db directory filling up - normal or config error?

[Patrick Boutilier]

It fits because your Cyrus is configured to use BerkleyDB for some 9or 
all) of the databases.

You should not have to stop Cyrus. Running this command (with proper -h 
location) should show you what log files are no longer used:

db_archive -h /var/imap/db


And this command should get rid of them:

db_archive -d -h /var/imap/db



On 02/09/2016 10:53 PM, Carl Brewer via Info-cyrus wrote:
> 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
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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