Notes for Packagers ******************* Binary naming ============= Prevent namespace clashes. We suggest renaming all binaries with "cyr_" at the front, including renaming the "ctl_*" to "cyr_". The Cyrus team are looking to fix this in the core bundle in upcoming releases so packagers have less to do. Sample configuration files ========================== There are several samples of cyrus.conf(5) and imapd.conf(5) located in the "doc/examples" directory of the distribution tarball. Please install these to your preferred documentation directory (i.e. "/usr/share/doc/cyrus-imapd") as a reference for your users. Predefined configurations ========================= The configuration file for master: cyrus.conf --------------------------------------------- When installing a predefined cyrus.conf(5) for your users, please pay attention to new features and how these may impact users. For example, for some time now, Cyrus has supported placing several standard DB files in temporary, or ephemeral, storage, such as memory backed filesystems like tmpfs (see below). This both boosts efficiency and ensures DB consistency in event of a crash or other system disruptive events. But, in light of this, actions which depend on the existence of these database files *should not* be placed in the **START** section of cyrus.conf(5). Section Purpose ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new section, DAEMON, was added to cyrus.conf(5) in version 2.5. Please consult cyrus.conf(5) for details. Please refer to the notes in **Section Descriptions** pertaining to the distinctions between **START**, **EVENTS** and **DAEMON** sections. In brief, the sorts of things which should go into the different sections are: * **START** * Programs which should be spawned by master(8) which are expected to cleanup after themselves * do not rely on any ephemeral files or resources * master(8) will not start until all entries in **START** have either ended or backgrounded themselves. * **SERVICES** * Service daemons managed by master(8) * master(8) will listen on ports or sockets as specified and dispatch new child processes as needed, destroy old or stale processes, etc. * **EVENTS** * Periodic processes which will be started by master(8) as specified. * **DAEMON** * Programs which should be spawned by master(8) which it should shut down and clean up after. The configuration file for the various programs: imapd.conf ----------------------------------------------------------- The sample imapd.conf(5) files must be adapted for use from site to site. Here, therefore, we'll attempt to point you towards some reasonable settings which take advantage of recent improvements and features, and may help guide you and your users to a better performing Cyrus installation. Ephemeral files and temporary filesystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In addition to Unix domain sockets and lock files, several databases used by Cyrus programs may be located in temporary filesystems, such as those backed by RAM (i.e. tmpfs, md, etc.). Here's a list of such files. In this example, the filesystem "/run" is on tmpfs: proc_path: /run/cyrus/proc mboxname_lockpath: /run/cyrus/lock duplicate_db_path: /run/cyrus/deliver.db statuscache_db_path: /run/cyrus/statuscache.db ptscache_db_path: /run/cyrus/ptscache.db tls_sessions_db_path: /run/cyrus/tls_sessions.db lmtpsocket: /run/cyrus/socket/lmtp idlesocket: /run/cyrus/socket/idle notifysocket: /run/cyrus/socket/notify Note: Any process which depends on these files already existing **should not** be placed in the **START** section of cyrus.conf(5), or the server will not start as expected. New default settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new stable series means the defaults for some settings may have changed. Please consult Upgrading to 3.8 for details. New or improved features ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new stable series means new features, and improvements to existing features. Some of these may be features which previously were not considered ripe for packaging, but merit new consideration. Please see Cyrus IMAP 3.2 Releases for details, and consider enabling these features in the imapd.conf(5) you ship in your packages. Services in "/etc/services" =========================== Listing named services through "/etc/services" aids in cross-system consistency and cross-platform interoperability. Furthermore, it enables administrators and users to refer to the service by name (for example in "/etc/cyrus.conf", 'listen=mupdate' can be specified instead of 'listen=3905'). Some of the services Cyrus IMAP would like to see available through "/etc/services" have not been assigned an IANA port number, and few have configuration options. The Cyrus IMAP server provides service interfaces via either TCP/IP ports or Unix domain sockets. For the former, Cyrus requires that there are proper entries in the host's "/etc/services" file. The following are required for any host using the listed services: pop3 110/tcp # Post Office Protocol v3 nntp 119/tcp # Network News Transport Protocol imap 143/tcp # Internet Mail Access Protocol rev4 nntps 563/tcp # NNTP over TLS imaps 993/tcp # IMAP over TLS pop3s 995/tcp # POP3 over TLS kpop 1109/tcp # Kerberized Post Office Protocol lmtp 2003/tcp # Lightweight Mail Transport Protocol service smmap 2004/tcp # Cyrus smmapd (quota check) service csync 2005/tcp # Cyrus replication service mupdate 3905/tcp # Cyrus mupdate service sieve 4190/tcp # timsieved Sieve Mail Filtering Language service Make sure that these lines are present or add them if they are missing.