docker-mailserver/docs/content/config/security/ssl.md

There are multiple options to enable SSL:

* using [letsencrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) (recommended)
* using self-signed certificates with the provided tool

After installation, you can test your setup with [checktls.com](https://www.checktls.com/TestReceiver).

### Let's encrypt (recommended)

To enable Let's Encrypt on your mail server, you have to:

* get your certificate using [letsencrypt client](https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt)
* add an environment variable `SSL_TYPE` with value `letsencrypt` (see `docker-compose.yml.dist`)
* mount your whole `letsencrypt` folder to `/etc/letsencrypt`
* the certs folder name located in `letsencrypt/live/` must be the `fqdn` of your container responding to the `hostname` command. The full qualified domain name (`fqdn`) inside the docker container is build combining the `hostname` and `domainname` values of the docker-compose file, e. g.: hostname: `mail`; domainname: `myserver.tld`; fqdn: `mail.myserver.tld`

You don't have anything else to do. Enjoy.

### Self-signed certificates (testing only)

You can easily generate a self-signed SSL certificate by using the following command:

    docker run -ti --rm -v "$(pwd)"/config/ssl:/ssl -h mail.my-domain.com -t tvial/docker-mailserver generate-ssl-certificate

    # Press enter
    # Enter a password when needed
    # Fill information like Country, Organisation name
    # Fill "my-domain.com" as FQDN for CA, and "mail.my-domain.com" for the certificate.
    # They HAVE to be different, otherwise you'll get a `TXT_DB error number 2`
    # Don't fill extras
    # Enter same password when needed
    # Sign the certificate? [y/n]:y
    # 1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y

    # will generate:
    # config/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-key.pem (used in postfix)
    # config/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-req.pem (only used to generate other files)
    # config/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-cert.pem (used in postfix)
    # config/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-combined.pem (used in courier)
    # config/ssl/demoCA/cacert.pem (certificate authority)

Note that the certificate will be generate for the container `fqdn`, that is passed as `-h` argument.
Check the following page for more information regarding [postfix and SSL/TLS configuration](http://www.mad-hacking.net/documentation/linux/applications/mail/using-ssl-tls-postfix-courier.xml).

To use the certificate:

* add `SSL_TYPE=self-signed` to your container environment variables
* if a matching certificate (files listed above) is found in `config/ssl`, it will be automatically setup in postfix and dovecot. You just have to place them in `config/ssl` folder.

### Testing certificate

From your host:

    docker exec mail openssl s_client -connect 0.0.0.0:25 -starttls smtp -CApath /etc/ssl/certs/

or

    docker exec mail openssl s_client -connect 0.0.0.0:143 -starttls imap -CApath /etc/ssl/certs/


And you should see the certificate chain, the server certificate and:

    Verify return code: 0 (ok)