I've got a number of requests and patches recently to add multi-instance
support to the Invoca cyrus-imapd rpms. What those implementations didn't
address are the rpm specific aspects of multi-instance handling, like
restarting instances on package update and whatever else.
I ended up with my own implementation which tries to integrate well with
the rpm mechanisms while maintaining compatibility with older releases.
There are two new commands in the distribution, 'add_instance' and
'del_instance', requiring only the instance name as parameter. Instance
name '' is the main instance. To add an instance '2' do
/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/add_instance 2
edit /etc/imapd2.conf and /etc/cyrus2.conf to fit your needs and start with
service cyrus-imapd2 start
To delete instance '2', do
/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/del_instance 2
Note: The script will just do what you said - without asking you anything!
Use with care!
The source rpm is as always here
http://www.invoca.ch/pub/packages/cyrus-imapd/
Since the new feature required a lot of changes I'm very interested to get
feedback on how it works. That's the reason for announcing it here (I
usually don't do that for rpm specific things).
Simon
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