Defining INDEX target to other location than maildir seems to have no effect.
Jules
jules at ispire.me
Sat Nov 5 21:31:50 UTC 2016
How can i commit this as bug report?
> Am 30.10.2016 um 11:04 schrieb Julian Sternberg <jules at ispire.me>:
>
> Dovecot Version 2.2.13
> Linux Distribution: Debian Jessie
> CPU Architecture: x64
> Filesystem: GlusterFS/NFS, XFS for Base System/Index Files.
> Two Dovecot/Postfix nodes accessing same GlusterFS/NFS Maildir.
>
> Regardless what i choose in mail_location (:INDEX=MEMORY or :INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%n) all Mailbox index files will still get created within the users mail_location maildir: ~/Maildir
>
> My mail_location Maildir directory is shared on GlusterFS mount so i need to get index files away from this share due locking mechanism and faster caching.
>
> The weird is, if i set INDEX to /var/indexes, the index files getting created sometimes but then not updated frequently and exist parallel on Maildir which are mostly newer than on /var/indexes. If you delete the dovecot.index* files from Maildir, they will get recreated immediatly on Imap access but not on the alternative set INDEX location, they are getting recreated within Maildir again.
>
> Here is doveconf -n Output:
>
> # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.6
> auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> first_valid_uid = 2000
> hostname = censored.hostname.com
> last_valid_uid = 2000
> lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
> lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes
> listen = *
> lock_method = dotlock
> mail_fsync = always
> mail_gid = 2000
> mail_home = /storage/vmail/%d/%n
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY
> mail_nfs_storage = yes
> mail_privileged_group = vmail
> mail_temp_dir = /var/tmp
> mail_uid = 2000
> maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes
> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
> mmap_disable = yes
> namespace inbox {
> inbox = yes
> location =
> mailbox Archive {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Archive
> }
> mailbox Archives {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Archive
> }
> mailbox "Deleted Items" {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> mailbox "Deleted Messages" {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> mailbox Drafts {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Drafts
> }
> mailbox Sent {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Items" {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> auto = no
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox Spam {
> auto = create
> special_use = \Junk
> }
> mailbox Trash {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> mailbox virtual/All {
> auto = no
> special_use = \All
> }
> prefix =
> separator = /
> type = private
> }
> passdb {
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
> driver = sql
> }
> plugin {
> quota = maildir:User quota
> quota_rule = *:storage=1G
> quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M
> quota_rule3 = Sent:storage=+100M
> quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u
> quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u
> sieve = /storage/vmail/%d/%n/sieve/dovecot.sieve
> sieve_before = /storage/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve
> sieve_dir = /storage/vmail/%d/%n/sieve
> sieve_global = /storage/vmail/sieve
> }
> postmaster_address = postmaster at censored.hostname.com
> protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3"
> quota_full_tempfail = yes
> service auth {
> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> group = postfix
> mode = 0660
> user = postfix
> }
> unix_listener auth-userdb {
> group = vmail
> mode = 0666
> user = vmail
> }
> }
> service imap-login {
> inet_listener imaps {
> port = 993
> ssl = yes
> }
> service_count = 0
> }
> service lmtp {
> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
> group = postfix
> mode = 0666
> user = postfix
> }
> }
> service managesieve-login {
> inet_listener sieve {
> port = 4190
> }
> service_count = 1
> }
> service pop3-login {
> inet_listener pop3 {
> port = 110
> }
> inet_listener pop3s {
> port = 995
> ssl = yes
> }
> }
> service quota-warning {
> executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh
> unix_listener quota-warning {
> user = vmail
> }
> user = vmail
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/ssl-bundle-mail.crt
> ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/censored_hostname.com.crt
> ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA
> ssl_key = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/censored.hostname.com.key
> ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3
> ssl_require_crl = no
> userdb {
> args = uid=2000 gid=2000 home=/storage/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes
> driver = static
> }
> protocol lmtp {
> mail_plugins = " quota sieve"
> }
> protocol lda {
> mail_plugins = " sieve quota"
> }
> protocol imap {
> imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
> mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota"
> }
> protocol sieve {
> mail_max_userip_connections = 10
> }
> protocol pop3 {
> mail_plugins = " quota"
> pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> }
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