db directory filling up - normal or config error?

[Carl Brewer]

On 10/02/2016 9:08 AM, Patrick Boutilier via Info-cyrus wrote:
> 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


How does that fit in with Cyrus?  Do I need to stop imapd before I use 
db_archive?

thank you!

Carl


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> 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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