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Install Sendy on Ubuntu 22

Self-hosted email newsletter platform powered by Amazon SES. Full LAMP setup included.

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Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu 22.04 server
  • Amazon SES account
  • Domain name

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Update Ubuntu system packages


                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Create MariaDB database, user, and grants


                    

                                                    

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                            

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Add Ondrej PHP repository (multi-version PHP)


                    

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Download and extract Sendy

                                            

                            
                            
sudo unzip /tmp/sendy.zip -d /var/www/html/
sudo mv /var/www/html/sendy* /var/www/html/sendy

                        

                                    
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Set web folder ownership to www-data


                    

                                                    

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                            

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Apply standard web permissions (755/644)


                    

                                                    

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                            

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Create Apache virtual host


                    

                                                    

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                            

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Edit Sendy config.php

                                            

                            
                            
sudo nano /var/www/html/sendy/includes/config.php

# Edit these values:
# define('APP_PATH', 'https://newsletter.example.com');
# $dbHost = 'localhost';
# $dbUser = 'sendy_user';
# $dbPass = 'your_strong_password';
# $dbName = 'sendy_db';

                        

                                    
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Install Certbot for Apache


                    

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Issue SSL certificate via Certbot (Apache)


                    

                                                    

                                                                    

                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            

                                                            

                        
                        

                            

                                
                                

                            

                            
                        

                    

                
                
                
                
                            

                    
            


                
                

                    
                    

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Run Sendy installer