Upgrade

Modoboa

Note

In this doc, by default means that you used modoboa installer to install modoboa and that your didn’t change your configuration.

Warning

The new version you are going to install may need to modify your database. Before you start, make sure to backup everything!

Most of the time, upgrading your installation to a newer Modoboa version only requires a few actions. In every case, you will need to apply the specific actions if the version you are installing requires it, and then apply the general ones.

In case you use a dedicated user and/or a virtualenv, do not forget to use them:

> sudo -u <modoboa_user> -i bash
> source <virtuenv_path>/bin/activate

Then, run the following commands:

> pip install modoboa==<VERSION>
> cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
> python manage.py migrate
> python manage.py collectstatic
> python manage.py check --deploy

Once done, check if the version you are installing requires Specific instructions.

Finally, restart your web server.

Sometimes, you might need to upgrade postfix map files too. To do so, just run the generate_postfix_maps command on the same directory than the one used for installation (/etc/postfix by default).

Make sure to use root privileges and run the following command:

> python manage.py generate_postfix_maps --destdir <directory>

Then, reload postfix.

Updating the installer

It is important to keep the installer updated because it works on rolling release. To do that, go to modoboa-installer directory then:

> git fetch && git pull

If some error appears, you may try this:

> git reset --hard origin/master

New-admin interface

Note

You don’t need to perform these actions if you use the installer to upgrade your instance.

New admin interface won’t update by itself. Run the following commands to update it:

> sudo -u <modoboa_user> -i bash
> cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
> cp frontend/config.json ./
> rm -rf frontend
> cp -R <virtuenv_path>/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages/modoboa/frontend_dist/ frontend/
> cp ./config.json frontend/config.json

Extensions

If a new version is available for an extension you’re using, it is recommanded to install it. Upgrading an extensions is pretty and the procedure is almost the same than the one used for Modoboa.

In case you use a dedicated user and/or a virtualenv, do not forget to use them:

> sudo -u <modoboa_user> -i bash
> source <virtuenv_path>/bin/activate

Then, run the following commands:

> pip install <EXTENSION>==<VERSION>
> cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
> python manage.py migrate
> python manage.py collectstatic
> python manage.py check --deploy

Finally, restart your web server.

It is a generic upgrade procedure which will be enough most of the time but it is generally a good idea to check the associated documentation.

Rebuild Virtual Environment

Sometimes when upgrading your Operating System (eg from Ubuntu 17.04 to Ubuntu 17.10) your virtual environment running modoboa can get corrupted. Your first response will be to panic but fear not! The solution is in this document.

First things first:

Recover your database password

You will need to recover your database password (if using mysql or postgresql). You will find this in /etc/postfix/sql-aliases.cf or any file with sql-*.cf in the /etc/postfix directory.

Make note of this as you will need it when reconfiguring modoboa.

Reinstall Modoboa

Start out by backup up your modoboa settings file located in the modoboa instance directory (/srv/modoboa/instance/instance/settings.py if you used the default installer configuration). This contains your current configuration.

Next, you want to remove all current modoboa files.

After doing this, follow the manual installation instructions for Modoboa only as everything should be working properly.

After this completes, simply restore your backed up settings file to /srv/instance/instance/settings.py (if you used installer default configuration). You will then need to reinstall your extensions.

You can find which plugins you had in your settings.py file under the MODOBOA_APPS variable.

Instructions to install extensions can also be found here.

Once you have completed this step, you will need to run the following commands:

> (env) $ cd <instance_dir>
> (env) $ python manage.py migrate
> (env) $ python manage.py collectstatic

You will then see a message similar to:

You have requested to collect static files at the destination
location as specified in your settings:

    /srv/modoboa/instance/sitestatic

This will overwrite existing files!
Are you sure you want to do this?

Type 'yes' to continue, or 'no' to cancel:

You will want to answer yes here then simply restart the uwsgi process with service uwsgi restart and you should be up and running again.

Simply log into your modoboa web panel and verify that your extensions and webmail box is working.

Information

Rebuild instructions from: https://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/RebuildingVirtualenvs/

Specific instructions

2.2.3

  • Reduced the number of call to doveadm

You need to setup a new worker :

  1. Create a new supervisord config (/etc/supervisor/conf.d/modoboa-base-worker.conf by default) :

[program:modoboa-base-worker]
autostart=true
autorestart=true
command={%python env path%} {% manage.py instance path%} rqworker modoboa
directory={%modoboa home dir%}
user=%{modoboa user}
numprocs=1
stopsignal=TERM

python env path : Python executable located in your virtual environment created for modoboa. You will find it here /srv/modoboa/venv/bin/python by default. manage.py instance path: Path to manage.py of your modoboa instance. You will find it here : /srv/modoboa/instance/manage.py``by default. ``Modoboa home dir: Home dir of the user running modooba. You will find it here /srv/modoboa/ by default. modoboa user : User managing dkim signing (modoboa by default).

You can help you with /etc/supervisor/conf.d/policyd.conf (by default).

Then restart supervisor. #> supervisorctl reread && supervisorctl update on Debian.

  1. Update the RQ_QUEUES section bellow the #REDIS section:

# RQ
RQ_QUEUES = {
   ...
   },
   'modoboa': {
      'HOST': REDIS_HOST,
      'PORT': REDIS_PORT,
      'DB': 0,
   },
}
  1. Add the CACHE section bellow the # RQ one:

# CACHE
CACHES = {
   "default": {
      "BACKEND": 'django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache',
      "LOCATION": REDIS_URL
   }
}

2.2.0

Note

If you use the installer to perform the upgrade, you NEED to update it. See above for instructions. After updating the installer and modoboa with it, you only need to edit urls.py and settings.py

  • Django has been updated to 4.2LTS. Please upgrade all your extensions alongside modoboa

  • Support for Python 3.7 has been dropped, minimum Python version is now 3.8

  • Support for Postgres 11 has been dropped, minimum Postgres version is now 12

You need to change the first line in urls.py and replace url with path (in /srv/modoboa/instance/instance/urls.py by default):

# from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.urls import include, path

urlpatterns = [
   path(r'', include('modoboa.urls')),
]

If you use Postgresql, you need to install pyscopg3+:

pip install psycopg[binary]>=3.1

RQ has been added. This should replace the use of cron jobs in the future. For now, only manage_dkim_keys has been migrated. This will make the dkim key generation asynchronous but the task will be started as soon as the generation is required.

Follow these instructions to perform the update in case you used supervisord for the installation (this apply if you used modoboa-installer):

  1. Edit settings.py (/srv/modoboa/instance/instance/settings.py by default) and add:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...,
    'django_rq',
)

and add the RQ section bellow the #REDIS section:

# RQ
RQ_QUEUES = {
   'dkim': {
      'HOST': REDIS_HOST,
      'PORT': REDIS_PORT,
      'DB': 0,
   },
}

Then by default you will need to restart uwsgi service (systemctl restart uwsgi on Debian).

  1. Create a new supervisord config (/etc/supervisor/conf.d/modoboa-worker.conf by default) :

[program:modoboa-worker]
autostart=true
autorestart=true
command={%python env path%} {% manage.py instance path%} rqworker dkim
directory={%modoboa home dir%}
user=%{dkim manager user}
numprocs=1
stopsignal=TERM

python env path : Python executable located in your virtual environment created for modoboa. You will find it here /srv/modoboa/venv/bin/python by default. manage.py instance path: Path to manage.py of your modoboa instance. You will find it here : /srv/modoboa/instance/manage.py``by default. ``Modoboa home dir: Home dir of the user running modooba. You will find it here /srv/modoboa/ by default. dkim manager user : User managing dkim signing (opendkim by default).

You can help you with /etc/supervisor/conf.d/policyd.conf (by default).

Then restart supervisor. #> supervisorctl reread && supervisorctl update on Debian.

Admins now have the option to setup a send-only mailbox.

Send-only mailboxes do not have access to IMAP. You need to change your dovecot configuration to enable it.

Note

modoboa-webmail may not work with send-only user for now.

If you use Postgres: Change user_query and password_query in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext:

user_query = SELECT '%{home_dir}/%%d/%%n' AS home, %mailboxes_owner_uid as uid, %mailboxes_owner_gid as gid, '*:bytes=' || mb.quota || 'M' AS quota_rule FROM admin_mailbox mb INNER JOIN admin_domain dom ON mb.domain_id=dom.id INNER JOIN core_user u ON u.id=mb.user_id WHERE (mb.is_send_only IS NOT TRUE OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3', 'lmtp')) AND mb.address='%%n' AND dom.name='%%d'

password_query = SELECT email AS user, password, '%{home_dir}/%%d/%%n' AS userdb_home, %mailboxes_owner_uid AS userdb_uid, %mailboxes_owner_gid AS userdb_gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', mb.quota, 'M') AS userdb_quota_rule FROM core_user u INNER JOIN admin_mailbox mb ON u.id=mb.user_id INNER JOIN admin_domain dom ON mb.domain_id=dom.id WHERE (mb.is_send_only IS NOT TRUE OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3')) AND email='%%u' AND is_active AND dom.enabled

You basically simply need to add (mb.is_send_only IS NOT TRUE OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3', 'lmtp')) AND for user_query after WHERE and (mb.is_send_only IS NOT TRUE OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3')) AND for password_query after WHERE.

If you use MySQL: Change user_query and password_query in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-master.ext:

user_query = SELECT '%{home_dir}/%%d/%%n' AS home, %mailboxes_owner_uid as uid, %mailboxes_owner_gid as gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', mb.quota, 'M') AS quota_rule FROM admin_mailbox mb INNER JOIN admin_domain dom ON mb.domain_id=dom.id INNER JOIN core_user u ON u.id=mb.user_id WHERE (mb.is_send_only=0 OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3', 'lmtp')) AND mb.address='%%n' AND dom.name='%%d'

password_query = SELECT email AS user, password, '%{home_dir}/%%d/%%n' AS userdb_home, %mailboxes_owner_uid AS userdb_uid, %mailboxes_owner_gid AS userdb_gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', mb.quota, 'M') AS userdb_quota_rule FROM core_user u INNER JOIN admin_mailbox mb ON u.id=mb.user_id INNER JOIN admin_domain dom ON mb.domain_id=dom.id WHERE (mb.is_send_only=0 OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3')) AND u.email='%%u' AND u.is_active=1 AND dom.enabled=1

You basically simply need to add (mb.is_send_only=0 OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3', 'lmtp')) AND for user_query after WHERE and (mb.is_send_only=0 OR '%s' NOT IN ('imap', 'pop3')) for password_query after WHERE.

2.1.0

Warning

For this particular version, it is really important that you apply new migrations AFTER the following instructions. If you don’t, you’ll get into trouble…

The modoboa-dmarc, modoboa-pdfcredentials and modoboa-imapmigration plugins have been merged into the core.

Add 'django_rename_app,' To INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
...,
'django_rename_app',
)

Add 'modoboa.dmarc', 'modoboa.pdfcredentials' and 'modoboa.imap_migration' to MODOBOA_APPS:

MODOBOA_APPS = (
   'modoboa',
   'modoboa.core',
   'modoboa.lib',
   'modoboa.admin',
   'modoboa.transport',
   'modoboa.relaydomains',
   'modoboa.limits',
   'modoboa.parameters',
   'modoboa.dnstools',
   'modoboa.policyd',
   'modoboa.maillog',
   'modoboa.dmarc',
   'modoboa.pdfcredentials',
   'modoboa.imap_migration',
)

And remove any reference to 'modoboa_dmarc', 'modoboa_pdfcredentials' or 'modoboa_imap_migration' in this same variable.

You need to add 'modoboa.imap_migration.auth_backends.IMAPBackend', at the end of AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS:

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
   'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
   'modoboa.imap_migration.auth_backends.IMAPBackend',
)

Note

It won’t affect login if you don’t use imap_migration feature. It is therefor highly recommended to add this authentication backend.

After upgrading modoboa, run the following commands from your virtual environment:

> python manage.py rename_app modoboa_dmarc dmarc
> python manage.py rename_app modoboa_imap_migration imap_migration

2.0.4

The following modifications must be applied to the settings.py file:

  • Add 'modoboa.core.context_processors.new_admin_url', at the end of context_processors list:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                'django.template.context_processors.media',
                'django.template.context_processors.static',
                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'modoboa.core.context_processors.top_notifications',
                'modoboa.core.context_processors.new_admin_url',
            ],
            'debug': False,
        },
    },
]
  • Add the following variable:

PID_FILE_STORAGE_PATH = '/var/run'
  • Update LOGGING variable to define an address for syslog-auth handler:

'syslog-auth': {
    'class': 'logging.handlers.SysLogHandler',
    'facility': SysLogHandler.LOG_AUTH,
    'formatter': 'syslog',
    'address': '/dev/log'
},
  • You now have the possibility to customize the url of the new-admin interface.

    To do so please head up to the custom configuration chapter (advanced user).

  • Add DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES to REST_FRAMEWORK:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
   'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {
      'user': '300/minute',
      'ddos': '5/second',
      'ddos_lesser': '200/minute',
      'login': '10/minute',
      'password_recovery_request': '12/hour',
      'password_recovery_totp_check': '25/hour',
      'password_recovery_apply': '25/hour'
   },
   'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
      'modoboa.core.drf_authentication.JWTAuthenticationWith2FA',
      'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
      'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
   ),
   'DEFAULT_SCHEMA_CLASS': 'drf_spectacular.openapi.AutoSchema',
   'DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS': 'rest_framework.versioning.NamespaceVersioning',
}
  • You can edit the DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES to whatever value suits you.
    • user is for every endpoint, it is per user or per ip if not logged.

    • ddos is per api endpoint and per user or per ip if not logged.

    • ddos_lesser is for per api endpoint and per user or per ip if not logged. This is for api endpoint that are lighter.

    • login the number of time an ip can attempt to log. The counter will reset on login success.

    • password_ is for the recovery, it is divided per step in the recovery process.

2.0.3

Update the new following setting in the settings.py file:

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'

2.0.0

Add drf_spectacular and phonenumber_field to INSTALLED_APPS in the settings.py file, as follows:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'reversion',
    'ckeditor',
    'ckeditor_uploader',
    'rest_framework',
    'rest_framework.authtoken',
    'drf_spectacular',
    'phonenumber_field',
    'django_otp',
    'django_otp.plugins.otp_totp',
    'django_otp.plugins.otp_static',
)

Modify the REST_FRAMEWORK setting as follows:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'modoboa.core.drf_authentication.JWTAuthenticationWith2FA',
        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
    ),
    'DEFAULT_SCHEMA_CLASS': 'drf_spectacular.openapi.AutoSchema',
    'DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS': 'rest_framework.versioning.NamespaceVersioning',
}

Add the new following settings:

SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
    'SCHEMA_PATH_PREFIX': r'/api/v[0-9]',
    'TITLE': 'Modoboa API',
    'VERSION': None,
    'SERVE_PERMISSIONS': ['rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated'],
}

PHONENUMBER_DB_FORMAT = 'INTERNATIONAL'

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'

Migration issue for Postgres/OpenDKIM users

The migration will probably fail because of the additional view created for OpenDKIM.

To make it work, you first need to drop the view:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql
psql (12.10 (Ubuntu 12.10-0ubuntu0.20.04.1))
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# \c modoboa
You are now connected to database "modoboa" as user "postgres".
modoboa-# \d+ dkim
                                      View "public.dkim"
      Column      |          Type          | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage  | Description
------------------+------------------------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+-------------
 id               | integer                |           |          |         | plain    |
 domain_name      | character varying(100) |           |          |         | extended |
 private_key_path | character varying(254) |           |          |         | extended |
 selector         | character varying(30)  |           |          |         | extended |
View definition:
 SELECT admin_domain.id,
    admin_domain.name AS domain_name,
    admin_domain.dkim_private_key_path AS private_key_path,
    admin_domain.dkim_key_selector AS selector
   FROM admin_domain
  WHERE admin_domain.enable_dkim;

modoboa=# drop view dkim;
DROP VIEW

Then, run the migration as usual:

python manage.py migrate

Finally, recreate the view:

modoboa=# CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW dkim AS
modoboa-#  SELECT admin_domain.id,
modoboa-#     admin_domain.name AS domain_name,
modoboa-#     admin_domain.dkim_private_key_path AS private_key_path,
modoboa-#     admin_domain.dkim_key_selector AS selector
modoboa-#    FROM admin_domain
modoboa-#   WHERE admin_domain.enable_dkim;
CREATE VIEW
modoboa=# grant select on dkim to opendkim;
GRANT

New admin interface

This new release brings a new admin interface written with Vue.js framework. It is a work in progress and all features are not yet implemented - i.e. extensions integration - but you could give it a try. It uses a new API version but the old one is still available.

You will need to copy the frontend files in the folder you specified in your web server configuration. If you used the installer, the folder should be /srv/modoboa/instance/frontend:

mkdir /srv/modoboa/instance/frontend
cp -r /srv/modoboa/env/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages/modoboa/frontend_dist/* /srv/modoboa/instance/frontend

Then, edit the /srv/modoboa/instance/frontend/config.json and update the API_BASE_URL setting according to the hostname of your server:

{
    "API_BASE_URL": "https://<hostname of your server>/api/v2"
}

Finally, update the configuration of your web server to serve the frontend files. For NGINX, you should add the following in the server block:

location ^~ /new-admin {
    alias  /srv/modoboa/instance/frontend/;
    index  index.html;

    expires -1;
    add_header Pragma "no-cache";
    add_header Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0";

    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html = 404;
}

1.17.0

Modoboa now supports Two-Factor authentication using TOTP applications.

To enable it, install the following new requirement in your virtualenv:

(env)> pip install django-otp qrcode

Then, open the settings.py file and add django_otp packages to INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'reversion',
    'ckeditor',
    'ckeditor_uploader',
    'rest_framework',
    'rest_framework.authtoken',
    'django_otp',
    'django_otp.plugins.otp_totp',
    'django_otp.plugins.otp_static',
)

Add new middlewares to MIDDLEWARE. It has to be after the SessionMiddleware and before the CommonMiddleware:

MIDDLEWARE = (
    'x_forwarded_for.middleware.XForwardedForMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django_otp.middleware.OTPMiddleware',
    'modoboa.core.middleware.TwoFAMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    'modoboa.core.middleware.LocalConfigMiddleware',
    'modoboa.lib.middleware.AjaxLoginRedirect',
    'modoboa.lib.middleware.CommonExceptionCatcher',
    'modoboa.lib.middleware.RequestCatcherMiddleware',
)

And add the following new setting:

# 2FA

OTP_TOTP_ISSUER = "<your server hostname here>"

1.16.0

A new policy daemon has been added.

Make sure to have a Redis instance running on your server.

Add 'modoboa.policyd' to MODOBOA_APPS:

MODOBOA_APPS = (
   'modoboa',
   'modoboa.core',
   'modoboa.lib',
   'modoboa.admin',
   'modoboa.transport',
   'modoboa.relaydomains',
   'modoboa.limits',
   'modoboa.parameters',
   'modoboa.dnstools',
   'modoboa.policyd'
)

Add the following settings to your settings.py file:

REDIS_HOST = '<IP or hostname here>'
REDIS_PORT = 6379
REDIS_QUOTA_DB = 0
REDIS_URL = 'redis://{}:{}/{}'.format(REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, REDIS_QUOTA_DB)

Once done, you can start the policy daemon using the following commands:

> python manage.py policy_daemon

Don’t forget to configure _policyd_config if you want to use this feature.

The modoboa-stats plugin has been merged into the core.

Add 'modoboa.maillog' to MODOBOA_APPS:

MODOBOA_APPS = (
   'modoboa',
   'modoboa.core',
   'modoboa.lib',
   'modoboa.admin',
   'modoboa.transport',
   'modoboa.relaydomains',
   'modoboa.limits',
   'modoboa.parameters',
   'modoboa.dnstools',
   'modoboa.policyd',
   'modoboa.maillog',
)

And remove any reference to modoboa_stats in this same variable.

1.15.0

This version drops Python 2 support so don’t forget to update all the extensions you use.

Warning

If you upgrade an existing python 2 installation, you will need to create a new Python 3 virtual environment. You can remove the existing virtual environment and replace it by the new one so you won’t have to modify your configuration files.

Add the following new setting:

DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES = False

Reload uwsgi/gunicorn/apache depending on your setup.

Finally, Make sure to use root privileges and run the following command:

> python manage.py generate_postfix_maps --destdir <directory>

Then, reload postfix.

1.14.0

This release introduces an optional LDAP synchronization process. If you want to use it, please follow the dedicated procedure.

1.13.1

Upgrade postfix maps files as follows:

> python manage.py generate_postfix_maps --destdir <path> --force-overwrite

1.13.0

Add 'modoboa.dnstools' to MODOBOA_APPS:

MODOBOA_APPS = (
   'modoboa',
   'modoboa.core',
   'modoboa.lib',
   'modoboa.admin',
   'modoboa.transport',
   'modoboa.relaydomains',
   'modoboa.limits',
   'modoboa.parameters',
   'modoboa.dnstools',
)

Add the following new settings:

CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True

modoboa-postfix-autoreply 1.5.0

Edit the /etc/postfix/main.cf file and remove the sql-autoreplies-transport.cf map from the transport_maps if present. Remove the corresponding proxy_read_maps entry if relevant.

Reload postfix.

1.10.0

Warning

Upgrade installed extensions BEFORE running check or migrate commands.

Upgrade all your installed plugins to the following versions:

Warning

If you use the amavis plugin, make sure to include its configuration as follows into settings.py:

from modoboa_amavis import settings as modoboa_amavis_settings
modoboa_amavis_settings.apply(globals())

Name

Version

modoboa-amavis

1.2.0

modoboa-contacts

0.5.0

modoboa-dmarc

1.1.0

modoboa-imap-migration

1.2.0

modoboa-pdfcredentials

1.3.0

modoboa-postfix-autoreply

1.4.0

modoboa-radicale

1.2.0

modoboa-sievefilters

1.4.0

modoboa-stats

1.4.0

modoboa-webmail

1.4.0

Edit the settings.py file and apply the following modifications.

Add 'modoboa.transport' to MODOBOA_APPS:

MODOBOA_APPS = (
   'modoboa',
   'modoboa.core',
   'modoboa.lib',
   'modoboa.admin',
   'modoboa.transport',
   'modoboa.relaydomains',
   'modoboa.limits',
   'modoboa.parameters',
)

Replace the following line:

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (

by:

MIDDLEWARE = (

Update postfix map files as follows:

> rm -f <path>/modoboa-postfix-maps.chk
> python manage.py generate_postfix_maps --force --destdir <path>

Then, modify postfix’s configuration as follows:

smtpd_sender_login_maps =
  <driver>:<path>/sql-sender-login-map.cf

transport_maps =
  <driver>:<path>/sql-transport.cf
  <driver>:<path>/sql-spliteddomains-transport.cf
  # other map files...

Replace <driver> and <path> by your values.

If transport_maps contains sql-relaydomains-transport.cf, remove it.

Warning

If you make use of postfix’s proxymap server, you must also update the proxy_read_maps setting.

Reload postfix.

Add the following cron job in order to generate DKIM keys:

# Generate DKIM keys (they will belong to the user running this job)
*       *       *       *       *       root    $PYTHON $INSTANCE/manage.py modo manage_dkim_keys

1.9.0

If you want to manage inactive accounts, look at Cleaning inactive accounts.

1.8.3

Edit the settings.py file and replace the following line:

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))

by:

BASE_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))

1.8.0

Modoboa now relies on Django’s builtin password validation system to validate user passwords, instead of django-passwords.

Remove django-passwords from your system:

> sudo -u <modoboa_user> -i bash
> source <virtuenv_path>/bin/activate
> pip uninstall django-passwords

Edit the settings.py file and remove the following content:

# django-passwords

PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH = 8

PASSWORD_COMPLEXITY = {
    "UPPER": 1,
    "LOWER": 1,
    "DIGITS": 1
}

Add the following lines:

# Password validation rules
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'modoboa.core.password_validation.ComplexityValidator',
        'OPTIONS': {
            'upper': 1,
            'lower': 1,
            'digits': 1,
            'specials': 0
        }
    },
]

1.7.2

API documentation has evolved (because of the upgrade to Django Rest Framework 3.6) and CKeditor is now embedded by default (thanks to the django-ckeditor package). Some configuration changes are required.

Edit your settings.py file and apply the following modifications:

  • Update the INSTALLED_APPS variable as follows:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'reversion',
    'ckeditor',
    'ckeditor_uploader',
    'rest_framework',
    'rest_framework.authtoken',
)
  • Update the REST_FRAMEWORK variable as follows:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
    ),
}
  • Remove the SWAGGER_SETTINGS variable

  • Add the following content

# CKeditor

CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_PATH = "uploads/"

CKEDITOR_IMAGE_BACKEND = "pillow"

CKEDITOR_RESTRICT_BY_USER = True

CKEDITOR_BROWSE_SHOW_DIRS = True

CKEDITOR_ALLOW_NONIMAGE_FILES = False

CKEDITOR_CONFIGS = {
    'default': {
        'allowedContent': True,
        'toolbar': 'Modoboa',
        'width': None,
        'toolbar_Modoboa': [
            ['Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline'],
            ['JustifyLeft', 'JustifyCenter', 'JustifyRight', 'JustifyBlock'],
            ['BidiLtr', 'BidiRtl', 'Language'],
            ['NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent', 'Indent'],
            ['Undo', 'Redo'],
            ['Link', 'Unlink', 'Anchor', '-', 'Smiley'],
            ['TextColor', 'BGColor', '-', 'Source'],
            ['Font', 'FontSize'],
            ['Image', ],
            ['SpellChecker']
        ],
    },
}

Don’t forget to run the following command:

> python manage.py collectstatic

1.7.1

If you used 1.7.0 for a fresh installation, please run the following commands:

> sudo -u <modoboa_user> -i bash
> source <virtuenv_path>/bin/activate
> cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
> python manage.py load_initial_data

1.7.0

This version requires Django >= 1.10 so you need to make some modifications. It also brings internal API changes which are not backward compatible so installed extensions must be upgraded too.

First of all, deactivate all installed extensions (edit the settings.py file and comment the corresponding lines in MODOBOA_APPS).

Edit the urls.py file of your local instance and replace its content by the following one:

from django.conf.urls import include, url

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'', include('modoboa.urls')),
]

Edit the settings.py and apply the following changes:

  • Add 'modoboa.parameters' to MODOBOA_APPS:

MODOBOA_APPS = (
    'modoboa',
    'modoboa.core',
    'modoboa.lib',
    'modoboa.admin',
    'modoboa.relaydomains',
    'modoboa.limits',
    'modoboa.parameters',
    # Modoboa extensions here.
)
  • Add 'modoboa.core.middleware.LocalConfigMiddleware' to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES:

 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
     'modoboa.core.middleware.LocalConfigMiddleware',
     'modoboa.lib.middleware.AjaxLoginRedirect',
     'modoboa.lib.middleware.CommonExceptionCatcher',
     'modoboa.lib.middleware.RequestCatcherMiddleware',
)
  • Modoboa used to provide a custom authentication backend (modoboa.lib.authbackends.SimpleBackend) but it has been removed. Replace it as follows:

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    # Other backends before...
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)
  • Remove TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS and replace it by:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                'django.template.context_processors.media',
                'django.template.context_processors.static',
                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'modoboa.core.context_processors.top_notifications',
            ],
            'debug': False,
        },
    },
]

Run the following commands (load virtualenv if you use one):

> sudo -u <modoboa_user> -i bash
> source <virtuenv_path>/bin/activate
> cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
> python manage.py migrate
> python manage.py collectstatic

Finally, upgrade your extensions and reactivate them.

Name

Version

modoboa-amavis

1.1.0

modoboa-dmarc

1.0.0

modoboa-imap-migration

1.1.0

modoboa-pdfcredentials

1.1.0

modoboa-postfix-autoreply

1.2.0

modoboa-radicale

1.1.0

modoboa-sievefilters

1.1.0

modoboa-stats

1.1.0

modoboa-webmail

1.1.0

Command line shortcuts:

$ pip install modoboa-amavis==1.1.0
$ pip install modoboa-dmarc==1.0.0
$ pip install modoboa-imap-migration==1.1.0
$ pip install modoboa-pdfcredentials==1.1.0
$ pip install modoboa-postfix-autoreply==1.2.0
$ pip install modoboa-radicale==1.1.0
$ pip install modoboa-sievefilters==1.1.0
$ pip install modoboa-stats==1.1.0
$ pip install modoboa-webmail==1.1.0

And please make sure you use the latest version of the django-versionfield2 package:

$ pip install -U django-versionfield2

Notes about quota changes and resellers

Reseller users now have a quota option in Resources tab. This is the quota that a reseller can share between all its domains.

There are two quotas for a domain in the new version:

  1. Quota &

  2. Default mailbox quota.

[1]. Quota: quota shared between mailboxes This quota is shared between all the mailboxes of this domain. This value cannot exceed reseller’s quota and hence cannot be 0(unlimited) if reseller has finite quota.

[2]. Default mailbox quota: default quota applied to mailboxes This quota is the default quota applied to new mailboxes. This value cannot exceed Quota[1] and hence cannot be 0(unlimited) if Quota[1] is finite.

1.6.1

First of all, update postfix map files as follows:

> python manage.py generate_postfix_maps --destdir <path> --force-overwrite

Then, modify postfix’s configuration as follows:

smtpd_sender_login_maps =
    <driver>:<path>/sql-sender-login-mailboxes.cf
    <driver>:<path>/sql-sender-login-aliases.cf
    <driver>:<path>/sql-sender-login-mailboxes-extra.cf

Replace <driver> and <path> by your values.

Finally, reload postfix.

This release also deprecates some internal functions. As a result, several extensions has been updated to maintain the compatibility. If you enabled the notification service, you’ll find the list of available updates directly in your Modoboa console.

For the others, here is the list:

Name

Version

modoboa-amavis

1.0.10

modoboa-postfix-autoreply

1.1.7

modoboa-radicale

1.0.5

modoboa-stats

1.0.9

Command line shortcut:

$ pip install modoboa-amavis==1.0.10
$ pip install modoboa-postfix-autoreply==1.1.7
$ pip install modoboa-radicale==1.0.5
$ pip install modoboa-stats==1.0.9

1.6.0

Warning

You have to upgrade extensions due to core.User model attribute change (user.group to user.role). Otherwise, you will have an internal error after upgrade. In particular: modoboa-amavisd, modoboa-stats, modoboa-postfix-autoreply are concerned.

An interesting feature brougth by this version is the capability to make different checks about MX records. For example, Modoboa can query main DNSBL providers for every defined domain. With this, you will quickly know if one the domains you manage is listed or not. To activate it, add the following line to your crontab:

*/30 * * * * <optional_virtualenv_path/>python <modoboa_instance_dir>/manage.py modo check_mx

The communication with Modoboa public API has been reworked. Instead of sending direct synchronous queries (for example to check new versions), a cron job has been added. To activate it, add the following line to your crontab:

0 * * * * <optional_virtualenv_path/>python <modoboa_instance_dir>/manage.py communicate_with_public_api

Please also note that public API now uses TLS so you must update your configuration as follows:

MODOBOA_API_URL = 'https://api.modoboa.org/1/'

Finally, it is now possible to declare additional sender addresses on a per-account basis. You need to update your postfix configuration in order to use this functionality. Just edit the main.cf file and change the following parameter:

smtpd_sender_login_maps =
    <driver>:/etc/postfix/sql-sender-login-mailboxes.cf
    <driver>:/etc/postfix/sql-sender-login-aliases.cf
    <driver>:/etc/postfix/sql-sender-login-mailboxes-extra.cf

1.5.0

The API has been greatly improved and a documentation is now available. To enable it, add 'rest_framework_swagger' to the INSTALLED_APPS variable in settings.py as follows:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'reversion',
    'rest_framework.authtoken',
    'rest_framework_swagger',
)

Then, add the following content into settings.py, just after the REST_FRAMEWORK variable:

SWAGGER_SETTINGS = {
    "is_authenticated": False,
    "api_version": "1.0",
    "exclude_namespaces": [],
    "info": {
        "contact": "contact@modoboa.com",
        "description": ("Modoboa API, requires a valid token."),
        "title": "Modoboa API",
    }
}

You’re done. The documentation is now available at the following address:

http://<your instance address>/docs/api/

Finally, if you find a TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS variable in your settings.py file, make sure it looks like this:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = global_settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS + [
    'modoboa.core.context_processors.top_notifications',
]

1.4.0

Warning

Please make sure to use Modoboa 1.3.5 with an up-to-date database before an upgrade to 1.4.0.

Warning

Do not follow the regular upgrade procedure for this version.

Some extension have been moved back into the main repository. The main reason for that is that using Modoboa without them doesn’t make sense.

First of all, you must rename the following applications listed inside the MODOBOA_APPS variable:

Old name

New name

modoboa_admin

modoboa.admin

modoboa_admin_limits

modoboa.limits

modoboa_admin_relaydomains

modoboa.relaydomains

Then, apply the following steps:

  1. Uninstall old extensions:

    $ pip uninstall modoboa-admin modoboa-admin-limits modoboa-admin-relaydomains
    
  2. Install all extension updates using pip (check the Modoboa > Information page)

  3. Manually migrate database:

    $ cd <instance_dir>
    $ python manage.py migrate auth
    $ python manage.py migrate admin 0001 --fake
    $ python manage.py migrate admin
    $ python manage.py migrate limits 0001 --fake
    $ python manage.py migrate relaydomains 0001 --fake
    $ python manage.py migrate
    
  4. Finally, update static files:

    $ python manage.py collectstatic
    

This version also introduces a REST API. To enable it:

  1. Add 'rest_framework.authtoken' to the INSTALLED_APPS variable

  2. Add the following configuration inside settings.py:

    # Rest framework settings
    
    REST_FRAMEWORK = {
        'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
            'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
        ),
        'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
            'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
        )
    }
    
  3. Run the following command:

    $ python manage.py migrate
    

1.3.5

To enhance security, Modoboa now checks the strength of user passwords <https://github.com/dstufft/django-passwords>_.

To use this feature, add the following configuration into the settings.py file:

# django-passwords

PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH = 8

PASSWORD_COMPLEXITY = {
    "UPPER": 1,
    "LOWER": 1,
    "DIGITS": 1
}

1.3.2

Modoboa now uses the atomic requests mode to preserve database consistency (reference).

To enable it, update the DATABASES variable in settings.py as follows:

DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        # stuff before...
        "ATOMIC_REQUESTS": True
    },
    "amavis": {
        # stuff before...
        "ATOMIC_REQUESTS": True
    }
}

1.3.0

This release does not bring awesome new features but it is a necessary bridge to the future of Modoboa. All extensions now have their own git repository and the deploy process has been updated to reflect this change.

Another important update is the use of Django 1.7. Besides its new features, the migration system has been reworked and is now more robust than before.

Before we begin with the procedure, here is a table showing old extension names and their new name:

Old name

New package name

New module name

modoboa.extensions.admin

modoboa-admin

modoboa_admin

modoboa.extensions.limits

modoboa-admin-limits

modoboa_admin_limits

modoboa.extensions.postfix_autoreply

modoboa-postfix-autoreply

modoboa_postfix_autoreply

modoboa.extensions.postfix_relay_domains

modoboa-admin-relaydomains

modoboa_admin_relaydomains

modoboa.extensions.radicale

modoboa-radicale

modoboa_radicale

modoboa.extensions.sievefilters

modoboa-sievefilters

modoboa_sievefilters

modoboa.extensions.stats

modoboa-stats

modoboa_stats

modoboa.extensions.webmail

modoboa-webmail

modoboa_webmail

Here are the required steps:

  1. Install the extensions using pip (look at the second column in the table above):

    $ pip install <the extensions you want>
    
  2. Remove south from INSTALLED_APPS

  3. Rename old extension names inside MODOBOA_APPS (look at the third column in the table above)

  4. Remove modoboa.lib.middleware.ExtControlMiddleware from MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES

  5. Change DATABASE_ROUTERS to:

    DATABASE_ROUTERS = ["modoboa_amavis.dbrouter.AmavisRouter"]
    
  6. Run the following commands:

    $ cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
    $ python manage.py migrate
    
  7. Reply yes to the question

  8. Run the following commands:

    $ python manage.py load_initial_data
    $ python manage.py collectstatic
    
  9. The cleanup job has been renamed in Django, so you have to modify your crontab entry:

    - 0 0 * * * <modoboa_site>/manage.py cleanup
    + 0 0 * * * <modoboa_site>/manage.py clearsessions
    

1.2.0

A new notification service let administrators know about new Modoboa versions. To activate it, you need to update the TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS variable like this:

from django.conf import global_settings

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = global_settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS + (
  'modoboa.core.context_processors.top_notifications',
)

and to define the new MODOBOA_API_URL variable:

MODOBOA_API_URL = 'http://api.modoboa.org/1/'

The location of external static files has changed. To use them, add a new path to the STATICFILES_DIRS:

# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
  # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
  # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
  # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
  "<path/to/modoboa/install/dir>/bower_components",
)

Run the following commands to define the hostname of your instance:

$ cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
$ python manage.py set_default_site <hostname>

If you plan to use the Radicale extension:

  1. Add 'modoboa.extensions.radicale' to the MODOBOA_APPS variable

  2. Run the following commands:

    $ cd <modoboa_instance_dir>
    $ python manage.py syncdb
    

Warning

You also have to note that the sitestatic directory has moved from <path to your site's dir> to <modoboa's root url> (it’s probably the parent directory). You have to adapt your web server configuration to reflect this change.