
**cyrus.conf**
**************

Cyrus configuration file


Description
===========

**cyrus.conf** is the configuration file for the Cyrus master(8)
process.  It defines the startup procedures, services, events and
daemons to be spawned, managed and tended to by **master**.

The "/etc/cyrus.conf" file consists of a series of entries divided
into sections of the form

      *section* {
          *name arguments
              ...
              ...
              ...*
      }

where *section* is the name of the section, *name* is the name of the
entry and *arguments* is the whitespace-separated list of arguments
for the entry.  The *name* may be any sequence of alphabetic and
numeric characters, but may not contain punctuation such as '-' or
'_'.  In the **SERVICES** section, names must be unique.

Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored.


Section Descriptions
====================

The paragraphs below detail the four sections (**START**,
**SERVICES**, **EVENTS**, **DAEMON**) that can be placed in the
"/etc/cyrus.conf" file.  The arguments that are available for each
entry within the section are described, and each argument's default
value is shown.

An important distinction exists between **SERVICES** and **DAEMON** ;
the former have sockets which master(8) will listen on (either IP or
Unix domain) while the latter do not.  Similarly, processes listed in
**START** will be run to completion before any **SERVICES** are
started, while those in **DAEMON** will be managed by master(8).

Note: If master(8) is started in debugging mode (**-D**) the
  behavior of **DAEMON** will be altered, as master(8) will no longer
  be backgrounded.  Thus, processes started under DAEMON may not be
  terminated by master(8).

Arguments can appear in any order. Some arguments have no default
value, these are listed with ``<no default>''.  For string arguments,
the value MUST be enclosed in double quotes.


START
-----

This section lists the processes to run before any **SERVICES** are
spawned.  This section is typically used to initialize databases.
Master itself will not startup until all tasks in **START** have
completed, so put no blocking commands here.

   **cmd=**<no default>

   The command (with options) to spawn as a child process.  This
   string argument is required.

Note: Prior to v3, non-service daemons like "idled" were started
  from **START** but would background themselves, thus not blocking.
  Post v3 these are better managed through the **DAEMON** section,
  under which master will provide life-cycle management (i.e.
  restarting dead processes).


SERVICES
--------

This section is the heart of the **/etc/cyrus.conf** file.  It lists
the processes that should be spawned to handle client connections made
on certain Internet/UNIX sockets.

   **babysit=**0

   Integer value - if non-zero, will make sure at least one process is
   pre-forked, and will set the maxforkrate to 10 if it's zero.

   **cmd=**<no default>

   The command (with options) to spawn as a child process.  This
   string argument is required.

   **listen=**<no default>

   The UNIX or internet socket to listen on.  This string field is
   required and takes one of the following forms:

      *path*
      [ *host* **:** ] *port*

   where *path* is the explicit path to a UNIX socket, *host* is
   either the hostname or bracket-enclosed IP address of a network
   interface, and *port* is either a port number or service name (as
   listed in "/etc/services").

   If *host* is missing, 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces) is assumed.  Use
   localhost or 127.0.0.1 to restict access, i.e. when a proxy on the
   same host is front-ending Cyrus.

   Note that on most systems UNIX socket paths are limited to around
   100 characters.  See your system documentation for specifics.

   **proto=**tcp

   The protocol used for this service (*tcp*, *tcp4*, *tcp6*, *udp*,
   *udp4*, *udp6*).  This string argument is optional.

   **tcp4**, **udp4**: These arguments are used to bind the service to
   IPv4 only.

   **tcp6**, **udp6**: These arguments are used to bind the service to
   IPv6 only, if the operating system supports this.

   **tcp**, **udp**: These arguments are used to bind to both IPv4 and
   IPv6 if possible.

   **prefork=**0

   The number of instances of this service to always have running and
   waiting for a connection (for faster initial response time).  This
   integer value is optional.  Note that if you are listening on
   multiple network types (i.e. ipv4 and ipv6) then one process will
   be forked for each address, causing twice as many processes as you
   might expect.

   **maxchild=**-1

   The maximum number of instances of this service to spawn.  A value
   of -1 means unlimited.  This integer value is optional.

   **maxfds=**256

   The maximum number of file descriptors to which to limit this
   process. This integer value is optional.

   **maxforkrate=**0

   Maximum number of processes to fork per second - the master will
   insert sleeps to ensure it doesn't fork faster than this on
   average.


EVENTS
------

This section lists processes that should be run at specific intervals,
similar to cron jobs.  This section is typically used to perform
scheduled cleanup/maintenance.

   **cmd=**<no default>

   The command (with options) to spawn as a child process.  This
   string argument is required.

   **period=**0

   The interval (in minutes) at which to run the command.  This
   integer value is optional, but SHOULD be a positive integer > 10.

   **at=**<hhmm>

   The time (24-hour format) at which to run the command each day. If
   set to a valid time (0000-2359), period is automatically set to
   1440. This string argument is optional.


DAEMON
------

This section lists long running daemons to start before any
**SERVICES** are spawned.  They will be shutdown when master(8) is
exiting.

   **cmd=**<no default>

   The command (with options) to spawn as a child process.  This
   string argument is required.


Examples
========

   # example cyrus.conf

   START {
       recover       cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"
   }

   SERVICES {
       imap          cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=1
       imaps         cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0
       lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp"
       lmtp          cmd="lmtpd" listen="localhost:lmtp"
   }

   EVENTS {
       checkpoint    cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30
       delprune      cmd="cyr_expire -E 3" at=0400
       tlsprune      cmd="tls_prune" at=0400
   }

   DAEMON {
       idled         cmd="idled"
   }


Access Control
==============

When TCP Wrappers is used to control access to Cyrus services, the
*name* of the service entry should be used as the process name in the
*hosts_access(5)* table.  For instance, in the example above, "imap",
"imaps", "lmtpunix" and "lmtp" would be used as the process names.
This allows a single daemon such as imapd to be run in different modes
or configurations (i.e., SSL and non-SSL enabled) yet still have
separate access control rules.


See Also
========

master(8), imapd(8), pop3d(8), lmtpd(8), timsieved(8), idled(8),
notifyd(8), ctl_cyrusdb(8), ctl_deliver(8), tls_prune(8),
*hosts_access(5)*
