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

Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com
Fri Jul 2 09:14:47 EEST 2021


Hi!

The disk issue is likely that disk space on mail_temp_dir runs out, which is usually /tmp.

Aki

> On 02/07/2021 08:43 Jörg Faudin Schulz <js at faudin.de> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi,
> 
> the memory issue has already been reported, not resolved yet:
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg83763.html
> 
> 
> the disk-free issue is something different. Increasing memory parameters 
> doesn't help- the sync only crashes later.
> 
> Here, everything seems to be synced fine nevertheless.
> 
> 
> 
> Am 02.07.21 um 02:56 schrieb Harlan Stenn:
> > Inodes?  df -i
> >
> > 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/
> >> https://www.tech-island.com/
> >>


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