Sieve Script Replication Gliches (Report #2)

Stephan Bosch stephan at rename-it.nl
Mon Sep 12 14:02:02 UTC 2016



Op 8-9-2016 om 0:40 schreef Jean-Luc Wasmer:
> Hey guys,
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> I was gonna report this issue too.
> New script FILES get replicated right away but changes to an existing file are only replicated with a full sync (looks like this is every 24h by default).
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> My assumption is this happens bc there’s no index file for sieve scripts.


Looking at his is on my list. Will do that soon..

Regards,

Stephan.

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>> On Sep 7, 2016, at 5:44 AM, Reuben Farrelly <reuben-dovecot at reub.net> wrote:
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>> On 24/08/2016 10:58 AM, Stephan Bosch wrote:
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>>> Op 8/1/2016 om 3:37 AM schreef Reuben Farrelly:
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>>>> In other words, the rules did eventually get propagated across, and
>>>> based on the file sizes they are complete.
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>>>> But there is obviously something amiss with handling of dates (which
>>>> in turn may relate to how the system determines that the file on each
>>>> server is up to date or not, I guess). In this case the two systems
>>>> are in different timezones - the primary is GMT+10 and the secondary
>>>> GMT+8.
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>>>> Also the status of active users is not always replicated either. On
>>>> one host the output of 'doveadm sieve list -A' shows my own account as
>>>> ACTIVE but the other host shows all users - except for my account - as
>>>> being active, and the sieve script for my account is not being
>>>> replicated.
>>>>
>>> This should fix the file timestamps getting set at unix time_t 0:
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>>> https://github.com/dovecot/pigeonhole/commit/af91dd3f2d78da752292dce27f9e76d2c936868c
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>>> I haven't been able to replicate the situation where this occurs though,
>>> since my current replication setup is very simple.
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>>> I need to extend my replication setup to test this more thoroughly.
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>>> So, please test this at your end first.
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>>> Regards,
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>>> Stephan.
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>> Thanks Stephan. I have re-tested and the dates are now all look to be
>> correct on the replicated scripts. We can cross that off as fixed now.
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>> There is still a problem with the scripts not being replicated though
>> between replicated hosts. They do eventually catch up many hours
>> later. I don't know what the trigger is for them updating but it's not
>> triggered by delivery attempts (as every time a delivery was attempted
>> the secondary complained about the missing sieve script).
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>> Thanks,
>> Reuben
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