Bulwark Webmail

Modern self-hosted webmail client for Stalwart Mail Server, powered by JMAP.

Port	3000
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail
Source	https://github.com/bulwarkmail/webmail
Website	https://bulwarkmail.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  bulwark-webmail:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:latest"
    container_name: bulwark-webmail
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - JMAP_SERVER_URL=https://mail.example.com  # URL of your Stalwart JMAP server (e.g. https://mail.example.com)
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/bulwark-webmail:/config"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=bulwark-webmail
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
JMAP_SERVER_URL=https://mail.example.com

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  bulwark-webmail:
    name: bulwark_webmail
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '3000:3000 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - JMAP_SERVER_URL: !ENV '${JMAP_SERVER_URL}'
    volumes:
      - bulwark-webmail: /config
volumes:
  bulwark-webmail:
    device: '/path/to/containers/bulwark-webmail'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name bulwark-webmail \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e JMAP_SERVER_URL=https://mail.example.com \
  -v /path/to/containers/bulwark-webmail:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="3000:3000 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e JMAP_SERVER_URL=https://mail.example.com \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/bulwark-webmail /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:latest bulwark-webmail

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

services:
  bulwark-webmail:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:latest"
    container_name: bulwark-webmail
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - JMAP_SERVER_URL=https://mail.example.com

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Or via CLI:

bastille create -O \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --env JMAP_SERVER_URL=https://mail.example.com \
  --data-path /path/to/containers/bulwark-webmail \
  bulwark-webmail ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:latest inherit

Ansible

- name: Deploy bulwark-webmail
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: bulwark-webmail
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/bulwark-webmail:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      JMAP_SERVER_URL: "https://mail.example.com"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/bulwark-webmail:/config"

Save as bulwark-webmail-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook bulwark-webmail-deploy.yaml.

Access at: http://localhost:3000

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000
PGID	1000
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
JMAP_SERVER_URL	https://mail.example.com	URL of your Stalwart JMAP server (e.g. https://mail.example.com)

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Admin config, settings sync, and telemetry state

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
3000	TCP	Web UI

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15

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