I need to setup exim4 on multiple servers however I was wondering if it's possible to create a script that will automatically go through the install process and set it up on exim4 with my hostname?
sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
Step 1 : Top option (Internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP
Step 2 : hostname (default)
Step 3 : 127.0.0.1 ; ::1 (default)
Step 4 : hostname (default)
Step 5 : hostname
step 6 : hostname
step 7 : No
Step 8 : mbox format in /var/mail/
Step 9 : no
step 10 : root hostname
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
The proper solution for Debian is to populate the Debconf database with your choices before running dpkg-reconfigure
. Read man debconf-set-selections
for details. There is a howto at https://www.debian-administration.org/article/394/Automating_new_Debian_installations_with_preseeding
when I had this problem I did it like this using debconf-set-selections
debconf-set-selections <<CONF
exim4-config exim4/dc_other_hostnames string $hostnames
exim4-config exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype select internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP
exim4-config exim4/no_config boolean true
# rest of the secret sauce omitted...
CONF