parsedmarc/docs/source/installation.md

# Installation

## Prerequisites

`parsedmarc` works with Python 3 only.

### Testing multiple report analyzers

If you would like to test parsedmarc and another report processing
solution at the same time, you can have up to two `mailto` URIs in each of the rua and ruf
tags in your DMARC record, separated by commas.

### Using a web proxy

If your system is behind a web proxy, you need to configure your system
to use that proxy. To do this, edit `/etc/environment` and add your
proxy details there, for example:

```bash
http_proxy=http://user:password@prox-server:3128
https_proxy=https://user:password@prox-server:3128
ftp_proxy=http://user:password@prox-server:3128
```

Or if no credentials are needed:

```bash
http_proxy=http://prox-server:3128
https_proxy=https://prox-server:3128
ftp_proxy=http://prox-server:3128
```

This will set the proxy up for use system-wide, including for `parsedmarc`.

### Using Microsoft Exchange

If your mail server is Microsoft Exchange, ensure that it is patched to at
least:

- Exchange Server 2010 Update Rollup 22 ([KB4295699])
- Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 21 ([KB4099855])
- Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 11 ([KB4134118])

### IP-to-country database

`parsedmarc` ships with a copy of the [IPinfo Lite] database (under
the terms of the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
License]), which is automatically refreshed from GitHub at startup
(and on `SIGHUP` in watch mode) unless the `offline` flag is set. No
IP database setup is required for the default configuration.

If you would prefer to use MaxMind's GeoLite2 Country database
instead, see [Using MaxMind GeoLite2](#using-maxmind-geolite2-optional)
below.

## Installing parsedmarc

On Debian or Ubuntu systems, run:

```bash
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
```

On CentOS, RHEL, or Rocky Linux systems, run:

```bash
sudo dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel
```

Python 3 installers for Windows and macOS can be found at
<https://www.python.org/downloads/>.

`parsedmarc` requires Python 3.11 or newer. If your distribution's
default `python3` is older, install a newer interpreter (e.g.
`python3.12`) and substitute it for `python3` in the commands below.

Create a dedicated system user, with `/opt/parsedmarc` as its home
directory so the directory is created with the correct ownership in
the same step

```bash
sudo useradd --system --create-home --home-dir /opt/parsedmarc \
    --shell /usr/sbin/nologin --skel /dev/null parsedmarc
```

Create a virtualenv and install `parsedmarc` into it as that user, so
any files created later are also owned by `parsedmarc`

```bash
sudo -u parsedmarc python3 -m venv /opt/parsedmarc/venv
sudo -u parsedmarc /opt/parsedmarc/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
sudo -u parsedmarc /opt/parsedmarc/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade "parsedmarc[all]"
```

To upgrade `parsedmarc` later, re-run the last command above and then
restart the service.

### Choosing what to install

Starting with the next major release, the integrations that talk to
external systems live in optional extras, so an install only carries the
dependencies it actually uses.

`pip install parsedmarc` — the base install — provides:

- the parsing library (aggregate, failure, and SMTP TLS reports),
- the CLI, reading reports from files, an IMAP mailbox, a Maildir, or an
  mbox file,
- and CSV/JSON, Splunk HEC, webhook, syslog, and Grafana Loki output.

Everything else needs an extra:

| Extra | Enables |
|---|---|
| `elastic` | The `[elasticsearch]` output |
| `opensearch` | The `[opensearch]` output |
| `kafka` | The `[kafka]` output |
| `s3` | The `[s3]` output |
| `gelf` | The `[gelf]` output |
| `loganalytics` | The `[log_analytics]` (Azure Monitor) output |
| `msgraph` | The `[msgraph]` mailbox input (Microsoft 365) |
| `gmail` | The `[gmail_api]` mailbox input |
| `postgresql` | The `[postgresql]` output |

Extras can be combined: `pip install "parsedmarc[elastic,msgraph]"`.

`pip install "parsedmarc[all]"` installs every extra in the table
**except** `postgresql`, which stays separate because `psycopg`'s
prebuilt binary wheels are not available for every platform — folding it
into `all` would make `parsedmarc[all]` fail to install there. Add it
explicitly when you need it: `pip install "parsedmarc[all,postgresql]"`.

If a configuration file names a section whose extra is not installed,
`parsedmarc` exits at startup with an error naming the exact
`pip install` command to run.

:::{note}
**Upgrading from 10.x:** every 10.x install carried the Elasticsearch,
OpenSearch, Kafka, AWS, Azure, Gmail, and Microsoft Graph packages,
whether or not it used them. They are no longer installed by
`pip install parsedmarc`, so switch your install command to
`pip install --upgrade "parsedmarc[all]"` (adding `postgresql` if you
use it) to keep every integration available. An in-place upgrade does
not uninstall packages you already have, but a rebuilt virtualenv — or
any fresh install — gets only what the extras name. Users of the
prebuilt Docker image are unaffected: it bundles `[all,postgresql]`.
:::

## Optional system dependencies

If you would like to be able to parse emails saved from Microsoft
Outlook (i.e. OLE .msg files), install `msgconvert`:

On Debian or Ubuntu systems, run:

```bash
sudo apt-get install libemail-outlook-message-perl
```

On CentOS, RHEL, or Rocky Linux, the `Email::Outlook::Message` Perl
module is not packaged in the base repositories or EPEL, so install
it from CPAN:

```bash
sudo dnf install -y perl perl-CPAN make gcc
sudo cpan -i Email::Outlook::Message
```

This installs the `msgconvert` script to `/usr/local/bin/msgconvert`.

## Using MaxMind GeoLite2 (optional)

To use the [MaxMind GeoLite2 Country database] instead of the bundled
IPinfo Lite database, point the `ip_db_path` option at it explicitly:

```ini
[general]
ip_db_path = /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
```

**Use this only if you specifically prefer MaxMind data over the
bundled IPinfo Lite database — most users do not need it.** Country
databases like GeoLite2 carry no ASN data, so source attribution for
IP addresses without reverse DNS is reduced when one is used.

:::{note}
parsedmarc no longer picks up a GeoLite2/DBIP database from standard
system paths (e.g. `/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb`)
automatically — a GeoIP file installed by an unrelated distro package
would silently override the bundled database and disable ASN
enrichment. System paths are now only consulted as a last resort when
the bundled database is missing. If you previously relied on the
automatic pickup, set `ip_db_path` as shown above.
:::

Install [geoipupdate] for your platform:

```bash
# Debian 10+ (requires the contrib component in apt sources)
sudo apt-get install -y geoipupdate

# Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maxmind/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y geoipupdate

# CentOS, RHEL, or Rocky Linux
sudo dnf install -y geoipupdate
```

Builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows are also available on the
[geoipupdate releases page on GitHub].

Since December 2019, MaxMind has required a free account to download
the GeoLite2 databases ([to comply with various privacy regulations]).
[Register for a free GeoLite2 account][registering for a free
geolite2 account], sign in, then create a new key on the [License
Keys] page (you can use `parsedmarc` as the description). Download the
pre-filled config file and save it to `/etc/GeoIP.conf` on Linux/macOS
or `%SystemDrive%\ProgramData\MaxMind\GeoIPUpdate\GeoIP.conf` on
Windows.

Then run

```bash
sudo geoipupdate
```

to download the databases for the first time. The GeoLite2 databases
are updated weekly (every Tuesday); add a cron job or scheduled task
to re-run `geoipupdate` weekly. More detail at the [MaxMind
geoipupdate page].

[KB4295699]: https://support.microsoft.com/KB/4295699
[KB4099855]: https://support.microsoft.com/KB/4099855
[KB4134118]: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4134118
[geoipupdate]: https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
[geoipupdate releases page on github]: https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/releases
[ipinfo lite]: https://ipinfo.io/lite
[creative commons attribution-sharealike 4.0 license]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
[license keys]: https://www.maxmind.com/en/accounts/current/license-key
[maxmind geoipupdate page]: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases/
[maxmind geolite2 country database]: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite2-free-geolocation-data
[registering for a free geolite2 account]: https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup
[to comply with various privacy regulations]: https://blog.maxmind.com/2019/12/18/significant-changes-to-accessing-and-using-geolite2-databases/