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1 | Hello! Let's compile a list of cloud server, domain name, and SSL certificate providers that have worked perfectly for Mail-in-a-Box deployments. Please add your setup below if you would recommend that others follow your path. If you found a provider that did not work well, please instead post a comment on this issue https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/issues/189 and DON'T list it here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | Setup Date | Your Name/Nick (or anything) | Cloud Server Provider | Domain Name Registrar | Your Top Level Domain | If using external DNS, provider? | Is DNSSEC working? | SSL Certificate Provider | Any notes you'd like to share? | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2013-08-26 | JoshData | Rimuhosting VPS | GoDaddy | no | yes | Gandi.net | Server works great. Except for DNSSEC on .us, the domain name setups worked great. I don't remember if I had trouble with the SSL certs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | .info | no | yes | GoDaddy | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | .us | no | NO | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | .guide | no | yes | NameCheap Comode Positive SSL | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | .me | no | yes | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ^ | ^ | ^ | Gandi.net | .io | no | yes | StartCom StartSSL | StartCom is free but is impossible to figure out. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2014-12-10 | JoshData | Digital Ocean | Gandi.net | .fund | no | yes | Gandi.net | The SSL certs required an extra cross-signed intermediary certificate, which was hard to track down. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | .com | no | yes | Gandi.net | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2015-04-11 | jrnk | RamNode | Namecheap | .nl | Cloudflare | NO | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2015-02-01 | ^ | Digital Ocean | Namecheap | .comqQ | Cloudflare | NO | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Migrated to above setup with RamNode since their offering for disk space is better. Backing up to Google Nearline storage | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2014-10-05 | 5boro | CrissicVPS | OVHq | .eu | no | Not attempted | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Running on 512Mb memory without problems for 10 users | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2015-02-04 | Azure | NameCheap | .net | NameCheap | no | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Running in docker container on 670Mb host without problems, single user though | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2015-03-25 | 0 | Digital Ocean | .com | No | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Google DNS won't do dnssec if you use the default google dns server names, it only becomes an option when you delect them and choose custom... unless you bypass that by unslecting the default, and then typing in manually the google dns server names anyway (only 3, after that it auto-selects them again and bypasses the dnssec again. | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2015-03-25 | 408chris | Vultr | .com | no | Yes | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2015-03-21 | jackbravo | Linode | GoDaddy | .com | Linode | No | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2015-01-16 | Aurielle | Digital Ocean | Wedos | .cz | Cloudflare | Not attempted | Comodo Positive SSL | I'm using GitLab in Docker alongside with MiaB installed on the box directly. The way nginx is configured is nice and leaves enough space for a more experienced user to add own virtualhosts independant on MiaB, please leave this! :) | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2014-06-06 | mlk | prgmr.com | Dyn | .name | no | not attempted | StartCom StartSSL | Don't ever attempt to use a third level .name domain :/ | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2015-04-11 | btibor | Digital Ocean | NameCheap | .me | NameCheap | No | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | 1 GB RAM, 1 CPU, 30 GB SSD Disk | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2015-04-23 | Nayr1991 | Azure | 1stDomains.nz | .nz | 1stdomains.nz | Not attempted | Self Signed | Azure A1 node, very underutilized with 5 users. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2014-03-12 | jkaberg | Kimsufi (KS-1) | NameCheap.com | .com | No | No | Gandi.net | This is not a VM/Cloud, but a real server. | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2014-12-27 | sdvg | Hetzner.de | NameCheap.com | .eu | INWX.de | Not attempted | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Hetzner vServer VX6 | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2014-08-10 | sbidin | Digital Ocean | NameCheap | .eu | no | no | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2014-12-20 | m4rcs | 1und1 viritual server | NameCheap | .im | no | no | StartSSL Free | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2015-05-02 | palica | http://raspberrycolocation.com/ | Forpsi.cz | .name | cloudns.net | no | StartSSL Free | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2015-04-02 | ThatGuy | n/a | Google domains | .com | no | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Hyper-v installation, runs great! | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2015-01-15 | Stephan | buyvm.net | dynadot.com | .us | no | yes | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | 1 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD; I deleted the backup folder to prevent backups from being created. Instead I added the machine to my crashplan backup plan. crashplan sometimes (read, once a month) has trouble connecting. Restart fixes things. Single user. Using box as primary personal email. Awesome work! Thanks, Josh!! | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2014-10-05 | Jan | colorhost.de | colorhost.de | .com | no | no | StartSSL Free | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2014-05-09 | Orwell84 | Strato | dot.al | .al | cloudflare | no | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2015-01-22 | Stefan | Kimsufi | Infomaniak | .li | no | no | StartSSL Free | Email setup to require IPSec VPN for connection. IPSec is supported on all platforms, no reason to leave open webmail/IMAP/Exchange services. | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2015-05-18 | duckson | TransIP | TransIP | .nl | no | yes | TODO | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2015-05-18 | dkalan | OVH | Freenom | .com | Cloudflare | Not attempted | StartSSL Free | I personaly think you need a higher quality and resolution. Other than that everything else is good. | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2015-05-21 | mrwonka | DO | 123-reg | .co.uk, .eu, .es, .com | My own | Not attempted | StartSSL Free, CACert | I'm running on a 512MB DO node with no issues, though it does require alterations to the install script. I've added SWAP to the system but am only sat at 35MB of 1GB used. | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2015-05-10 | macinfous | Digital Ocean | Gandi.net | .com | Nope | Yes | Namecheap $9 Cert, Gandi Free Cert with Domain | Everything is running beautifully on a digital ocean droplet with 512GB of RAM. No complaints | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2015-06-01 | nstanke | AWS | Gandi.net | .biz | no | Yes | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | Free for 1yr. Request your PTR record: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/html-forms-controller/contactus/ec2-email-limit-rdns-request | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2015-06-04 | Razza | Vultr | Internet.bs | .eu | Yes,own setup | Yes | AlphaSSL Wildcard | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2015-06-10 | craig | Vultr | nearlyfreespeech | .com | Vultr | no | PositiveSSL (pre purchased) | 1G RAM. NearlyFreeSpeech doesn't do DS (so no DNSSEC), nor easy to do Glue records (So can't do own DNS). Will move to gandi to solve both. Must open port 25 on Vultr first (otherwise a breeze)! | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2014 | anonymous | online.net | godaddy | .net .com .bz | godaddy | yes | godaddy? | runs on a ESXi server in an ubuntu VM -- 1GB ram carved off for the VM, sits behind a pfsense VM | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2015-06-15 | anonymous | mintshost.pl | nazwa.pl | .pl | secondary at puck.nether.net | yes | StartSSL Free | Everything runs just fine, I have the KVM 1GB option. | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | Kibyra | Linode | Gandi.net | Linode | yes | Gandi.net | Everything works smootly. 1GB basic box. Company emails. Actively used 3 account total of 10. | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2015-06-22 | TomaatHoeky | NodeServ | Hostnet.nl | .nl | Hostnet | Not ATM | 3 year free @ https://buy.wosign.com/free/ | Plan AUG-1024MB | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2015-03-07 | Alexis Tyler | Digital Ocean | Gandi.net | .xyz | Not attempted | Gandi.net | Using 1GB DO machine and it's working perfectly. | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2015-09-15 | just4t | DigitalOcean | gandi.net | .win | ns6.gandi.net as xfr:<IPADDRESS> | yes | Wosign (3yrs) | Running Miab v.13b | DO 2Gb RAM Droplet | Production server | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2015-10-10 | just4t | Vultr | gandi.net | .xyz | ns6.gandi.net as xfr:<IPADDRESS> | yes | Wosign (1yr) | Running Miab Master | Vultr 768Mb RAM inst. | Test & Dev server | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2015-10-01 | anonymous | DigitalOcean - AMS | godaddy | .red | godaddy premium dns | yes; perfectly. | Comodo wildcard Positive SSL ~$89usd | Digital Ocean $10 plan installed fresh per Josh's recommendation | |||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2015-11-04 | Diego | Kimsufi (KS-2) | gandi.net | .re | yes | Gandi.net | 1 account actively used, transfered 8 GB from Gmail | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2015-11-05 | 1901 | digitalocean | namecheap | .ro | digitalocean | ??? | ssls.com | all good, wonder how it would scale to 100 or 10000 users with 100 domanins | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2015-08-09 | J376A | DigitalOcean | NameCheap | .net | YES | NameCheap Comodo Positive SSL | NameCheap supports DNSSEC manually; contact support for details. So far not a single problem. 9 inboxes, 38 aliases incl builts, 7 domains, 7 catch-all addresses. Farily moderate use with many thousands of emails totally around 5GB. Working with a Brother laser printer. Firewall set to disallow HTTP(S) and standard SSH port with no issues. 1GB RAM/30GB HDD at DigitalOcean. | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2016-10-30 | w | netcup | gandi.net | no | yes | letsencrypt | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2018-10-24 | zoli | iload.at | bakehouse.at | .at | bakehouse.at | yes | letsencrypt | On Premise Machine with 1 Core and 1GB Ram. | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2019.02.16 | Jānis | hetzner.de | nic.lv | .lv | Tested MIAB DNS, but using CloudFlare | Yes, both cases. | letsencrypt | MIAB v0.40; Hetzner Cloud. Dedicated CPU CCX11 / 80 GB + 300 GB(attached volume), AWS S3 backups. | |||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2019-07-10 | jvolkenant | Luna Node | namecheap | .com, .net | MIAB and secondary nameserver via xfr: | Yes | letsencrypt | 18.04, 1CPU, 1GB Ram on Openstack | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2020-09-21 | Ryan | AWS Lightsail | GoDaddy | .uk | Cloudflare | Yes | Cloudflare & Lets Encrypt | Works perfect, no issues with deliverability and no issues when setting up within AWS. | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2021-01-12 | Chase | OVH | NameCheap | .com, .net, .us, .io, .xyz, .pw, .rocks, .work, .careers | N/A | Yes | Let's Encrypt | Works perfect. No issues. Cheapest OVH box @ $3.5/mo. | |||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2021-06-08 | Jonathan | Microsoft Azure | OVH | .tf | Cloudflare | Haven't tried | ZeroSSL | Works perfectly fine, Azure blocks 25 in and out unless you have EA so had to use Mailgun and a custom postfix configuration. | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | 2021-07-09 | anonymous | xilo.net | xilo | .uk | Yes | Fine out of the box, no blocked ports. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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