Hi!
To add inet listener for stats, do
service stats {
inet_listener {
port = 24242
}
}
Aki
On 02.11.2017 23:22, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I'd like to monitor my dovecot instance (running on ubuntu 16.04) using
> telegraf.
>
> [T] jeff@nantes-1:log $ dovecot --version
> 2.2.22 (fe789d2)
> [T] jeff@nantes-1:log $
>
> To do that, I think I need to use the stats module and get it to talk on
> port 24242. I've not found enough documentation on this module to feel
> really comfortable with it, so it doesn't surprise me that I don't have
> it working. But I'd much appreciate if someone could point me in the
> right direction.
>
> In particular, nothing listens on 24242.
>
> # This file is based on https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Statistics
>
> # Dovecot v2.1+ supports gathering statistics (CPU, disk usage, etc.)
> # from mail processes (IMAP, POP3, LMTP, etc.) to the stats
> # process. The stats process can later be queried what's going on in
> # the system. With imap_stats plugin you can get per-command level
> # statistics for IMAP commands.
> #
> # There are different "zoom levels" you can look at the statistics:
> #
> # * command: Per-IMAP command
> # * session: Per IMAP/POP3 connection
> # * user: Per user (all of user's sessions summed up)
> # * domain: Per domain (all of domain's users summed up)
> # * ip: Per IP address (all sessions from the IP summed up)
> # * global: Everything summed up (2.2.16+)
>
> mail_plugins = $mail_plugins stats
> protocol imap {
> mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_stats
> }
> plugin {
> # how often to session statistics (must be set)
> stats_refresh = 30 secs
> # track per-IMAP command statistics (optional)
> stats_track_cmds = yes
> }
>
> # You'll also need to give enough permissions for mail processes to be
> # able to write to stats-mail fifo. For example if you use a single
> # "vmail" user for mail access:
> service stats {
> fifo_listener stats-mail {
> user = vmail
> mode = 0600
> }
> }
>
> # Memory usage configuration
>
> # The stats process attempts to keep memory usage below a specified
> # amount. This value is only approximate because of extra overhead
> # caused by malloc() itself.
>
> stats_memory_limit = 16 M
>
> # Once the memory limit is reached, oldest statistics are freed from
> # memory. Different statistics levels have different timeout limits,
> # which are configured in:
>
> stats_command_min_time = 1 mins
> stats_domain_min_time = 12 hours
> stats_ip_min_time = 12 hours
> stats_session_min_time = 15 mins
> stats_user_min_time = 1 hours
>
> service stats {
> inet_listener {
> address = 127.0.0.1
> port = 24242
> }
> }
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
