Install containerized Kolab with podman

Kolab can be deployed via podman for a single host installation.

Please note that this deployment does not come with support, and is not suitable for large production deployments as it does not scale beyond one host.

Requirements

A basic kolab deployment will require:

• Approximately 10GB of disk space for container image storage

For a publicly available deployment the following will be required in addition:

• A public IP to be able to receive email or use webrtc
• A domain name with all the necessary DNS records

Deploy on localhost for testing

Suitable to just get a system running locally for evaluation.

Clone the kolab git repository:

# git clone https://git.kolab.org/source/kolab.git

Follow the quickstart instructions in the README.md

Deploy on localhost with public IP and domain name

Suitable to get a publicly available system running for evaluation or as a basis for a production deployment.

Clone the kolab git repository:

# git clone https://git.kolab.org/source/kolab.git

Follow the deployment instructions in the README.md

Deploy via ansible

Ansible scripts are available to automate a podman deployment.

For more information refer to the instructions in the README.md