> On 3/21/21 1:50 PM, Simon Loader wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 at 16:51, Simon Matter <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>>> When I don't specify an IP address, cyrus-imapd starts correctly on a >>>> server reboot. >>>> >>>> When I specify IP / protocol: >>>> >>>> imap cmd="imapd" listen="192.168.1.230:imap" prefork=5 >>>> proto=tcp4 >>>> >>>> cyrus-imapd tries to bind to those before it is available, and fails: >>>> >>>> Mar 20 20:53:31 emp87 cyrus/master[973]: unable to bind to imap/ipv4 >>>> socket: Cannot assign requested address >>>> Mar 20 20:53:31 emp87 cyrus/master[973]: unable to create imap >>>> listener >>>> socket: Cannot assign requested address >>>> >>> While thinking about it again, wouldn't it make sense to make master a >>> bit >>> more robust so that it tries to start a service if it failed before, as >>> part of its maintenance functionality? >> Depends if restarting is making things worse it's not always the correct >> thing >> to do. You can change the systemd config to always restart it but this >> sort of >> fix is always because of another underlying problem and not a good sign. >> >> I'm old and not the biggest systemd fan or biggest knowledge about it. >> It is interesting seeing this thread. I can not see why cyrusd would not >> depend not network and FS to be up or any email service not depending >> on these 2 things working. > > Simon L., > While I'm sure Simon M. can speak for himself, I'll pipe up here. I > believe what he was saying is that 'master,' now known as 'cyrmaster,' > the Cyrus super-daemon, should periodically try to restart any listener > sockets called for in the SERVICE section of cyrus.conf if which fails > to start in the beginning (assuming 'prefork' > 0). > > I wholeheartedly agree with this idea. > > Simon M., > Are you submitting a feature request to the Cyrus team for this? If > not, I'll be happy to do so. It's a capital suggestion. > > Cheers, > -nic Hi Nic, Thank you for offering to file an FR for it, feel free to do so. I guess you know better than me where to file such things these days. Regards, Simon ------------------------------------------ Cyrus: Info Permalink: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/info/Te727080483918be4-M85827a849cc4451ab7374673 Delivery options: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/info/subscription
