NAME¶
doveadm-instance - Manage the list of running Dovecot instances
SYNOPSIS¶
doveadm [
-Dv] [
-f formatter]
instance list
doveadm [
-Dv]
instance remove name |
base_dir
DESCRIPTION¶
The
doveadm instance commands are used to manage the list of Dovecot
instances running on the server. In most installations there is only one
Dovecot instance, but in some cases is may be useful to have more (e.g.
running director proxy and backend in the same server).
Instances are added to the list automatically when Dovecot is started. Each
instance is uniquely identified by its
base_dir setting. Instances can
be named by setting
instance_name in each instance's
dovecot.conf. When an instance is named, it can be accessed easily by
giving
-i instance_name command line parameter for
Dovecot binaries (e.g. doveadm).
OPTIONS¶
Global
doveadm(1) options:
- -D
- Enables verbosity and debug messages.
- -f formatter
- Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported
formatters are:
- flow
- prints each line with key=value pairs.
- pager
- prints each key: value pair on its own line and
separates records with form feed character (^L).
- tab
- prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.
- table
- prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
- -v
- Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
ARGUMENTS¶
- name
- The value of an instance's instance_name setting.
- base_dir
- The base directory of a Dovecot instance.
COMMANDS¶
instance list¶
doveadm instance list
This command lists the seen Dovecot instances.
instance remove¶
doveadm instance remove name |
base_dir
This command removes the specified instance.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs, including
doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
<dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available at:
http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
SEE ALSO¶
doveadm(1)