This page is a scratchpad for Terri's Dockerfile, which sets up a very default version of Mailman in your container so that you can try out Mailman 3 suite. Suggestions and instructions for use welcome!

Prerequisites

To use this, you will need to have Docker set up. They have docker setup instructions for many different platforms

The Mailman 3 Suite Dockerfile

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# Dockerfile to setup GNU Mailman Suite
# Based on Ubuntu
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# Set the base image to Ubuntu
FROM ubuntu

# File Author / Maintainer
MAINTAINER Terri Oda

# Update the sources and install some basic python stuff
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y git python3-dev python3-pip python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv

# Get the nodejs stuff
RUN apt-get install -y nodejs npm && \
    npm install -g less && \
    ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

# Set the default directory where CMD will execute
WORKDIR /mailman3

# Get Mailman Bundler
RUN git clone https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman-bundler.git

# Get buildout, go into Mailman Bundler and build
RUN pip install zc.buildout
WORKDIR /mailman3/mailman-bundler
RUN buildout

# Set up virtualenv
RUN virtualenv venv
RUN . venv/bin/activate

# Expose ports
EXPOSE 8000

# Prep some stuff
RUN ./bin/mailman-post-update
RUN ./bin/mailman-web-django-admin createsuperuser
RUN ./bin/mailman start

# This sets the django webserver up to not only run, but binds it to all interfaces, port 8000
ENTRYPOINT ./bin/mailman-web-django-admin runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 

Building the docker image

Copy the content above into a file named Dockerfile in a directory, and then run the following command:

sudo docker build -t mailman3 .

This will take some time to build a docker image with the required steps.

Starting the container and mailman3 suite

Run this to start the newly built Mailman docker container:

sudo docker run -P mailman3

Then find out the container id by following command

sudo docker ps

The -P option exposes the Django port inside the container to localhost on a random port. To find this port do:

sudo docker ps

and look under the PORTS column. For example, if you see:

$ sudo docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                     NAMES
fa17316ce2d5        mailman3:latest     "/bin/sh -c './bin/m   3 minutes ago       Up 3 minutes        0.0.0.0:49153->8000/tcp   ecstatic_mestorf    

You should now be able to open http://localhost:49153 and get to the HyperKitty web page.