Install the Linux binary
SubsiMail also ships as a single static binary (musl-linked, no shared libraries to install) if you'd rather not run Docker.
Run it
Make it executable and run it from the directory where you want its data/ folder created:
chmod +x subsimail
./subsimail
By default it listens on port 3000 and stores its SQLite database at data/subsimail.db, relative to wherever you launched it from. Open http://your-server:3000 to continue with first-run setup.
Environment variables
PORT | Port to listen on (default 3000) |
DATABASE_URL | SQLite connection string, e.g. sqlite:///opt/subsimail/data/subsimail.db |
RUST_LOG | Log verbosity, e.g. info |
ACME_DOMAIN / ACME_EMAIL / ACME_PRODUCTION | Optional, same automatic-HTTPS behavior as the Docker install |
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///opt/subsimail/data/subsimail.db PORT=3000 RUST_LOG=info ./subsimail
Running as a service
For anything beyond a quick test, run it under systemd so it survives reboots and crashes restart it automatically:
[Unit]
Description=SubsiMail
After=network.target
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/subsimail
ExecStart=/opt/subsimail/subsimail
Environment=DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///opt/subsimail/data/subsimail.db
Environment=PORT=3000
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save that as /etc/systemd/system/subsimail.service, then:
sudo systemctl enable --now subsimail