ThanksTeemuBy setting environment variable DOVECOT_HOSTDOMAIN the dovecot
--hostdomainnow returns the hostname.
getent hostsReturns all entries in the hosts file - including "localhost" and
the servers hostname.mydomain
So far the change has not made any problems.
Dsync, however does not seem to be doing anything.Is there a log option
available that could tell something about whats failing? The only log entries I
find is these two when starting dovecot service:masterserver:Jan 5 01:41:04
localhost dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/lib20_replication_plugin.so
standby server:Jan 5 01:40:34 gen-omas-stb dovecot: auth: Debug: master in:
LIST 1 service=replicator
PG
Fra: Teemu Huovila <teemu.huov...@dovecot.fi>
Til: dovecot@dovecot.org
Sendt: Mandag, 4. januar 2016 11.26
Emne: Re: Replication - hostname issue
On 03.01.2016 20:53, Petter Gunnerud wrote:
> I have postfix/dovecot setup on a virtual gentoo server. It's been in service
> for almost two years without any issues.
> Now I want to set up a spare server to replicate mails from the one running.
> I copied the vm files to the second host server, changed the ip, hostname and
> hosts file for the copy and followed the dovecot replication doc.
> The last point in the doc tells to rundovecot --hostdomainto make sure the
> hostnames differ... To my surprise the command returned "localhost" on both
> servers.
> How do I set the hostname for dovecot service?(The hostname command returns
> the servers hostnames.)
You can define what hostname dovecot uses, by setting the environment variable
DOVECOT_HOSTDOMAIN.
It would also be interesting to see what "getent hosts" returns on your
servers. Using the "hostname" command is not quite the same thing.
> Will a change in dovecot hostname make all clients redownload all their mail?
I can not speak for any/all clients, but I do not see how a change in the imap
server name would make clients redownload email.
> A second question. When configuring dovecot replication. Should the settings
> be done on the master server or the stand by server, or both? (Doc doesn't
> say anything regarding this)
> PG
This depends on how you want the syncding to be done. If it is two way
master-master, then you need to configure it on both. I think this might
probably be what you want anyway.
br,
Teemu Huovila
