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.TH "DOVEADM-PROCESS-STATUS" "1" "March 2025" "78ffb79" "Dovecot"
.SH "NAME"
\fBdoveadm-process-status\fR - Show information about dovecot processes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.P
\fBdoveadm\fR \[lB]\fIGLOBAL OPTIONS\fR\[rB] \fBprocess status\fR \[lB]\fIservice\fR \[lB]...\[rB]\[rB]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.P
\fBdoveadm process status\fR produces a table with a line for each process, containing the following details:
.P
\fIname\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the name of the process
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIpid\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the pid of the process
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIavailable_count\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the number of further clients that can connect to the process
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fItotal_count\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the number of connected clients
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIidle_start\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
timestamp when the process entered the idle status, 0 if active
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIlast_status_update\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
timestamp of the latest update from the process
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIlast_kill_sent\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
timestamp of the latest SIGINT signal sent to the process
.RE 0
.RE 0
.SH "GLOBAL OPTIONS"
.P
Global doveadm(1)
.P
\fB-D\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Enables \fIverbosity\fR and debug messages.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-O\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The \fBdovecot_storage_version\fR setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-k\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just \fBimport_environment\fR setting.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-v\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-i\fR \fIinstance-name\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.
.P
See \fBinstance_name\fR setting for more information.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-c\fR \fIconfig-file\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Read configuration from the given \fIconfig-file\fR. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to \fI/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf\fR. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-o\fR \fIsetting\fR\fB=\fR\fIvalue\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Overrides the configuration \fIsetting\fR from \fI/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf\fR and from the userdb with the given \fIvalue\fR. In order to override multiple settings, the \fB-o\fR option may be specified multiple times.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fB-f\fR \fIformatter\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Specifies the \fIformatter\fR for formatting the output. Supported formatters are:
.P
\fBflow\fR
.RS 4
.P
prints each line with \fIkey\fR\fB=\fR\fIvalue\fR pairs.
.RE 0
.P
\fBpager\fR
.RS 4
.P
prints each \fIkey\fR: \fIvalue\fR pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (\fB^L\fR).
.RE 0
.P
\fBtab\fR
.RS 4
.P
prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.
.RE 0
.P
\fBtable\fR
.RS 4
.P
prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.RE 0
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.P
\fIservice\fR (optional)
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
Filters the processes according to the specified service or services. By default, all dovecot processes are listed.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.P
.RS 2
.nf
doveadm process status
.fi
.RE
.P
.RS 2
.nf
name pid available_count total_count idle_start last_status_update last_kill_sent
stats 132400 999 5 0 1685365436 0
log 132356 971 29 0 1685352909 0
config 132357 999 6 0 1685365436 0
anvil 132355 1000 0 1685352908 1685352908 0
.fi
.RE
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
.P
Report bugs, including \fIdoveconf -n\fR output, to the Dovecot Mailing List \fI\(ladovecot@dovecot.org\(ra\fR. Information about reporting bugs is available at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.P
doveadm(1), doveadm-service-status(1)
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