Package Mox as a service

Author: themadbit

projects/Mox/module.nix

@@ -46,25 +46,28 @@
     };
 
     systemd.services.mox-setup = {
-      description = "Setup Mox Mail Server";
+      description = "Setup Mox Mail Server Configuration Files";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      requires = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
       before = [ "mox.service" ];
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "oneshot";
         RemainAfterExit = true;
+        User = "mox";
+        Group = "mox";
       };
       script = ''
-        mkdir -p /var/lib/mox
-        cd /var/lib/mox
-        ${pkgs.mox}/bin/mox quickstart -hostname ${config.services.mox.hostname} ${config.services.mox.user}
-        chown -R mox:mox /var/lib/mox
+      mkdir -p /var/lib/mox
+      cd /var/lib/mox
+      ${pkgs.mox}/bin/mox quickstart -hostname ${config.services.mox.hostname} ${config.services.mox.user}
       '';
     };
 
     systemd.services.mox = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" "mox-setup.service" ];
-      requires = [ "mox-setup.service" ]; # This ensures mox-setup must succeed
+      after = [ "mox-setup.service" ];
+      requires = [ "mox-setup.service" ];
       serviceConfig = {
         WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/mox";
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.mox}/bin/mox -config /var/lib/mox/config/mox.conf serve";

projects/Mox/test.nix

@@ -9,22 +9,23 @@
   nodes = {
     machine =
       { ... }:
-      {
+      rec {
         imports = [
           sources.modules.ngipkgs
           # Sources module path depends on your folder structure
           ./module.nix
         ];
 
+        # Allow necessary ports through the firewall
+        networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 25 80 143 443 587 993 ];
+        networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 53 ];
+
         # Configure the mox service
         services.mox = {
           enable = true;
           hostname = "mail.example.com";
           user = "[email protected]";
         };
-
-        # Allow necessary ports through the firewall
-        networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 25 143 587 993 ];
       };
   };
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
       machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
 
       # Verify the mox-setup service has run successfully
-      # machine.wait_for_unit("mox-setup.service")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("mox-setup.service")
       
       # Verify the mox service is running
       machine.wait_for_unit("mox.service")