dsync replication fails with No space left on device / Out of memory

Harlan Stenn harlan at pfcs.com
Fri Jul 2 03:56:24 EEST 2021


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On 7/1/2021 5:07 PM, Steven Varco wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Since I configured dsync replication I get strange errors in the maillog on my two mail dovecot nodes:
> 
> PRIMARY:
> Jul  2 01:21:42 mx01.example.com dovecot: doveadm: Error: read(mx02.example.com) failed: read(size=3148) failed: Connection reset by peer (last sent=mail, last recv=mail (EOL))
> 
> 
> The secondary is more interesting:
> 
> SECONDARY
> Jul  2 01:21:42 mx02 dovecot: doveadm: Error: close(-1[istream-seekable.c:237]) failed: No space left on device
> Jul  2 01:21:43 mx02 dovecot: doveadm: Fatal: pool_system_realloc(268435456): Out of memory
> Jul  2 01:21:43 mx02 dovecot: doveadm: Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa192e) [0x7f2e9be4c92e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa1a0e) [0x7f2e9be4ca0e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0x7f2e9bddc3d3] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdo
> Jul  2 01:21:43 mx02 dovecot: doveadm: Fatal: master: service(doveadm): child 2876 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service doveadm { vsz_limit=256 MB }, you may need to increase it) - set CORE_OUTOFMEM=1 environment to get core dump)
> Jul  2 01:21:51 mx02 dovecot: dsync-local(user at example.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa192e) [0x7fd56e17e92e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa1a0e) [0x7fd56e17ea0e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0x7fd56e10e3d3] -> /us
> Jul  2 01:21:51 mx02 dovecot: dsync-local(user at example.com): Fatal: master: service(doveadm): child 2882 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service doveadm { vsz_limit=256 MB }, you may need to increase it) - set CORE_OUTOFMEM=1 environment to get core dump)
> 
> 
> The error messages state that disk space and/or memory is a problem, but disk space and memory is enough available:
> 
> mx02 [~] # df -h /srv/mail/
> Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/mapper/system-mail   10G  5.7G  4.3G  58% /srv/mail
> 
> mx02 [~] # free -m
>               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
> Mem:           3789        1602        1088         199        1097        1759
> Swap:           471          93         378
> 
> 
> I also tried to increase vsz_limit from 256 MB to 512 MB, which did not help.
> 
> 
> And for the sake of completness also the connection to the doveadm port works well from both nodes:
> 
> mx01-prod [~] # telnet mx02 14310
> Trying 172.20.19.225...
> Connected to mx02.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> ^]
> 
> 
> mx02 [~] # telnet mx01 14310
> Trying 172.20.19.251...
> Connected to mx01.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> ^]
> 
> 
> Although mail replication seems to be working properly and mails are in sync on both nodes (as what I could see), I would like to find the cause of this messages, as this does definetely don’t look normal…
> 
> I’m grateful for any help, since I’m quite on a struggle now…
> 
> Steven
> 
> 
> Here’s my config
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # doveconf -n
> # 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # Pigeonhole version 0.4.24 (124e06aa)
> # OS: Linux 3.10.0-1160.31.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
> # Hostname: mx01.example.com
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> auth_verbose = yes
> dict {
>   sqlquota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dict-sqlquota.conf.ext
> }
> doveadm_password =  # hidden, use -P to show it
> doveadm_port = 14310
> first_valid_uid = 1000
> mail_plugins = quota notify replication
> 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> namespace inbox {
>   inbox = yes
>   location =
>   mailbox Drafts {
>     special_use = \Drafts
>   }
>   mailbox Junk {
>     special_use = \Junk
>   }
>   mailbox Sent {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox Trash {
>     special_use = \Trash
>   }
>   prefix =
>   separator = /
>   type = private
> }
> passdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>   driver = sql
> }
> plugin {
>   mail_replica = tcp:mx02.example.com
>   quota = maildir:User quota
>   quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded, please go to http://www.example.com/over_quota_help for instructions on how to fix this.
>   quota_rule2 = INBOX.Trash:storage=+100M
>   quota_status_nouser = DUNNO
>   quota_status_overquota = 552 5.2.2 Mailbox is full / Mailbox ist voll
>   quota_status_success = DUNNO
>   quota_warning = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u
>   quota_warning2 = -storage=90%% quota-warning below %u
>   sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve
> }
> postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
> protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve
> replication_dsync_parameters = -d -l 30 -U
> service aggregator {
>   fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo {
>     user = vmail
>   }
>   unix_listener replication-notify {
>     user = vmail
>   }
> }
> service auth {
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>     group = postfix
>     mode = 0660
>     user = postfix
>   }
>   unix_listener auth-userdb {
>     user = vmail
>   }
> }
> service dict {
>   unix_listener dict {
>     user = vmail
>   }
> }
> service doveadm {
>   inet_listener {
>     port = 14310
>     ssl = no
>   }
> }
> service managesieve-login {
>   inet_listener sieve {
>     port = 4190
>   }
> }
> service quota-status {
>   client_limit = 1
>   executable = quota-status -p postfix
>   inet_listener {
>     port = 14340
>   }
> }
> service quota-warning {
>   executable = script /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh
>   unix_listener quota-warning {
>     user = vmail
>   }
>   user = vmail
> }
> service replicator {
>   process_min_avail = 1
>   unix_listener replicator-doveadm {
>     mode = 0600
>     user = vmail
>   }
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/acme/certs/mail.example.com.chain.crt
> ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it
> userdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>   driver = sql
> }
> verbose_proctitle = yes
> protocol lmtp {
>   mail_plugins = quota notify replication sieve
> }
> protocol lda {
>   mail_plugins = quota notify replication sieve
> }
> protocol imap {
>   mail_max_userip_connections = 20
>   mail_plugins = quota notify replication imap_quota
> }
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> mx02.example.com has exact the same config, except of:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> plugin {
>   mail_replica = tcp:mx01.example.com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>> https://steven.varco.ch/ 
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> 


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