Attach to a Container

Attaching a Container to your Shell

To attach a container to your shell you can simply run

docker-compose exec $Service_Name /bin/bash

Connecting to Services

If you want to connect to a service / application directly it is always a good idea to source mailcow.conf to get all relevant variables into your environment.

MySQL

source mailcow.conf
docker-compose exec mysql-mailcow mysql -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME}

Redis

docker-compose exec redis-mailcow redis-cli

Service Descriptions

Here is a brief overview of what container / service does what:

Service Name	Service Descriptions
unbound-mailcow	Local (DNSSEC) DNS Resolver
mysql-mailcow	Stores SOGo's and most of mailcow's settings
postfix-mailcow	Receives and sends mails
dovecot-mailcow	User logins and sieve filter
redis-mailcow	Storage back-end for DKIM keys and Rspamd
rspamd-mailcow	Mail filtering system. Used for av handling, dkim signing, spam handling
clamd-mailcow	Scans attachments for viruses
olefy-mailcow	Scans attached office documents for macro-viruses
solr-mailcow	Provides full-text search in Dovecot
sogo-mailcow	Webmail client that handles Microsoft ActiveSync and Cal- / CardDav
nginx-mailcow	Nginx remote proxy that handles all mailcow related HTTP / HTTPS requests
acme-mailcow	Automates HTTPS (SSL/TLS) certificate deployment
memcached-mailcow	Internal caching system for mailcow services
watchdog-mailcow	Allows the monitoring of docker containers / services
php-fpm-mailcow	Powers the mailcow web UI
netfilter-mailcow	Fail2Ban like integration

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Last update: 2022-06-23 15:17:00