Issue running Dovecot in Docker Container
Naveen Reddy
naveenreddy99 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 14:20:06 EET 2019
Aki, This image doesn't have a director service, just the dovecot is
running.
Marc, I'm running the docker container in a privileged mode and it doesn't
seem to have any issues reaching out to the outside network. I will try
running with default config and see what fails.
Thanks & Regards,
Naveen
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 4:16 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
wrote:
> You could also try our docker images, see https://hub.docker.com/u/dovecot
>
> Aki
>
> On 30/12/2019 12:18 Naveen Reddy <naveenreddy99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'm not using internal logging. I'm running the docker with the logging to
> the host.
> I have used the same options you have specified.
> The problem is that the below processes are not running inside docker
> container whereas the standalone dovecot is running these processes(meaning
> without container)
>
> dovecot-Dovecot/auth
> dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params
> dovecot-Director/lmtp
> dovecot-Director/ssl-params
> dovecot-Director/imap-login director
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 3:16 PM Marc Roos < M.Roos at f1-outsourcing.eu>
> wrote:
>
>
> If you are running your container as root. You will not have the issues
> I encountered. Dovecot is dropping to the 'dovecot' and 'dovenull'(?)
> when needed, this is fine.
>
> PS. I would not recommend using internal logging, use something like
> this to log to the host or remote syslog.
> docker run -v /dev/log:/dev/log -it dovecot-proxy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: Issue running Dovecot in Docker Container
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> I can see the processes are running as a root in container environment.
> Do you think that still have issues ?
> Here is the processes running inside container:
>
> bash-4.2# ps -ef
> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
> root 1 0 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /bootstrap.sh
> root 7 1 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F -c
> /etc/dovecot/director.conf
> root 8 1 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F
> root 9 1 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 sleep 36000d
> dovecot 10 8 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/anvil
> dovecot 14 7 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Director/anvil
> root 267 8 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/log
> root 269 8 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:08 dovecot-Dovecot/config
> root 281 7 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Director/log
> root 283 7 0 Dec27 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Director/config
>
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 2:56 PM Marc Roos < M.Roos at f1-outsourcing.eu>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> I have noticed several issues with dovecot, trying to run it
> without
> root. Which is preferable in any container environment. Maybe you
> would
> like me to document these somewhere? So at some point they can be
> applied.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Naveen Reddy [mailto: naveenreddy99 at gmail.com]
> Sent: 30 December 2019 09:02
> To: Aki Tuomi
> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Subject: Re: Issue running Dovecot in Docker Container
>
> Hi, I can see those values correctly with the doveconf -nc
> command.
> Here
> is the part of output:
>
> bash-4.2# doveconf -nc /etc/dovecot/director.conf # 2.2.36
> (1f10bfa63):
> /etc/dovecot/director.conf # OS: Linux
> 4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64
> x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) #
> Hostname:
> 69b492645b56 auth_debug = yes auth_default_realm =
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot_director
> debug_log_path =
> $log_path director_mail_servers = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> director_servers =
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid =
> 1000
> hostname = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx info_log_path = $log_path
> instance_name
> = Director lmtp_proxy = yes log_path = /dovecot.log
> login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l
> mpid=%e %c
> home=%h
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 10:08 PM Aki Tuomi
> < aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Can you check with `doveconf -nc /path/to/director.conf`
> that the
> values are actually set correctly?
>
> Aki
>
> On 27/12/2019 15:34 Naveen Reddy
> < naveenreddy99 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> The conf.d files are not included. I have added
> !include
> conf.d/*.conf to director.conf and reloaded the dovecot and
> director
> services.
>
> conf.d/10-logging also has the following lines:
>
> log_path = /dovecot.log
> info_log_path = $log_path
> debug_log_path = $log_path
>
>
> The /dovecot.log file still shows empty. Nothing
> is being
> logged to that file.
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 10:52 PM Aki Tuomi <
> aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Do you have !include or !try_include in
> director.conf?
> The conf.d files are not included otherwise.
>
> Aki
>
> On 26/12/2019 11:27 Naveen Reddy <
> naveenreddy99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have tried these in the
> 10-logging.conf but no
> luck. There is nothing logged to the file.
>
> bash-4.2# ps -ef
> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY
>
> TIME CMD
> root 1 0 0 Dec23 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> /bin/bash /bootstrap.sh
> root 8 1 0 Dec23 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> sleep 36000d
> root 15681 0 0 08:51
> pts/1
> 00:00:00 bash
> root 16340 0 0 09:19 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/director.conf
> dovecot 16341 16340 0 09:19 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> dovecot-Director/anvil
> root 16342 16340 0 09:19 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> dovecot-Director/log
> root 16344 16340 0 09:19 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> dovecot-Director/config
> root 16390 0 0 09:22 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> dovecot 16391 16390 0 09:22 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> dovecot-Dovecot/anvil
> root 16392 16390 0 09:22 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> dovecot-Dovecot/log
> root 16394 16390 0 09:22 ?
>
> 00:00:00
> dovecot-Dovecot/config
> root 16406 15681 0 09:22
> pts/1
> 00:00:00 ps
> -ef
>
>
> The below processes are not
> starting as well.
>
> dovecot-Dovecot/auth
> dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params
> dovecot-Director/lmtp
> dovecot-Director/ssl-params
> dovecot-Director/imap-login
> director
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 10:54 PM
> Aki Tuomi <
> aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> On 24/12/2019
> 12:33
> Naveen Reddy <
> naveenreddy99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> We need help with
> an issue that we are
> running into when we are trying to run Dovecot in Docker
> container.
>
> Also how do we
> enable debugging for
> dovecot. Logs doesn't show any info about the issue.
>
> Below processes
> are
> not running when a
> Director service is started:
>
>
> dovecot-Dovecot/auth
>
> dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params
>
> dovecot-Director/lmtp
>
> dovecot-Director/ssl-params
>
> dovecot-Director/imap-login director
>
> Here is the
> version
> that I'm running and
> including the dovecot -n output below:
>
> bash-4.2# dovecot
> --version
> 2.2.36
>
>
> bash-4.2# dovecot
> -n
> # 2.2.36 (xxxxx):
> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux
> 4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64
> x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo)
> # Hostname:
> XXXXXXX
> auth_debug = yes
> auth_default_realm
> = xxxxxxxxxxxx
> auth_verbose = yes
>
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> dotlock_use_excl =
> no
> hostname =
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> instance_name =
> Dovecot
>
> login_log_format_elements = user=<%u>
> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c home=% domain=%d
> mail_debug = yes
> mail_fsync =
> always
> mail_gid = imapd
> mail_home =
> /xxxxxxxxxxx/%d/%n
> mail_location =
> dbox:~/
> mail_uid = imapd
> mmap_disable = yes
> passdb {
> args =
> /etc/dovecot/lookups/ldap-pass.conf
> driver = ldap
> }
> passdb {
> args =
> /etc/dovecot/lookups/xxxx.conf
> driver = ldap
> }
> plugin {
> stats_refresh =
> 30 secs
> stats_track_cmds
> = yes
> }
> protocols = imap
> lmtp
> service auth {
> client_limit =
> 4096
> unix_listener
> auth-userdb {
> mode = 0777
> }
> }
> service imap-login
> {
> chroot = login
> client_limit = 0
>
> drop_priv_before_exec = no
> executable =
> imap-login
> extra_groups =
> group =
> idle_kill = 0
> inet_listener
> imap {
> address =
> port = 1144
> ssl = no
> }
> inet_listener
> imaps {
> address =
> port = 994
> ssl = yes
> }
> privileged_group
> =
> process_limit =
> 0
>
> process_min_avail
> = 0
> protocol = imap
> service_count =
> 50
> type = login
> user =
> $default_login_user
> vsz_limit =
> 18446744073709551615 B
> }
> service imap {
> service_count =
> 50
> }
> service lmtp {
> executable =
> lmtp
> -L
> inet_listener
> lmtp {
> address =
> port = 10025
> }
> }
> service stats {
> fifo_listener
> stats-mail {
> mode = 0600
> user = imapd
> }
> }
> ssl_cert =
> </xxxxxxx/cert/dovecot.pem
> ssl_cipher_list =
> XXXXXX
> ssl_key = #
> hidden, use -P to show it
> ssl_protocols =
> XXXXX
> userdb {
> args =
> /etc/dovecot/lookups/ldap-user.conf
> driver = ldap
> }
> userdb {
> args =
> /etc/dovecot/lookups/xxxxxxx.conf
> driver = ldap
> }
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
>
> Try setting
>
> log_path=/dovecot.log
> info_log_path=$log_path
> debug_log_path=$log_path
> ---
> Aki Tuomi
>
>
> ---
> Aki Tuomi
>
>
> ---
> Aki Tuomi
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Aki Tuomi
>
>
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