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set dovecot default_process_limit and fs.inotify.max_user_instances to better defaults

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See https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mailserver-limits/228.
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Joshua Tauberer
2015-01-02 23:22:33 +00:00
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@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ apt_install \
# The `dovecot-imapd` and `dovecot-lmtpd` packages automatically enable IMAP and LMTP protocols.
# Set basic daemon options.
# The `default_process_limit` is 100, which constrains the total number
# of active IMAP connections (at, say, 5 open connections per user that
# would be 20 users). Set it to 250 times the number of cores this
# machine has, so on a two-core machine that's 500 processes/100 users).
tools/editconf.py /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf \
default_process_limit=$(echo "`nproc` * 250" | bc)
# The inotify `max_user_instances` default is 128, which constrains
# the total number of watched (IMAP IDLE push) folders by open connections.
# See http://www.dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2013-March/088834.html.
# A reboot is required for this to take effect (which we don't do as
# as a part of setup). Test with `cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances`.
tools/editconf.py /etc/sysctl.conf \
fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024
# Set the location where we'll store user mailboxes. '%d' is the domain name and '%n' is the
# username part of the user's email address. We'll ensure that no bad domains or email addresses
# are created within the management daemon.