From 17a1397250adcb134b0891fce43bd7ab1999494a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Lamprecht Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:26:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] followup: reword and promote PVE backed appliance first Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht --- pmg-installation.adoc | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/pmg-installation.adoc b/pmg-installation.adoc index 3c82d74..5518120 100644 --- a/pmg-installation.adoc +++ b/pmg-installation.adoc @@ -233,13 +233,22 @@ NOTE: In general, this is not trivial, especially when you use LVM or ZFS. -Install {pmg} as a Debian-based Container ------------------------------------------ +Using {pmg} as Linux Container Appliance +---------------------------------------- + +A ready-to-use appliance template is available through the +https://www.proxmox.com/proxmox-ve[Proxmox VE] appliance manager in the `mail` +section, so if you already use Proxmox VE you can setup a {pmg} instance in a +minute. + +NOTE: It's recommended to use a static network configuration. If DHCP should be +used ensure that the container can always lease the same IP, for example, by +reserving one with the containers network MAC address. The full functionality of {pmg} can also run on top of a Debian-based LXC instance. In order to keep the set of installed software, and thus the necessary updates, minimal you can install the `proxmox-mailgateway-container` -meta-package, after configuring the repositories. You need to run: +meta-package. After configuring the repositories, you need to run: [source,bash] ---- @@ -247,9 +256,6 @@ apt-get update apt-get install proxmox-mailgateway-container ---- -Additionally a ready-to-use appliance-template is available in the Proxmox VE -appliance manager in the category `mail`. - [[pmg_package_repositories]] Package Repositories -- 2.39.2