Still having some trouble with director. I have copied the var/run/dovecot
director along with the /etc/dovecot directory. So I know have
/var/run/dovecot-director and dovecot-backend along with /etc/dovecot-director
and /etc/dovecot-backend. The base_dir in these corresponds with the named
directory in /var/run. The issue I have now is that only one instance will run
the other outputs a bunch of errors:
root@mail1:~# service dovecot-backend start
[....] Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecot-backendError:
service(managesieve-login): listen(*, 4190) failed: Address already in use
Error: service(pop3-login): listen(*, 110) failed: Address already in use
Error: service(pop3-login): listen(*, 995) failed: Address already in use
Error: service(lmtp): Socket already exists:
/var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp
Error: service(lmtp): listen(*, 24) failed: Address already in use
Error: service(imap-login): listen(*, 143) failed: Address already in use
Error: service(imap-login): listen(*, 993) failed: Address already in use
Error: service(auth): Socket already exists:
/var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth
Fatal: Failed to start listeners
i have edited the 10-master.conf file in the backend directory to use different
port numbers but still receive the following output above.
On Sep 23, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Chris Lasater <vorg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The configuration and run/base_dir directories can be where ever you like.
> The locations Eduardo stated are the most appropriate for dovecot installed
> with an RPM. Mine were compiled and set in the home directory, so they are
> in a slightly different location. As long as you use the -c to point to the
> correct configuration file you should be good.
> For mine I kept my dovecot config file in the default location and put the
> director one elsewhere and created an alias, so that I can start the director
> by just typing director. This might make things easier for you to manage,
> then you can just stop it by running "doveadm -i <instance_name> stop"
>
> alias director="sudo -E PATH=${PATH} LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
> /home/user/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -c
> /home/user/dovecot/etc/dovecot/director.conf"
>
>
> On 09/23/2014 05:00 PM, jjhoffart wrote:
>>> Thanks for the replies,
>>> I am still fairly new to dovecot and still learning. This is a quick
>>> run down of my setup: 3 servers running iRedMail (this is a package that
>>> installs dovecot 2.1.7, postfix, and LDAP). All three servers share an NFS
>>> backend. The same 3 servers are also sitting behind a load balancer. What I
>>> want to do is use these three servers as directors and mail servers. So
>>> from the replies I have gotten I understand that I need to create 2 config
>>> files 1 for director and 1 for dovecot. Now my next question is do these
>>> config files need to be stored in /etc/dovecot or /var/run/dovecot? Also is
>>> creating the second config file as simple as copying and renaming the
>>> dovecot.conf file?
>>>
>>> On Sep 23, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Eduardo Ramos <edua...@freedominterface.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> In fact you don't NEED a director. You can use two dovecot servers sharing
>>>> a NFS storage with a normal (backend) implementation. It's good to see
>>>> that page: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/NFS for some good recomendations.
>>>>
>>>> You must have a base_dir for each instance of dovecot you want to run, and
>>>> a dovecot.conf as well. One could be director and other backend. I suggest
>>>> you have two separated configuration directories, /etc/dovecot-director
>>>> and /etc/dovecot-backend. Each with the respective configuration. Start
>>>> dovecot with "dovecot -c /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot.conf". Backend is
>>>> the same.
>>>>
>>>> In order to help more, provide us more details about your environment and
>>>> doulbts.
>>>>
>>>> On 09/23/2014 03:57 PM, jjhoffart wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I am currently trying to setup a cluster of mail servers. I currently
>>>>> have two servers I am trying to cluster together. These servers will also
>>>>> have a shared NFS backend. I have read on the site that I will need to
>>>>> configure director since I am using NFS. I have read through all of the
>>>>> documentation on director but still need a little guidance to get things
>>>>> up and running. One of the questions I have is about the base_dir on the
>>>>> Multiple Invocations section of the wiki. It states that I will need to
>>>>> change the bas_dir to the new run directory, not sure what needs to
>>>>> happen here, can anyone help me out?
