Re: cannot login to imap under load - SOLVED

2017-03-29 Thread Gerard Ranke
On 29-03-17 14:40, Marcus Rueckert wrote: > On 2017-03-29 13:33:52 +0200, Piper Andreas wrote: >>> It does indeed run from systemd, so this is what's currently in the >>> dovecot unit file ( /etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service ): >>> >> ... >>> [Service] >>> Type=simple >>> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dove

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2017-03-29 13:33:52 +0200, Piper Andreas wrote: > > It does indeed run from systemd, so this is what's currently in the > > dovecot unit file ( /etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service ): > > > ... > > [Service] > > Type=simple > > ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot -F > > NonBlocking=yes > > TasksMax=1000

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread Piper Andreas
Hello, > > It does indeed run from systemd, so this is what's currently in the > dovecot unit file ( /etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service ): > ... > [Service] > Type=simple > ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot -F > NonBlocking=yes > TasksMax=1 > LIMIT_NOFILE=1 ... the parameter should be named

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread Gerard Ranke
Hi Maria, It does indeed run from systemd, so this is what's currently in the dovecot unit file ( /etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service ): [Unit] Description=Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server After=local-fs.target network.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot -F NonBlocking=yes Tas

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread Gerard Ranke
On 29-03-17 13:12, chaouche yacine wrote: > Could it be that dovecot is being started from a container ? > -- Yassine > No, it's just a service on a VM... Best, gerard

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread chaouche yacine
Could it be that dovecot is being started from a container ?   -- Yassine On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 12:08 PM, Gerard Ranke wrote: Hi Steffen, On 29-03-17 12:38, Steffen Kaiser wrote: > On Tue, 28 Mar 2017, Gerard Ranke wrote: > >> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): fork() fail

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread Gerard Ranke
Hi Steffen, On 29-03-17 12:38, Steffen Kaiser wrote: > On Tue, 28 Mar 2017, Gerard Ranke wrote: > >> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): fork() failed: Resource >> temporarily unavailable >> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): command startup failed, >> throttling for 2 secs > > check out

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-29 Thread Steffen Kaiser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 28 Mar 2017, Gerard Ranke wrote: dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): fork() failed: Resource temporarily unavailable dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs check out the ulimits for the Dove

Re: cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-28 Thread chaouche yacine
Hello Gerard ! On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:55 PM, Gerard Ranke wrote:> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): fork() failed: Resource > >temporarily unavailable > >dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): command startup failed, > >throttling for 2 secs > > >Note thate we our users almost exclusi

cannot login to imap under load

2017-03-28 Thread Gerard Ranke
Dear list, We moved our dovecot installation to a new vm, and ever since there are problems logging in to our imap server during office hours. ( Evenings and weekends are fine. ) Both the new and the old machine are dovecot 2.2.13. Symptoms: Logging in via imap gives: . OK Pre-login capabilities