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Overview

This is the entry point for the SecureAnyCloud Hardened Stalwart, GNU Mailman & Mail Servers and Newsletters AMIs listing on the AWS Marketplace. The listing is a single product that offers several mail products and releases as separate software versions.

Subscribe once, choose the version you want from the Software version list at launch, then open its guide for the full setup and connection walk-through.

What you get with every version:

  • An image built by SecureAnyCloud on a fully patched base, with the latest security updates applied at build time
  • Services that are secure by default: administrator passwords, database credentials and application secrets are generated uniquely on the first boot of each instance, so no default login exists and no two instances share a secret
  • Hourly metered pricing per EC2 instance type, the same for every version in this listing. The recommended instance type is m5.large.

How to pick a version

  • Open the listing on the AWS Marketplace, choose View purchase options, then choose Subscribe. One subscription covers every product and release in the listing, and the free trial starts with it.
  • When the subscription is active, choose Launch your software.
  • Choose One-click launch from AWS Marketplace, or Launch from EC2 Console for full control. Then, under Version, choose the product and release you want. Each version is a separate software version named <product> <release> on <operating system> - <date>, for example Apache James 3.9.1 on Ubuntu 24.04 - YYYY-MM-DD. The date is when that version was added to the listing.
  • Choose your Region, an instance type (m5.large is recommended), your EC2 key pair and a security group that opens the ports listed in the product's guide. Then choose Launch.
  • After launch, open the product's guide below for first login.

You can run several products from the same subscription. Launch one instance per product, each from its own software version.

Versions in this listing, newest release first:

  • Apache James: 3.9.1 on Ubuntu 24.04
  • Maddy Mail Server: 0.9.6 on Ubuntu 24.04
  • smtp4dev: 3.15.0 on Ubuntu 24.04

Security model

Every version in this listing follows the same model:

  • No default login. Administrator passwords, database passwords and application secrets are generated on the first boot of each instance and written to a root-only file. No two instances share a secret.
  • Only the documented ports. Each guide lists the ports the product needs. Open only those in your security group.
  • Internal services on localhost. Databases and caches listen on 127.0.0.1 only. Never open database ports (3306, 5432, 6379) to the internet.
  • Patched base. The operating system is fully patched when the image is built.
  • HTTPS on first boot for smtp4dev 3.15.0 on Ubuntu 24.04. This version serves HTTPS with a per-instance certificate from first boot. The other versions open no web port (80/443). You manage them over SSH, and their guides list the ports they use.

Choose your product

Each product has its own guide. Open the guide that matches the software version you launched:

  • Apache James: Apache James 3.9.1 on Ubuntu 24.04
  • Maddy Mail Server: Maddy Mail Server 0.9.6 on Ubuntu 24.04
  • smtp4dev: smtp4dev 3.15.0 on Ubuntu 24.04

How to tell which version you launched

The EC2 console shows the version you chose in the instance's launch record (AMI name and description). Your AWS Marketplace subscription shows it too.

On the instance itself, the login message after SSH names the product and its credentials file. Open the matching guide above for the rest of the walk-through.

Support

SecureAnyCloud provides 24/7 support for every version in this listing through the AWS Marketplace support channel. Raise a ticket through the Marketplace console or email sales@secureanycloud.com.

All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.

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