no full syncs after upgrading to dovecot 2.3.18

Paul Kudla (SCOM.CA Internet Services Inc.) paul at scom.ca
Tue Apr 26 09:36:20 UTC 2022


more specific to this issue

i looks like (at this was fun for me to figure out as well)

note replication does not work well on nfs file systems etc

i started with sdram drives on one server and nfs on the other and found 
i simply had to go sdram (or whatever) on the other one

smoothed all of this out a lot.

basically both servers need to be the same at the end of the day.


the replicator can be a bit fun to setup

i found tcpip (no ssl) worked best

i run one config file (not the 10- etc)  so here is one side, other side 
is the same except for the ip replicator address connection just set 
accordingly, and i run a local backbone network hence the 10.221.0./16 
which also smooths things out as there is only replication traffic & 
auth traffic running across this link. No bottlenecks at the end of the day.

i included sni, postgresql & sieve (for duplicates) as well for the 
complete picture.

took three months to get this going, mainly due to outdated documentation

dovecot works way better then cyrus and supports sni but current 
(2.3.18) complete documentation from setting up beginning to end would help!

I program for a living and even with me documentation always seems to 
take a back seat.

note that sni loades from a database and i wrote a python script to do 
that to support auto updating of yearly ssl certs.

/programs/common/getssl.cert


# cat dovecot.conf
# 2.3.14 (cee3cbc0d): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE amd64
# Hostname: mail18.scom.ca

auth_debug = no
auth_debug_passwords = no

default_process_limit = 16384

mail_debug = no

#lock_method = dotlock
#mail_max_lock_timeout = 300s

#mbox_read_locks = dotlock
#mbox_write_locks = dotlock

mmap_disable = yes
dotlock_use_excl = no
mail_fsync = always
mail_nfs_storage = no
mail_nfs_index = no

auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
base_dir = /data/dovecot/run/
debug_log_path = syslog
disable_plaintext_auth = no
dsync_features = empty-header-workaround

#imapc_features = rfc822.size fetch-headers
#imapc_host = mail.scom.ca
#imapc_password = Pk554669
#imapc_user = paul at scom.ca

info_log_path = syslog
login_greeting = SCOM.CA Internet Services Inc. - Dovecot ready
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c


mail_location = maildir:~/

mail_plugins = " virtual notify replication fts fts_lucene "
mail_prefetch_count = 20

protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve


protocol lmtp {
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve
   postmaster_address = monitor at scom.ca
}

service lmtp {
   process_limit=1000
   vsz_limit = 512m
   client_limit=1
    unix_listener /usr/home/postfix.local/private/dovecot-lmtp {
      group = postfix
      mode = 0600
      user = postfix
   }
}

protocol lda {
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve
}

service lda {
   process_limit=1000
   vsz_limit = 512m
}

service imap {
   process_limit=4096
   vsz_limit = 2g
   client_limit=1
}

service pop3 {
   process_limit=1000
   vsz_limit = 512m
   client_limit=1
}

namespace inbox {
   inbox = yes
   location =
   mailbox Drafts {
     auto = subscribe
     special_use = \Drafts
   }
   mailbox Sent {
     auto = subscribe
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox Trash {
     auto = subscribe
     special_use = \Trash
   }
   prefix =
   separator = /
}

passdb {
   args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-pgsql.conf
   driver = sql
}

doveadm_port = 12345
doveadm_password = secretxyyyyyy

service doveadm {
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   idle_kill = 0
   client_limit = 1
   user = vmail
   inet_listener {
     port = 12345
   }
}

service config {
   unix_listener config {
     user = vmail
     }
}

dsync_remote_cmd = ssh -l%{login} %{host} doveadm dsync-server -u%u
#dsync_remote_cmd = doveadm sync -d -u%u

replication_dsync_parameters = -d -N -l 300 -U

plugin {
   mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete 
mailbox_rename
   mail_log_fields = uid, box, msgid, from, subject, size, vsize, flags
   push_notification_driver = dlog

   sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/sieve/.dovecot.sieve
   #sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
   sieve_duplicate_default_period = 1h
   sieve_duplicate_max_period = 1d
   sieve_extensions = +duplicate +notify +imapflags +vacation-seconds
   sieve_global_dir = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve
   sieve_before = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/duplicates.sieve


   mail_replica = tcp:10.221.0.19:12345
   #mail_replica = remote:vmail at 10.221.0.19
   #replication_sync_timeout = 2

   fts = lucene
   fts_lucene = whitespace_chars=@.
}

#sieve_extensions = vnd.dovecot.duplicate

#sieve_plugins = vnd.dovecot.duplicate

service anvil {
   process_limit = 1
   client_limit=5000
   vsz_limit = 512m
   unix_listener anvil {
     group = vmail
     mode = 0666
   }
}


service auth {
    process_limit = 1
    client_limit=5000
    vsz_limit = 1g

    unix_listener auth-userdb {
       mode = 0660
       user = vmail
       group = vmail
    }
    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
       mode = 0666
    }

}

service stats {
   process_limit = 1000
   vsz_limit = 1g
   unix_listener stats-reader {
     group = vmail
     mode = 0666
   }
   unix_listener stats-writer {
     group = vmail
     mode = 0666
   }
}
userdb {
   args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-pgsql.conf
   driver = sql

}

protocol imap {
   mail_max_userip_connections = 50
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins notify replication
}

protocol pop3 {
   mail_max_userip_connections = 50
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins notify replication
}

protocol imaps {
   mail_max_userip_connections = 25
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins notify replication
}

protocol pop3s {
   mail_max_userip_connections = 25
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins notify replication
}


service managesieve-login {
   process_limit = 1000
   vsz_limit = 1g
   inet_listener sieve {
     port = 4190
   }
}

verbose_proctitle = yes

replication_max_conns = 100

replication_full_sync_interval = 1d

service replicator {
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   idle_kill = 4294967295s
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   service_count = 0
   vsz_limit = 8g
         unix_listener replicator-doveadm {
     mode = 0600
     user = vmail
   }
   vsz_limit = 8192M
}


service aggregator {
   process_limit = 1000
   #vsz_limit = 1g
   fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo {
     user = vmail
     group = vmail
     mode = 0666
   }

}

service pop3-login {
   process_limit = 1000
   client_limit = 100
   vsz_limit = 512m
  }


service imap-urlauth-login {
   process_limit = 1000
   client_limit = 1000
   vsz_limit = 1g
}


service imap-login {
   process_limit=1000
   client_limit = 1000
   vsz_limit = 1g
  }


protocol sieve {
   managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole
   managesieve_max_line_length = 65536
}




#Addition ssl config
!include sni.conf

# cat sni.conf
#sni.conf
ssl = yes
verbose_ssl = yes
ssl_dh =</usr/local/etc/dovecot/dh-4096.pem
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes
#ssl_min_protocol = TLSv1.2

#Default *.scom.ca
ssl_key =</usr/local/etc/dovecot/scom.pem
ssl_cert =</usr/local/etc/dovecot/scom.pem
ssl_ca =</usr/local/etc/dovecot/scom.pem

local_name .scom.ca {
   ssl_key = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c *.scom.ca -q yes
   ssl_cert = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c *.scom.ca -q yes
   ssl_ca = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c *.scom.ca -q yes
}

local_name mail.clancyca.com {
   ssl_key = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.clancyca.com -q yes
   ssl_cert = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.clancyca.com -q yes
   ssl_ca = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.clancyca.com -q yes
}

local_name secure.clancyca.com {
   ssl_key = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c secure.clancyca.com -q yes
   ssl_cert = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c secure.clancyca.com -q yes
   ssl_ca = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c secure.clancyca.com -q yes
}

local_name mail.paulkudla.net {
   ssl_key = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.paulkudla.net -q yes
   ssl_cert = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.paulkudla.net -q yes
   ssl_ca = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.paulkudla.net -q yes
}

local_name mail.ekst.ca {
   ssl_key = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.ekst.ca -q yes
   ssl_cert = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.ekst.ca -q yes
   ssl_ca = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.ekst.ca -q yes
}

local_name mail.hamletdevelopments.ca {
   ssl_key = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.hamletdevelopments.ca 
-q yes
   ssl_cert = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.hamletdevelopments.ca 
-q yes
   ssl_ca = /programs/common/getssl.cert -c mail.hamletdevelopments.ca 
-q yes
}


# cat dovecot-pgsql.conf
driver = pgsql
connect = host=localhost port=5433 dbname=scom_billing user=pgsql 
password=Scom411400
default_pass_scheme = PLAIN

password_query = SELECT username as user, password FROM email_users 
WHERE username = '%u' and password <> 'alias' and status = True and 
destination = '%u'

user_query = SELECT home, uid, gid FROM email_users WHERE username = 
'%u' and password <> 'alias' and status = True and destination = '%u'

#iterate_query = SELECT user, password FROM email_users WHERE username = 
'%u' and password <> 'alias' and status = True and destination = '%u'

iterate_query = SELECT "username" as user, domain FROM email_users WHERE 
status = True and alias_flag = False


# cat duplicates.sieve
require "duplicate";           # for dovecot >= 2.2.18

if duplicate {
     discard;
     stop;
}


# cat /programs/common/getssl.cert
#!/usr/local/bin/python3
#update the ssl certificates for this mail server

import sys
import os
import string
import psycopg2

from optparse import OptionParser

USAGE_TEXT = '''\
usage: %%prog %s[options]
'''


parser = OptionParser(usage=USAGE_TEXT % '', version='0.4')
parser.add_option("-c", "--cert", dest="cert", help="Domain Certificate 
Requested")
parser.add_option("-k", "--key", dest="key", help="Domain Key Requested")
parser.add_option("-r", "--crt", dest="crt", help="Domain CRT Requested")
parser.add_option("-s", "--csr", dest="csr", help="Domain CSR Requested")
parser.add_option("-i", "--inter", dest="inter", help="Domain INTER 
Requested")
parser.add_option("-x", "--pem", dest="pem", help="Domain Pem Requested")
parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet", dest="quiet", help="Quiet")

options, args = parser.parse_args()

#print (options.quiet)

if options.cert != None :
         ssl = options.cert
         if options.quiet == None :
                 print ('\nGetting Full Pem Certificate : %s\n' 
%options.cert)


if options.key != None :
         ssl = options.key
         if options.quiet == None :
                 print ('\nGetting Key Certificate : %s\n' %options.key)


if options.crt != None :
         ssl = options.crt
         if options.quiet == None :
                 print ('\nGetting CRT Certificate : %s\n' %options.crt)

if options.csr != None :
         ssl = options.csr
         if options.quiet == None :
                 print ('\nGetting CSR Certificate : %s\n' %options.csr)

if options.inter != None :
         ssl = options.inter
         if options.quiet == None :
                 print ('\nGetting Inter Certificate : %s\n' %options.inter)

if options.pem != None :
         ssl = options.pem
         if options.quiet == None :
                 print ('\nGetting Pem Certificate : %s\n' %options.pem)



#sys.exit()


#from lib import *

#print ('Opening the Database ....')
conn = psycopg2.connect(host='localhost', port = 5433, 
database='scom_billing', user='pgsql', password='Scom411400')
pg = conn.cursor()

#print ('Connected !')

#Ok now go get the email keys
command = ("""select domain,ssl_key,ssl_cert,ssl_csr,ssl_chain from 
email_ssl_certificates where domain = $$%s$$ """ %ssl)
#print (command)

pg.execute(command)
certs = pg.fetchone()

#print (certs)

#ok from here we have to decide the output ?
domain = certs[0]

if options.cert != None :
         key = '#SSL Pem file (Key / Certificate / Intermediate) for 
%s\n\n#Key\n\n' %domain + certs[1] + '\n\n#Certificate\n' + certs[2] + 
'\n\n#Intermediate\n' + certs[4]

if options.key != None :
         key = '#SSL Key file for %s\n\n' %domain + certs[1]

if options.crt != None :
         key = '#SSL CERT file for %s\n\n' %domain + certs[2]

if options.csr != None :
         key = '#SSL CSR Request file for %s\n\n' %domain + certs[3]

if options.inter != None :
         key = '#SSL Intermediate file for %s\n\n' %domain + certs[4]

if options.pem != None :
         key = '#SSL Pem (Certificate / Intermediate) file for 
%s\n\n#Certificate\n\n' %domain + certs[2] + '\n\n#Intermediate\n' + 
certs[4]


key = key.replace('\r','')


print (key)


conn.close()
sys.exit()



Happy Tuesday !!!
Thanks - paul

Paul Kudla


Scom.ca Internet Services <http://www.scom.ca>
004-1009 Byron Street South
Whitby, Ontario - Canada
L1N 4S3

Toronto 416.642.7266
Main 1.866.411.7266
Fax 1.888.892.7266

On 4/25/2022 9:13 AM, Arnaud Abélard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On my side we are running Linux (Debian Buster).
> 
> I'm not sure my problem is actually the same as Paul or you Sebastian 
> since I have a lot of boxes but those are actually small (quota of 
> 110MB) so I doubt any of them have more than a dozen imap folders.
> 
> The main symptom is that I have tons of full sync requests awaiting but 
> even though no other sync is pending the replicator just waits for 
> something to trigger those syncs.
> 
> Today, with users back I can see that normal and incremental syncs are 
> being done on the 15 connections, with an occasional full sync here or 
> there and lots of "Waiting 'failed' requests":
> 
> Queued 'sync' requests        0
> 
> Queued 'high' requests        0
> 
> Queued 'low' requests         0
> 
> Queued 'failed' requests      122
> 
> Queued 'full resync' requests 28785
> 
> Waiting 'failed' requests     4294
> 
> Total number of known users   42512
> 
> 
> 
> So, why didn't the replicator take advantage of the weekend to replicate 
> the mailboxes while no user were using them?
> 
> Arnaud
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 25/04/2022 13:54, Sebastian Marske wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> thanks for your insights and for diving deeper into this Paul!
>>
>> For me, the users ending up in 'Waiting for dsync to finish' all have
>> more than 256 Imap folders as well (ranging from 288 up to >5500; as per
>> 'doveadm mailbox list -u <username> | wc -l'). For more details on my
>> setup please see my post from February [1].
>>
>> @Arnaud: What OS are you running on?
>>
>>
>> Best
>> Sebastian
>>
>>
>> [1] https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2022-February/124168.html
>>
>>
>> On 4/24/22 19:36, Paul Kudla (SCOM.CA Internet Services Inc.) wrote:
>>>
>>> Question having similiar replication issues
>>>
>>> pls read everything below and advise the folder counts on the
>>> non-replicated users?
>>>
>>> i find  the total number of folders / account seems to be a factor and
>>> NOT the size of the mail box
>>>
>>> ie i have customers with 40G of emails no problem over 40 or so folders
>>> and it works ok
>>>
>>> 300+ folders seems to be the issue
>>>
>>> i have been going through the replication code
>>>
>>> no errors being logged
>>>
>>> i am assuming that the replication --> dhclient --> other server is
>>> timing out or not reading the folder lists correctly (ie dies after X
>>> folders read)
>>>
>>> thus i am going through the code patching for log entries etc to find
>>> the issues.
>>>
>>> see
>>>
>>> [13:33:57] mail18.scom.ca [root:0] /usr/local/var/lib/dovecot
>>> # ll
>>> total 86
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  uarch    4B Apr 24 11:11 .
>>> drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  uarch    4B Mar  8  2021 ..
>>> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  uarch   73B Apr 24 11:11 instances
>>> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  uarch  160K Apr 24 13:33 replicator.db
>>>
>>> [13:33:58] mail18.scom.ca [root:0] /usr/local/var/lib/dovecot
>>> #
>>>
>>> replicator.db seems to get updated ok but never processed properly.
>>>
>>> # sync.users
>>> nick at elirpa.com                   high     00:09:41  463:47:01 -     y
>>> keith at elirpa.com                  high     00:09:23  463:45:43 -     y
>>> paul at scom.ca                      high     00:09:41  463:46:51 -     y
>>> ed at scom.ca                        high     00:09:43  463:47:01 -     y
>>> ed.hanna at dssmgmt.com              high     00:09:42  463:46:58 -     y
>>> paul at paulkudla.net                high     00:09:44  463:47:03 580:35:07
>>>     y
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> so ....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> two things :
>>>
>>> first to get the production stuff to work i had to write a script that
>>> whould find the bad sync's and the force a dsync between the servers
>>>
>>> i run this every five minutes or each server.
>>>
>>> in crontab
>>>
>>> */10    *                *    *    *    root            /usr/bin/nohup
>>> /programs/common/sync.recover > /dev/null
>>>
>>>
>>> python script to sort things out
>>>
>>> # cat /programs/common/sync.recover
>>> #!/usr/local/bin/python3
>>>
>>> #Force sync between servers that are reporting bad?
>>>
>>> import os,sys,django,socket
>>> from optparse import OptionParser
>>>
>>>
>>> from lib import *
>>>
>>> #Sample Re-Index MB
>>> #doveadm -D force-resync -u paul at scom.ca -f INBOX*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> USAGE_TEXT = '''\
>>> usage: %%prog %s[options]
>>> '''
>>>
>>> parser = OptionParser(usage=USAGE_TEXT % '', version='0.4')
>>>
>>> parser.add_option("-m", "--send_to", dest="send_to", help="Send Email 
>>> To")
>>> parser.add_option("-e", "--email", dest="email_box", help="Box to 
>>> Index")
>>> parser.add_option("-d", "--detail",action='store_true',
>>> dest="detail",default =False, help="Detailed report")
>>> parser.add_option("-i", "--index",action='store_true',
>>> dest="index",default =False, help="Index")
>>>
>>> options, args = parser.parse_args()
>>>
>>> print (options.email_box)
>>> print (options.send_to)
>>> print (options.detail)
>>>
>>> #sys.exit()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> print ('Getting Current User Sync Status')
>>> command = commands("/usr/local/bin/doveadm replicator status '*'")
>>>
>>>
>>> #print command
>>>
>>> sync_user_status = command.output.split('\n')
>>>
>>> #print sync_user_status
>>>
>>> synced = []
>>>
>>> for n in range(1,len(sync_user_status)) :
>>>          user = sync_user_status[n]
>>>          print ('Processing User : %s' %user.split(' ')[0])
>>>          if user.split(' ')[0] != options.email_box :
>>>                  if options.email_box != None :
>>>                          continue
>>>
>>>          if options.index == True :
>>>                  command = '/usr/local/bin/doveadm -D force-resync -u %s
>>> -f INBOX*' %user.split(' ')[0]
>>>                  command = commands(command)
>>>                  command = command.output
>>>
>>>          #print user
>>>          for nn in range (len(user)-1,0,-1) :
>>>                  #print nn
>>>                  #print user[nn]
>>>
>>>                  if user[nn] == '-' :
>>>                          #print 'skipping ... %s' %user.split(' ')[0]
>>>
>>>                          break
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                  if user[nn] == 'y': #Found a Bad Mailbox
>>>                          print ('syncing ... %s' %user.split(' ')[0])
>>>
>>>
>>>                          if options.detail == True :
>>>                                  command = '/usr/local/bin/doveadm -D
>>> sync -u %s -d -N -l 30 -U' %user.split(' ')[0]
>>>                                  print (command)
>>>                                  command = commands(command)
>>>                                  command = command.output.split('\n')
>>>                                  print (command)
>>>                                  print ('Processed Mailbox for ... %s'
>>> %user.split(' ')[0] )
>>>                                  synced.append('Processed Mailbox for 
>>> ...
>>> %s' %user.split(' ')[0])
>>>                                  for nnn in range(len(command)):
>>>                                          synced.append(command[nnn] + 
>>> '\n')
>>>                                  break
>>>
>>>
>>>                          if options.detail == False :
>>>                                  #command = '/usr/local/bin/doveadm -D
>>> sync -u %s -d -N -l 30 -U' %user.split(' ')[0]
>>>                                  #print (command)
>>>                                  #command = os.system(command)
>>>                                  command = subprocess.Popen(
>>> ["/usr/local/bin/doveadm sync -u %s -d -N -l 30 -U" %user.split(' ')[0]
>>> ], \
>>>                                  shell = True, stdin=None, stdout=None,
>>> stderr=None, close_fds=True)
>>>
>>>                                  print ( 'Processed Mailbox for ... %s'
>>> %user.split(' ')[0] )
>>>                                  synced.append('Processed Mailbox for 
>>> ...
>>> %s' %user.split(' ')[0])
>>>                                  #sys.exit()
>>>                                  break
>>>
>>> if len(synced) != 0 :
>>>          #send email showing bad synced boxes ?
>>>
>>>          if options.send_to != None :
>>>                  send_from = 'monitor at scom.ca'
>>>                  send_to = ['%s' %options.send_to]
>>>                  send_subject = 'Dovecot Bad Sync Report for : %s'
>>> %(socket.gethostname())
>>>                  send_text = '\n\n'
>>>                  for n in range (len(synced)) :
>>>                          send_text = send_text + synced[n] + '\n'
>>>
>>>                  send_files = []
>>>                  sendmail (send_from, send_to, send_subject, send_text,
>>> send_files)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> sys.exit()
>>>
>>> second :
>>>
>>> i posted this a month ago - no response
>>>
>>> please appreciate that i am trying to help ....
>>>
>>> after much testing i can now reporduce the replication issues at hand
>>>
>>> I am running on freebsd 12 & 13 stable (both test and production 
>>> servers)
>>>
>>> sdram drives etc ...
>>>
>>> Basically replication works fine until reaching a folder quantity of ~
>>> 256 or more
>>>
>>> to reproduce using doveadm i created folders like
>>>
>>> INBOX/folder-0
>>> INBOX/folder-1
>>> INBOX/folder-2
>>> INBOX/folder-3
>>> and so forth ......
>>>
>>> I created 200 folders and they replicated ok on both servers
>>>
>>> I created another 200 (400 total) and the replicator got stuck and would
>>> not update the mbox on the alternate server anymore and is still
>>> updating 4 days later ?
>>>
>>> basically replicator goes so far and either hangs or more likely bails
>>> on an error that is not reported to the debug reporting ?
>>>
>>> however dsync will sync the two servers but only when run manually (ie
>>> all the folders will sync)
>>>
>>> I have two test servers avaliable if you need any kind of access - again
>>> here to help.
>>>
>>> [07:28:42] mail18.scom.ca [root:0] ~
>>> # sync.status
>>> Queued 'sync' requests        0
>>> Queued 'high' requests        6
>>> Queued 'low' requests         0
>>> Queued 'failed' requests      0
>>> Queued 'full resync' requests 0
>>> Waiting 'failed' requests     0
>>> Total number of known users   255
>>>
>>> username                       type        status
>>> paul at scom.ca                   normal      Waiting for dsync to finish
>>> keith at elirpa.com               incremental Waiting for dsync to finish
>>> ed.hanna at dssmgmt.com           incremental Waiting for dsync to finish
>>> ed at scom.ca                     incremental Waiting for dsync to finish
>>> nick at elirpa.com                incremental Waiting for dsync to finish
>>> paul at paulkudla.net             incremental Waiting for dsync to finish
>>>
>>>
>>> i have been going through the c code and it seems the replication gets
>>> requested ok
>>>
>>> replicator.db does get updated ok with the replicated request for the
>>> mbox in question.
>>>
>>> however i am still looking for the actual replicator function in the
>>> lib's that do the actual replication requests
>>>
>>> the number of folders & subfolders is defanately the issue - not the
>>> mbox pyhsical size as thought origionally.
>>>
>>> if someone can point me in the right direction, it seems either the
>>> replicator is not picking up on the number of folders to replicat
>>> properly or it has a hard set limit like 256 / 512 / 65535 etc and stops
>>> the replication request thereafter.
>>>
>>> I am mainly a machine code programmer from the 80's and have
>>> concentrated on python as of late, 'c' i am starting to go through just
>>> to give you a background on my talents.
>>>
>>> It took 2 months to finger this out.
>>>
>>> this issue also seems to be indirectly causing the duplicate messages
>>> supression not to work as well.
>>>
>>> python programming to reproduce issue (loops are for last run started @
>>> 200 - fyi) :
>>>
>>> # cat mbox.gen
>>> #!/usr/local/bin/python2
>>>
>>> import os,sys
>>>
>>> from lib import *
>>>
>>>
>>> user = 'paul at paulkudla.net'
>>>
>>> """
>>> for count in range (0,600) :
>>>          box = 'INBOX/folder-%s' %count
>>>          print count
>>>          command = '/usr/local/bin/doveadm mailbox create -s -u %s %s'
>>> %(user,box)
>>>          print command
>>>          a = commands.getoutput(command)
>>>          print a
>>> """
>>>
>>> for count in range (0,600) :
>>>          box = 'INBOX/folder-0/sub-%' %count
>>>          print count
>>>          command = '/usr/local/bin/doveadm mailbox create -s -u %s %s'
>>> %(user,box)
>>>          print command
>>>          a = commands.getoutput(command)
>>>          print a
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>          #sys.exit()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Sunday !!!
>>> Thanks - paul
>>>
>>> Paul Kudla
>>>
>>>
>>> Scom.ca Internet Services <http://www.scom.ca>
>>> 004-1009 Byron Street South
>>> Whitby, Ontario - Canada
>>> L1N 4S3
>>>
>>> Toronto 416.642.7266
>>> Main 1.866.411.7266
>>> Fax 1.888.892.7266
>>>
>>> On 4/24/2022 10:22 AM, Arnaud Abélard wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am working on replicating a server (and adding compression on the
>>>> other side) and since I had "Error: dsync I/O has stalled, no activity
>>>> for 600 seconds (version not received)" errors I upgraded both source
>>>> and destination server with the latest 2.3 version (2.3.18). While
>>>> before the upgrade all the 15 replication connections were busy after
>>>> upgrading dovecot replicator dsync-status shows that most of the time
>>>> nothing is being replicated at all. I can see some brief replications
>>>> that last, but 99,9% of the time nothing is happening at all.
>>>>
>>>> I have a replication_full_sync_interval of 12 hours but I have
>>>> thousands of users with their last full sync over 90 hours ago.
>>>>
>>>> "doveadm replicator status" also shows that i have over 35,000 queued
>>>> full resync requests, but no sync, high or low queued requests so why
>>>> aren't the full requests occuring?
>>>>
>>>> There are no errors in the logs.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Arnaud
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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