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.TH "DOVEADM-SERVICE-STATUS" "1" "March 2025" "78ffb79" "Dovecot"
.SH "NAME"
\fBdoveadm-service-status\fR - Show information about dovecot services
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.P
\fBdoveadm\fR \[lB]\fIGLOBAL OPTIONS\fR\[rB] \fBservice status\fR \[lB]\fIservice\fR \[lB]...\[rB]\[rB]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.P
\fBdoveadm service status\fR produces a table with a line for each service, containing the following details:
.P
\fIname\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the name of the service
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIprocess_count\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the number of processes actually running for the service
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIprocess_avail\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the number of additional processes that can be spawned for the service
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIprocess_limit\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the maximum number of processes that can be active for the service
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIclient_limit\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the maximum number of connections that the service will handle simultaneously
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIthrottle_secs\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
seconds to wait before launching another process when processes are dying unexpectedly early for the service
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIexit_failure_last\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
timestamp when the last process was terminated abnormally for the service
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIexit_failures_in_sec\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
number of abnormally terminated processes for the service in the last second
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIlast_drop_warning\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
timestamp when the last time a "dropping client connections" warning was logged
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIlisten_pending\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
if the master process is queuing connections that need to be dispatched
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIlistening\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
if service is listening
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIdoveadm_stop\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
if the service has been stopped by doveadm(1)
.RE 0
.RE 0
.P
\fIprocess_total\fR
.RS 0
.RS 4
.P
the total number of processes forked for the service since the service start.
.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 list according to the specified service or services. By default, all dovecot services are listed.
.RE 0
.RE 0
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.P
.RS 2
.nf
doveadm service status
.fi
.RE
.P
.RS 2
.nf
name: fs-auth
process_count: 0
process_avail: 0
process_limit: 1
client_limit: 1000
throttle_secs: 0
exit_failure_last: 0
exit_failures_in_sec: 0
last_drop_warning: 0
listen_pending: n
listening: y
doveadm_stop: n
process_total: 0
name: fs-server
.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-process-status(1)
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