to your chatmail relay server, make
 sure to provide the full certificate chain and not just the last
 certificate.
 
-If you use an external certificate manager (e.g. Traefik or certbot),
-set ``tls_external_cert_and_key`` in ``chatmail.ini``
-to provide the certificate and key paths.
-See :ref:`external-tls` for details.
-
 If you are running an Exim server and don’t see incoming connections
 from a chatmail relay server in the logs, make sure ``smtp_no_mail`` log
 item is enabled in the config with ``log_selector = +smtp_no_mail``. By
@@ -321,14 +317,6 @@ default Exim does not log sessions that are closed before sending the
 by Postfix, so you might think that connection is not established while
 actually it is a problem with your TLS certificate.
 
-If emails don’t arrive at your chatmail relay server, the
-problem is likely that your relay does not have a valid TLS certificate.
-
-Note that connections to relays with underscore-prefixed test domains
-(e.g. ``_chat.example.org``) use ``encrypt`` tls security level,
-because such domains cannot obtain valid Let's Encrypt certificates
-and run with self-signed certificates.
-
 
 .. _dovecot: https://dovecot.org
 .. _postfix: https://www.postfix.org

docker-compose.override.yaml.example

@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-# Local overrides: copy to docker-compose.override.yaml in the repo root.
+# Local overrides — copy to docker-compose.override.yaml in the repo root.
 # Compose automatically merges this with docker-compose.yaml.
 #
-#   cp docker-compose.override.yaml.example docker-compose.override.yaml
+#   cp docker/docker-compose.override.yaml.example docker-compose.override.yaml
 #
-# Volumes are APPENDED to the base file's volumes list, environment and other scalar keys are MERGED by key.
+# Volumes listed here are APPENDED to the base file's volumes.
+# Scalar values (environment, image, etc.) are REPLACED.
 services:
   chatmail:
     volumes:
       ## Data paths — bind-mount to host directories for easy access/backup.
+      ## Uncomment and adjust paths as needed. These override the named
+      ## volumes in the base docker-compose.yaml.
+      # - ./data/chatmail:/home/vmail
+      # - ./data/chatmail-dkimkeys:/etc/dkimkeys
+      # - ./data/chatmail-acme:/var/lib/acme
 
-      # - ./data/dkim:/etc/dkimkeys
+      ## Or mount data from an existing bare-metal install.
-      # - ./data/certs:/var/lib/acme
+      ## Note: DKIM key ownership is fixed automatically on startup
-
+      ## (the host's opendkim UID may differ from the container's).
-      # - ./data/mail:/home/vmail
-      ## Or mount from an existing bare-metal install.
       # - /home/vmail:/home/vmail
+      # - /etc/dkimkeys:/etc/dkimkeys
+      # - /var/lib/acme:/var/lib/acme
 
       ## Mount your own chatmail.ini (skips auto-generation):
       # - ./chatmail.ini:/etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini
@@ -23,22 +29,5 @@ services:
       # - ./custom/www:/opt/chatmail-www
 
       ## Debug — mount scripts from the repo for live editing:
-      # - ./docker/chatmail-init.sh:/chatmail-init.sh
+      # - ./docker/files/setup_chatmail_docker.sh:/setup_chatmail_docker.sh
-      # - ./docker/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh
+      # - ./docker/files/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh
-
-    # environment:
-      ## Mount certs (above) and set TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY to in-container paths.
-      ## A tls-cert-reload.path watcher inside the container reloads services
-      ## when the cert file changes. However, inotify does not cross bind-mount
-      ## boundaries, so host-side renewals (certbot, acmetool, etc.) must
-      ## notify the container explicitly. Add this to your renewal hook:
-      ##
-      ##   docker exec chatmail systemctl start tls-cert-reload.service
-      ##
-      ## Host acmetool (bare-metal migration): create mount above, and
-      ##   rsync -a /var/lib/acme/live data/certs
-      # TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY: "/var/lib/acme/live/${MAIL_DOMAIN}/fullchain /var/lib/acme/live/${MAIL_DOMAIN}/privkey"
-      ##
-      ## (Untested) Traefik certs-dumper (see docker/docker-compose-traefik.yaml) - also add volume:
-      ##   - traefik-certs:/certs:ro
-      # TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY: "/certs/${MAIL_DOMAIN}/certificate.crt /certs/${MAIL_DOMAIN}/privatekey.key"

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@
 # volumes, env overrides) in docker-compose.override.yaml instead.
 # See docker/docker-compose.override.yaml.example for a starting point.
 #
-# Security notes: this container uses 
+# Security note: this container uses network_mode:host (chatmail needs many
-#  - network_mode:host chatmail needs many ports (25, 53, 80, 143, 443, 465,
+# ports: 25, 53, 80, 143, 443, 465, 587, 993, 3340, 8443) and cgroup:host
-#  587, 993, 3340, 8443) and needs to operate from the real IP, which bridging
+# (required for systemd). Together these give the container near-host-level
-#  would make tricky
+# access. This is acceptable for a dedicated mail server, but be aware that
-#  - cgroup:host (required for systemd). 
+# the container can bind any port and see all host network traffic.
-#  Together these give the container near-host-level access. This is acceptable
-#  for a dedicated mail server, but be aware that the container can bind any
-#  port and see all host network traffic.
-
 services:
   chatmail:
     build:
@@ -22,27 +18,34 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     container_name: chatmail
     # Required for systemd — use only one of the following:
-    cgroup: host          # compose v2
+    cgroup: host          # compose v2 only
-    # privileged: true    # compose v1 (less restricted)
+    # privileged: true    # compose v1 (not tested)
     tty: true # required for logs
     tmpfs: # required for systemd
       - /tmp
       - /run
       - /run/lock
     logging:
-      driver: none
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "3"
     environment:
       MAIL_DOMAIN: $MAIL_DOMAIN
+      CMDEPLOY_STAGES: ${CMDEPLOY_STAGES:-}
+      CHATMAIL_NOSYSCTL: ${CHATMAIL_NOSYSCTL:-True}
+      CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK: ${CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK:-True}
+      CHATMAIL_NOACME: ${CHATMAIL_NOACME:-}
     network_mode: "host"
     volumes:
       ## system (required)
       - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
       ## data (defaults — override in docker-compose.override.yaml)
-      - mail:/home/vmail
+      - chatmail-data:/home/vmail
-      - dkim:/etc/dkimkeys
+      - chatmail-dkimkeys:/etc/dkimkeys
-      - certs:/var/lib/acme
+      - chatmail-acme:/var/lib/acme
 
 volumes:
-  mail:
+  chatmail-data:
-  dkim:
+  chatmail-dkimkeys:
-  certs:
+  chatmail-acme:

docker/build.sh

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 # .git/ is excluded from the build context (.dockerignore) so the hash
 # must be passed as a build arg from the host.
 
-export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 exec docker compose build "$@"

docker/chatmail-init.sh

@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-export CHATMAIL_INI="${CHATMAIL_INI:-/etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini}"
-export CHATMAIL_NOSYSCTL=True
-export CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK=True
-
-CMDEPLOY=/opt/cmdeploy/bin/cmdeploy
-
-if [ -z "$MAIL_DOMAIN" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Environment variable 'MAIL_DOMAIN' must be set!" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Generate DKIM keys if not mounted
-if [ ! -f /etc/dkimkeys/opendkim.private ]; then
-    /usr/sbin/opendkim-genkey -D /etc/dkimkeys -d "$MAIL_DOMAIN" -s opendkim
-fi
-# Fix ownership for bind-mounted keys (host opendkim UID may differ from container)
-chown -R opendkim:opendkim /etc/dkimkeys
-
-# Create chatmail.ini, skip if mounted
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CHATMAIL_INI")"
-if [ ! -f "$CHATMAIL_INI" ]; then
-    $CMDEPLOY init --config "$CHATMAIL_INI" "$MAIL_DOMAIN"
-fi
-
-# Auto-detect IPv6: if the host has no IPv6 connectivity, set disable_ipv6
-# in the ini so dovecot/postfix/nginx bind to IPv4 only.
-# Uses network_mode:host so /proc/net/if_inet6 reflects the host's stack.
-if [ ! -e /proc/net/if_inet6 ]; then
-    if grep -q '^disable_ipv6 = False' "$CHATMAIL_INI"; then
-        sed -i 's/^disable_ipv6 = False/disable_ipv6 = True/' "$CHATMAIL_INI"
-        echo "[INFO] IPv6 not available, set disable_ipv6 = True"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Inject external TLS paths from env var unless defined in chatmail.ini
-if [ -n "${TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY:-}" ]; then
-    if ! grep -q '^tls_external_cert_and_key' "$CHATMAIL_INI"; then
-        echo "tls_external_cert_and_key = $TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY" >> "$CHATMAIL_INI"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Ensure mailboxes directory exists (chatmail-metadata needs it at startup,
-# but Dovecot only creates it on first mail delivery)
-mkdir -p "/home/vmail/mail/${MAIL_DOMAIN}"
-chown vmail:vmail "/home/vmail/mail/${MAIL_DOMAIN}"
-
-# --- Deploy fingerprint: skip cmdeploy run if nothing changed ---
-# On restart with identical image+config, systemd already brings up all
-# enabled services only configure+activate are needed here.
-IMAGE_VERSION_FILE="/etc/chatmail-image-version"
-FINGERPRINT_FILE="/etc/chatmail/.deploy-fingerprint"
-image_ver="none"
-[ -f "$IMAGE_VERSION_FILE" ] && image_ver=$(cat "$IMAGE_VERSION_FILE")
-config_hash=$(sha256sum "$CHATMAIL_INI" | cut -c1-16)
-current_fp="${image_ver}:${config_hash}"
-
-# CMDEPLOY_STAGES non-empty in env = operator override -> always run.
-# Otherwise, if fingerprint matches the last successful deploy, skip.
-if [ -z "${CMDEPLOY_STAGES:-}" ] \
-    && [ -f "$FINGERPRINT_FILE" ] \
-    && [ "$(cat "$FINGERPRINT_FILE")" = "$current_fp" ]; then
-    echo "[INFO] No changes detected ($current_fp), skipping deploy."
-else
-    export CMDEPLOY_STAGES="${CMDEPLOY_STAGES:-configure,activate}"
-
-    # Skip DNS check when MAIL_DOMAIN is a bare IP address
-    SKIP_DNS=""
-    if [[ "$MAIL_DOMAIN" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ "$MAIL_DOMAIN" =~ : ]]; then
-        SKIP_DNS="--skip-dns-check"
-    fi
-    $CMDEPLOY run --config "$CHATMAIL_INI" --ssh-host @local $SKIP_DNS
-
-    # Restore the build-time hash
-    cp /etc/chatmail-image-version /etc/chatmail-version
-    echo "$current_fp" > "$FINGERPRINT_FILE"
-fi
-
-# Signal success to Docker healthcheck
-touch /run/chatmail-init.done
-
-# Forward journald to console so `docker compose logs` works
-grep -q '^ForwardToConsole=yes' /etc/systemd/journald.conf \
-    || echo "ForwardToConsole=yes" >> /etc/systemd/journald.conf
-systemctl restart systemd-journald

docker/chatmail_relay.dockerfile

@@ -1,55 +1,59 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 FROM jrei/systemd-debian:12 AS base
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01norecommend && \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
-    echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01norecommend && \
     echo 'APT::Install-Suggests "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01norecommend && \
     apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=UTC \
     apt-get install -y \
-        ca-certificates \
+        ca-certificates && \
-        gcc \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-        git \
+    TZ=UTC \
-        python3 \
+    apt-get install -y tzdata && \
-        python3-dev \
+    apt-get install -y locales && \
-        python3-venv \
-        tzdata \
-        locales && \
     sed -i -e "s/# $LANG.*/$LANG UTF-8/" /etc/locale.gen && \
     dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive locales && \
-    update-locale LANG=$LANG
+    update-locale LANG=$LANG \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        git \
+        python3 \
+        python3-venv \
+        python3-virtualenv \
+        gcc \
+        python3-dev \
+        opendkim \
+        opendkim-tools \
+        curl \
+        rsync \
+        unbound \
+        unbound-anchor \
+        dnsutils \
+        postfix \
+        acl \
+        nginx \
+        libnginx-mod-stream \
+        fcgiwrap \
+        cron \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # --- Build-time: install cmdeploy venv and run install stage ---
 # Editable install so importlib.resources reads directly from the source tree.
 # On container start only "configure,activate" stages run.
-
-# Copy dependency metadata first so pip install layer is cached
-COPY cmdeploy/pyproject.toml /opt/chatmail/cmdeploy/pyproject.toml
-COPY chatmaild/pyproject.toml /opt/chatmail/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
-
-# Dummy scaffolding so editable install can discover packages
-RUN mkdir -p /opt/chatmail/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy \
-             /opt/chatmail/chatmaild/src/chatmaild && \
-    touch /opt/chatmail/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py \
-          /opt/chatmail/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/__init__.py
-
-# Dummy git repo: .git/ is excluded from the build context (.dockerignore)
-# but setuptools calls `git ls-files` when building the sdist.
-WORKDIR /opt/chatmail
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-    git init -q && \
-    python3 -m venv /opt/cmdeploy && \
-    /opt/cmdeploy/bin/pip install -e chatmaild/ -e cmdeploy/
-
-# Full source copy (editable install's .egg-link still points here)
 COPY . /opt/chatmail/
+WORKDIR /opt/chatmail
 
-# Minimal chatmail.ini
 RUN printf '[params]\nmail_domain = build.local\n' > /tmp/chatmail.ini
 
+# Dummy git repo init: .git/ is excluded from the build context (.dockerignore)
+# but setuptools calls `git ls-files` when building the sdist.
+RUN git init -q && \
+    python3 -m venv /opt/cmdeploy && \
+    /opt/cmdeploy/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir \
+        -e chatmaild/ -e cmdeploy/
+
 RUN CMDEPLOY_STAGES=install \
     CHATMAIL_INI=/tmp/chatmail.ini \
     CHATMAIL_NOSYSCTL=True \
@@ -59,39 +63,38 @@ RUN CMDEPLOY_STAGES=install \
 
 RUN cp -a www/ /opt/chatmail-www/
 
-# Remove build-only packages and their deps — not needed at runtime
+RUN rm -f /tmp/chatmail.ini
-RUN apt-get purge -y gcc git python3-dev && \
-    apt-get autoremove -y && \
-    rm -f /tmp/chatmail.ini
 
 # Record image version (used in deploy fingerprint at runtime).
 # GIT_HASH is passed as a build arg (from docker-compose or CI) so that
 # .git/ can be excluded from the build context via .dockerignore.
-# Two files: chatmail-image-version is the immutable build hash (survives
-# deploys); chatmail-version is overwritten by cmdeploy run and restored
-# from the image version after each deploy in chatmail-init.sh.
 ARG GIT_HASH=unknown
 RUN echo "$GIT_HASH" > /etc/chatmail-image-version && \
     echo "$GIT_HASH" > /etc/chatmail-version
 # --- End build-time install ---
 
-ENV TZ=:/etc/localtime
+ENV CHATMAIL_INI=/etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini
 ENV PATH="/opt/cmdeploy/bin:${PATH}"
 RUN ln -s /etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini /opt/chatmail/chatmail.ini
 
-ARG CHATMAIL_INIT_SERVICE_PATH=/lib/systemd/system/chatmail-init.service
+ARG SETUP_CHATMAIL_SERVICE_PATH=/lib/systemd/system/setup_chatmail.service
-COPY ./docker/chatmail-init.service "$CHATMAIL_INIT_SERVICE_PATH"
+COPY ./docker/files/setup_chatmail.service "$SETUP_CHATMAIL_SERVICE_PATH"
-RUN ln -sf "$CHATMAIL_INIT_SERVICE_PATH" "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/chatmail-init.service"
+RUN ln -sf "$SETUP_CHATMAIL_SERVICE_PATH" "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/setup_chatmail.service"
 
 # Remove default nginx site config at build time (not in entrypoint)
 RUN rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
 
-COPY --chmod=555 ./docker/chatmail-init.sh /chatmail-init.sh
+COPY --chmod=555 ./docker/files/setup_chatmail_docker.sh /setup_chatmail_docker.sh
-COPY --chmod=555 ./docker/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+COPY --chmod=555 ./docker/files/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
-COPY --chmod=555 ./docker/healthcheck.sh /healthcheck.sh
 
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --start-period=180s --timeout=10s --retries=3 \
+# Certificate monitoring as a proper systemd timer (not a background process)
-  CMD /healthcheck.sh
+COPY --chmod=555 ./docker/files/chatmail-certmon.sh /chatmail-certmon.sh
+COPY ./docker/files/chatmail-certmon.service /lib/systemd/system/chatmail-certmon.service
+COPY ./docker/files/chatmail-certmon.timer /lib/systemd/system/chatmail-certmon.timer
+RUN ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/chatmail-certmon.timer /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/chatmail-certmon.timer
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=60s --timeout=10s --retries=3 \
+  CMD systemctl is-active dovecot postfix nginx unbound opendkim filtermail doveauth chatmail-metadata || exit 1
 
 STOPSIGNAL SIGRTMIN+3
 
@@ -99,3 +102,4 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 
 CMD [   "--default-standard-output=journal+console", \
         "--default-standard-error=journal+console" ]
+

docker/docker-compose-traefik.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Traefik reverse proxy + cert manager for chatmail.
+# Use this instead of docker-compose.yaml when Traefik manages TLS certificates.
+#
+# Required .env vars:
+#   MAIL_DOMAIN=chat.example.com
+#   ACME_EMAIL=admin@example.com
+#
+# Usage:
+#   cp docker/example-traefik.env .env
+#   docker compose -f docker/docker-compose-traefik.yaml build
+#   docker compose -f docker/docker-compose-traefik.yaml up -d
+
+services:
+  chatmail:
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: docker/chatmail_relay.dockerfile
+    image: chatmail-relay:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    container_name: chatmail
+    depends_on:
+      traefik-certs-dumper:
+        condition: service_started
+    cgroup: host
+    tty: true
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+      - /run
+      - /run/lock
+    logging:
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "3"
+    environment:
+      MAIL_DOMAIN: $MAIL_DOMAIN
+      CMDEPLOY_STAGES: ${CMDEPLOY_STAGES:-}
+      CHATMAIL_NOACME: "true"
+      PATH_TO_SSL: /var/lib/acme/live/${MAIL_DOMAIN}
+    ports:
+      - "25:25"
+      - "143:143"
+      - "465:465"
+      - "587:587"
+      - "993:993"
+    volumes:
+      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
+      - chatmail-data:/home
+      - chatmail-dkimkeys:/etc/dkimkeys
+      - traefik-certs:/var/lib/acme/live:ro
+
+    labels:
+      - traefik.enable=true
+      - traefik.http.services.chatmail.loadbalancer.server.scheme=https
+      - traefik.http.services.chatmail.loadbalancer.server.port=443
+      - traefik.http.services.chatmail.loadbalancer.serverstransport=insecure@file
+      - traefik.http.routers.chatmail.rule=Host(`${MAIL_DOMAIN}`) || Host(`mta-sts.${MAIL_DOMAIN}`) || Host(`www.${MAIL_DOMAIN}`)
+      - traefik.http.routers.chatmail.tls=true
+      - traefik.http.routers.chatmail.tls.certresolver=letsEncrypt
+
+  traefik:
+    image: traefik:v3.3
+    container_name: traefik
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    logging:
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "3"
+    command:
+      - "--configFile=/config.yaml"
+      - "--certificatesresolvers.letsEncrypt.acme.email=${ACME_EMAIL}"
+    network_mode: host
+    depends_on:
+      traefik-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+      - ./traefik/config.yaml:/config.yaml:ro
+      - traefik-data:/data
+      - ./traefik/dynamic-configs:/dynamic/conf:ro
+
+  traefik-init:
+    image: alpine:latest
+    restart: "no"
+    entrypoint: sh -c 'touch /data/acme.json && chmod 600 /data/acme.json'
+    volumes:
+      - traefik-data:/data
+
+  traefik-certs-dumper:
+    image: ldez/traefik-certs-dumper:v2.10.0
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    logging:
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "3"
+    depends_on:
+      - traefik
+    entrypoint: sh -c '
+      apk add openssl
+      && while ! [ -e /data/acme.json ] || ! [ "$$(jq ".[] | .Certificates | length" /data/acme.json | jq -s "add")" != "0" ]; do
+        sleep 1
+      ; done
+      && traefik-certs-dumper file --version v3 --watch --domain-subdir=true
+        --source /data/acme.json --dest /certs --post-hook "sh /post-hook.sh"'
+    volumes:
+      - traefik-data:/data:ro
+      - traefik-certs:/certs
+      - ./traefik/post-hook.sh:/post-hook.sh:ro
+
+volumes:
+  chatmail-data:
+  chatmail-dkimkeys:
+  traefik-data:
+  traefik-certs:

docker/docker-compose.ci.yaml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Used by .github/workflows/docker-ci.yaml
-# The GHCR image is set via CHATMAIL_IMAGE env var at deploy time.
-services:
-  chatmail:
-    image: ${CHATMAIL_IMAGE:-chatmail-relay:latest}
-    volumes:
-      - /srv/chatmail/chatmail.ini:/etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini
-      - /srv/chatmail/dkim:/etc/dkimkeys
-      - /srv/chatmail/certs:/var/lib/acme
-    environment:
-      TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY: /var/lib/acme/live/${MAIL_DOMAIN}/fullchain /var/lib/acme/live/${MAIL_DOMAIN}/privkey

docker/entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eo pipefail
-
-CHATMAIL_INIT_SERVICE_PATH="${CHATMAIL_INIT_SERVICE_PATH:-/lib/systemd/system/chatmail-init.service}"
-
-env_vars="MAIL_DOMAIN CMDEPLOY_STAGES CHATMAIL_INI TLS_EXTERNAL_CERT_AND_KEY PATH"
-sed -i "s|<envs_list>|$env_vars|g" "$CHATMAIL_INIT_SERVICE_PATH"
-
-exec /lib/systemd/systemd "$@"

docker/example-traefik.env

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MAIL_DOMAIN="chat.example.com"
+ACME_EMAIL="admin@example.com"
+
+# CMDEPLOY_STAGES - default: "configure,activate". Set to "install,configure,activate" to force full reinstall.
+# CMDEPLOY_STAGES="configure,activate"

docker/files/chatmail-certmon.service

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Check TLS certificate changes and reload services
+After=setup_chatmail.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /chatmail-certmon.sh
+PassEnvironment=MAIL_DOMAIN PATH_TO_SSL

docker/files/chatmail-certmon.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Check if TLS certificates have changed and reload services if so.
+# Called by chatmail-certmon.timer (systemd timer, default every 60s).
+set -eo pipefail
+
+PATH_TO_SSL="${PATH_TO_SSL:-/var/lib/acme/live/${MAIL_DOMAIN}}"
+HASH_FILE="/run/chatmail-certmon.hash"
+
+if [ ! -d "$PATH_TO_SSL" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+current_hash=$(find "$PATH_TO_SSL" -type f -exec sha1sum {} \; | sort | sha1sum | awk '{print $1}')
+previous_hash=""
+if [ -f "$HASH_FILE" ]; then
+    previous_hash=$(cat "$HASH_FILE")
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$current_hash" ] && [ "$current_hash" != "$previous_hash" ]; then
+    echo "[INFO] Certificate hash changed, reloading nginx, dovecot and postfix."
+    echo "$current_hash" > "$HASH_FILE"
+    # On first run (no previous hash), don't reload — services may not be up yet
+    if [ -n "$previous_hash" ]; then
+        systemctl reload nginx.service
+        systemctl reload dovecot.service
+        systemctl reload postfix.service
+    fi
+fi

docker/files/chatmail-certmon.timer

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Periodically check TLS certificate changes
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=120
+OnUnitActiveSec=60
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target

docker/files/entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+SETUP_CHATMAIL_SERVICE_PATH="${SETUP_CHATMAIL_SERVICE_PATH:-/lib/systemd/system/setup_chatmail.service}"
+
+# Whitelist only the env vars needed by setup_chatmail_docker.sh.
+# Forwarding all env vars (via printenv) would leak Docker internals,
+# orchestrator secrets, and other unrelated variables into systemd.
+env_vars="MAIL_DOMAIN CMDEPLOY_STAGES CHATMAIL_INI CHATMAIL_NOSYSCTL CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK CHATMAIL_NOACME PATH_TO_SSL PATH"
+sed -i "s|<envs_list>|$env_vars|g" "$SETUP_CHATMAIL_SERVICE_PATH"
+
+exec /lib/systemd/systemd "$@"

docker/files/setup_chatmail.service

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Run container setup commands
 After=multi-user.target
-ConditionPathExists=/chatmail-init.sh
+ConditionPathExists=/setup_chatmail_docker.sh
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/bin/bash /chatmail-init.sh
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /setup_chatmail_docker.sh
 RemainAfterExit=true
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/chatmail
 PassEnvironment=<envs_list>

docker/files/setup_chatmail_docker.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+export CHATMAIL_INI="${CHATMAIL_INI:-/etc/chatmail/chatmail.ini}"
+
+CMDEPLOY=/opt/cmdeploy/bin/cmdeploy
+
+if [ -z "$MAIL_DOMAIN" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Environment variable 'MAIL_DOMAIN' must be set!" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+### MAIN
+
+if [ ! -f /etc/dkimkeys/opendkim.private ]; then
+    /usr/sbin/opendkim-genkey -D /etc/dkimkeys -d "$MAIL_DOMAIN" -s opendkim
+fi
+# Fix ownership for bind-mounted keys (host opendkim UID may differ from container)
+chown -R opendkim:opendkim /etc/dkimkeys
+
+# Journald: forward to console for docker logs
+grep -q '^ForwardToConsole=yes' /etc/systemd/journald.conf \
+    || echo "ForwardToConsole=yes" >> /etc/systemd/journald.conf
+systemctl restart systemd-journald
+
+# Create chatmail.ini (skips if file already exists, e.g. volume-mounted)
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CHATMAIL_INI")"
+if [ ! -f "$CHATMAIL_INI" ]; then
+    $CMDEPLOY init --config "$CHATMAIL_INI" "$MAIL_DOMAIN"
+fi
+
+# --- Deploy fingerprint: skip cmdeploy run if nothing changed ---
+# On restart with identical image+config, systemd already brings up all
+# enabled services — the full cmdeploy run is redundant (~30s saved).
+# The install stage runs at image build time (Dockerfile), so only
+# configure+activate are needed here.
+IMAGE_VERSION_FILE="/etc/chatmail-image-version"
+FINGERPRINT_FILE="/etc/chatmail/.deploy-fingerprint"
+image_ver="none"
+[ -f "$IMAGE_VERSION_FILE" ] && image_ver=$(cat "$IMAGE_VERSION_FILE")
+config_hash=$(sha256sum "$CHATMAIL_INI" | cut -c1-16)
+current_fp="${image_ver}:${config_hash}"
+
+# CMDEPLOY_STAGES non-empty in env = operator override → always run.
+# Otherwise, if fingerprint matches the last successful deploy, skip.
+if [ -z "${CMDEPLOY_STAGES:-}" ] \
+    && [ -f "$FINGERPRINT_FILE" ] \
+    && [ "$(cat "$FINGERPRINT_FILE")" = "$current_fp" ]; then
+    echo "[INFO] No changes detected ($current_fp), skipping deploy."
+else
+    export CMDEPLOY_STAGES="${CMDEPLOY_STAGES:-configure,activate}"
+    $CMDEPLOY run --config "$CHATMAIL_INI" --ssh-host @local
+    echo "$current_fp" > "$FINGERPRINT_FILE"
+fi

docker/healthcheck.sh

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# returns 0 when chatmail-init succeeded and all expected services are running.
-
-set -e
-
-test -f /run/chatmail-init.done
-
-# Core services
-services="chatmail-metadata doveauth dovecot filtermail filtermail-incoming nginx postfix unbound"
-
-# Optional services
-for svc in iroh-relay turnserver; do
-    systemctl is-enabled "$svc" 2>/dev/null && services="$services $svc"
-done
-
-exec systemctl is-active $services

docker/traefik/config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+log:
+  level: INFO
+
+entryPoints:
+  web:
+    address: ":80"
+    http:
+      redirections:
+        entryPoint:
+          to: websecure
+          permanent: true
+  websecure:
+    address: ":443"
+
+providers:
+  docker:
+    endpoint: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+    exposedByDefault: false
+  file:
+    directory: /dynamic/conf
+    watch: true
+
+certificatesResolvers:
+  letsEncrypt:
+    acme:
+      storage: /data/acme.json
+      caServer: "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory"
+      tlschallenge: true
+      httpChallenge:
+        entryPoint: web

docker/traefik/dynamic-configs/insecure.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+http:
+  serversTransports:
+    insecure:
+      insecureSkipVerify: true

docker/traefik/post-hook.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Post-hook for traefik-certs-dumper: create symlinks from Traefik's
+# cert dump format to the paths chatmail expects (fullchain, privkey).
+CERTS_DIR="${CERTS_DIR:-/certs}"
+
+for dir in "$CERTS_DIR"/*/; do
+    [ -d "$dir" ] || continue
+    cd "$dir"
+    [ -f "certificate.crt" ] && ln -sf certificate.crt fullchain
+    [ -f "privatekey.key" ] && ln -sf privatekey.key privkey
+    cd - > /dev/null
+done

env.example

@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-MAIL_DOMAIN=chat.example.com
+MAIL_DOMAIN="chat.example.com"
+
+# CMDEPLOY_STAGES - default: "configure,activate". Set to "install,configure,activate" to force full reinstall.
+# CMDEPLOY_STAGES="configure,activate"
+
+# Skip acmetool when using an external certificate manager (e.g. Traefik, Caddy).
+# CHATMAIL_NOACME="True"

www/src/dclogin.js

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/* dclogin profile generator for self-signed chatmail relays.
- * Fetches credentials from /new and generates a dclogin: QR code.
- * Requires qrcode-svg.min.js to be loaded first.
- */
-(function () {
-    function generateProfile() {
-        fetch('/new')
-            .then(function (r) { return r.json(); })
-            .then(function (data) {
-                var url = data.dclogin_url;
-                var link = document.getElementById('dclogin-link');
-                link.href = url;
-                var qrLink = document.getElementById('qr-link');
-                qrLink.href = url;
-                var qrCode = document.getElementById('qr-code');
-                var qr = new QRCode({ content: url, width: 300, height: 300, padding: 1, join: true });
-                qrCode.innerHTML = qr.svg();
-            });
-    }
-    generateProfile();
-})();

www/src/index.md

@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@ for Delta Chat users.  For details how it avoids storing personal information
 please see our [privacy policy](privacy.html). 
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if config.tls_cert_mode == "self" %}
-<a class="cta-button" id="dclogin-link" href="#">Get a {{config.mail_domain}} chat profile</a>
-
-If you are viewing this page on a different device
-without a Delta Chat app,
-you can also **scan this QR code** with Delta Chat:
-
-<a id="qr-link" href="#"><div id="qr-code"></div></a>
-
-<script src="qrcode-svg.min.js"></script>
-<script src="dclogin.js"></script>
-{% else %}
 <a class="cta-button" href="DCACCOUNT:https://{{ config.mail_domain }}/new">Get a {{config.mail_domain}} chat profile</a>
 
 If you are viewing this page on a different device
@@ -31,7 +19,6 @@ you can also **scan this QR code** with Delta Chat:
 
 <a href="DCACCOUNT:https://{{ config.mail_domain }}/new">
     <img width=300 style="float: none;" src="qr-chatmail-invite-{{config.mail_domain}}.png" /></a>
-{% endif %}
 
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