Sendy for Docker

Ready, set, send! Sendy is prepackaged with Apache and PHP in this Docker image.

What is Sendy?

Sendy is a self hosted email newsletter application that lets you send trackable emails via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES).

Sendy requires a license to operate.
You can get a license here

Setting up Sendy

Starting a Sendy Container to connect with your MySQL (MariaDB) Server

docker run --rm --name sendy -e SENDY_FQDN=localhost -e MYSQL_HOST=localhost -e MYSQL_USER=sendy -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=sendypassword -e MYSQL_DATABASE=sendy -d ericmathison/sendy:latest

Using Docker Compose

version: "3.9"
services:
    # MySQL Database
    sendy-db:
        image: ericmathison/mariadb:latest
        volumes:
            - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "rootpassword"
            MYSQL_DATABASE: "sendy"
            MYSQL_USER: "sendy"
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: "sendypassword"

    # Sendy Webapp
    sendy:
        image: ericmathison/sendy:latest
        depends_on:
            - sendy-db
        environment:
            SENDY_FQDN: "localhost"
            MYSQL_HOST: "sendy-db"
            MYSQL_USER: "sendy"
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: "sendypassword"
            MYSQL_DATABASE: "sendy"
            SENDY_PROTOCOL: "http"
        ports:
            - 80:80

volumes:
    db-data:

Configuration

Environment Variables

Required

SENDY_FQDN: The full domain where Sendy will be hosted without http:// or https:// ie. domain.com MYSQL_HOST: The address of your MySQL database server MYSQL_USER: The user name for the MySQL database MYSQL_PASSWORD: The password for the MySQL user MYSQL_DATABASE: The name of the MySQL database

Optional

SENDY_PROTOCOL: Specify whether your site is http or https Defaults to https MYSQL_PORT: The port to access your MySQL database Defaults to 3306

Cron Jobs

There are 3 cron jobs currently setup.

1. Schedule Campaigns - Checks to see if there are any campaigns to send out. Runs every 5 minutes
2. Autoresponders - Checks to see if it's time to send any drip emails Runs every minute
3. CSV Imports - Checks to see if there are any csv lists to import Runs every minute

GH Actions

This repo is configured to automatically build this Docker image and upload it to your Docker Hub account.

1. To setup this action, you need to set the following environment secrets in your repo:

• DOCKERHUB_USERNAME - this is your Docker Hub username
• DOCKERHUB_TOKEN - this is your Docker Hub API key

2. You need to update the tags for the build in /.github/workflows/deploy.yml on line 26.