db directory filling up - normal or config error?

[Patrick Boutilier]

Not sure if Cyrus is supposed to clean up (been using skiplist 
exclusively for years now) but according to this link you can remove the 
old log files.

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/doc/BerkeleyDB/ref/transapp/logfile.html



On 02/09/2016 04:05 PM, Carl Brewer via Info-cyrus wrote:
>
> I asked this a few months ago, but now it's getting urgent.  I have a
> NetBSD 5.x server, running Cyrus imapd 2.4.17 from pkgsrc, /var/imap/db
> is getting very full :
>
> bash-4.3# du -sh db
> 7.0G    db
>
> (this is on a reasonably small server)
>
> and it grows every day, it's full of these :
>
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  1 03:47 log.0000000953
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  2 03:48 log.0000000954
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  3 03:47 log.0000000955
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  4 03:46 log.0000000956
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  5 03:47 log.0000000957
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  6 03:46 log.0000000958
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  7 03:46 log.0000000959
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  8 03:46 log.0000000960
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb  9 03:47 log.0000000961
> -rw-------   1 cyrus  mail  10485760 Feb 10 03:48 log.0000000962
>
>
> a new one every day.  This is not sustainable on this little server.
>
> I'm not sure if cyrus itself is supposed to clean these up?
>
> My cyrus.conf is :
> # standard standalone server implementation
>
> START {
>    # do not delete this entry!
>    recover       cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"
>
>    # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
> #  idled                cmd="idled"
> }
>
> # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/imap/socket
> SERVICES {
>    # add or remove based on preferences
>    imap          cmd="imapd" listen="localhost:imap" prefork=0
>    imaps         cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0
>    pop3          cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=0
>    pop3s         cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=0
>    #sieve                cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
>
>    # these are only necessary if receiving/exporting usenet via NNTP
> #  nntp         cmd="nntpd" listen="nntp" prefork=0
> #  nntps                cmd="nntpd -s" listen="nntps" prefork=0
>
>    # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
> #  lmtp         cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
>    lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=0
>
>    # this is only necessary if using notifications
> #  notify       cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/imap/socket/notify"
> proto="udp" prefo
> rk=1
>      # Carl, 20140806
>     smmapd       cmd="smmapd" listen="/var/imap/socket/smmapd" prefork=1
> }
>
> EVENTS {
>    # this is required
>    checkpoint    cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30
>
>    # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression,
>    # Sieve or NNTP
>    delprune      cmd="cyr_expire -E 3" at=0400
>
>    # this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions
>    tlsprune      cmd="tls_prune" at=0400
> }
>
>
>
> Have I done something wrong, config-wise?  Or is there a way to safely
> purge these db log files?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Carl
>
>
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