Skip to content

zuazo/dovecot-cookbook

Folders and files

NameName
Last commit message
Last commit date

Latest commit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Repository files navigation

Dovecot Cookbook

Documentation GitHub License

Cookbook Version Dependency Status Code Climate Build Status Inline docs

Chef cookbook to install and configure Dovecot, open source IMAP and POP3 email server.

Table of Contents

Requirements

Supported Platforms

This cookbook has been tested on the following platforms:

  • Amazon
  • CentOS >= 6.0
  • Debian >= 7.0
  • Fedora >= 18.0
  • OpenSUSE
  • Oracle Linux >= 6.0
  • Scientific Linux >= 6.0
  • SUSE
  • Ubuntu >= 12.04

Let me know if you use it successfully on any other platform.

Required Cookbooks

Required Applications

  • Chef 12 or higher.
  • Ruby 2.2 or higher.
  • Dovecot >= 2: requires this version of dovecot to be available by the distribution's package manager.

Attributes

To see a more complete description of the attributes, go to the Dovecot wiki2 configuration section or read the comments in the templates and generated configuration files.

Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['install_from'] 'package' Determines how Dovecot is installed from. Only 'package' is supported for now.
node['dovecot']['user'] 'dovecot' Dovecot system user. Should no be changed.
node['dovecot']['group'] 'dovecot' Dovecot system group. Should no be changed.
node['dovecot']['user_homedir'] calculated Dovecot system user home directory.
node['dovecot']['lib_path'] calculated Dovecot library path. Should no be changed.
node['dovecot']['conf_path'] '/etc/dovecot' Dovecot configuration files path. Should no be changed.
node['dovecot']['conf_files_user'] 'root' System user owner of configuration files.
node['dovecot']['conf_files_group'] node['dovecot']['group'] System group owner of configuration files.
node['dovecot']['conf_files_mode'] 00644 Configuration files system file mode bits.
node['dovecot']['sensitive_files'] ['*.conf.ext'] An array of dovecot sensitive configuration files. Each array item can be a glob expression or a fixed file name. These file names should be relative to node['dovecot']['conf_path'] directory. Example: ['dovecot-sql.conf.ext', '*-auth.conf.ext', 'conf.d/auth-supersecret.conf.ext'].
node['dovecot']['sensitive_files_mode'] 00640 Configuration files system file mode bits for sensitve files.
node['dovecot']['conf_files']['core'] calculated Dovecot core configuration files list.
node['dovecot']['conf_files']['imap'] ['conf.d/20-imap.conf'] Dovecot IMAP configuration files list.
node['dovecot']['conf_files']['pop3'] ['conf.d/20-pop3.conf'] Dovecot POP3 configuration files list.
node['dovecot']['conf_files']['lmtp'] ['conf.d/20-lmtp.conf'] Dovecot LMTP configuration files list.
node['dovecot']['conf_files']['sieve'] calculated Dovecot Sieve configuration files list.
node['dovecot']['conf_files']['ldap'] calculated Dovecot LDAP configuration files list.
node['dovecot']['auth'] {} Dovecot Authentication Databases as a hash of hashes (see the examples below). Supported authdbs: checkpassword, deny, ldap, master, passwdfile, sql, system and vpopmail.
node['dovecot']['namespaces'] [] Dovecot Namespaces as an array of hashes (see the example below).
node['dovecot']['plugins'] calculated Dovecot Plugins configuration as a hash of hashes (see the examples below). Supported plugins: mail_log, acl and quota.
node['dovecot']['protocols'] {} Dovecot Protocols configuration as a hash of hashes (see the example below). Supported protocols: lda, imap, lmtp, sieve and pop3.
node['dovecot']['services'] {} Dovecot Services configuration as a hash of hashes (see the examples below). Supported services: anvil, director, imap-login, pop3-login, lmtp, imap, pop3, auth, auth-worker, dict, tcpwrap, managesieve-login managesieve, quota-status, quota-warning, stats, and doveadm.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_plugins'] [] Dovecot default enabled mail_plugins.
node['dovecot']['ohai_plugin']['build-options'] true Whether to enable reading build options inside ohai plugin. Can be disabled to be lighter.
node['dovecot']['databag_name'] dovecot The databag to use.
node['dovecot']['databag_users_item'] users The databag item to use for User's database (Passwords).
node['dovecot']['conf']['password_file'] #{node['dovecot']['conf_path']}/password The Password file location

Main Configuration Attributes

  • Configuration file: dovecot.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['listen'] nil A comma separated list of IPs or hosts where to listen in for connections.
node['dovecot']['conf']['base_dir'] nil Base directory where to store runtime data.
node['dovecot']['conf']['instance_name'] nil Name of this instance. Used to prefix all Dovecot processes in ps output.
node['dovecot']['conf']['login_greeting'] nil Greeting message for clients.
node['dovecot']['conf']['login_trusted_networks'] nil Space separated list of trusted network ranges.
node['dovecot']['conf']['login_access_sockets'] nil Space separated list of login access check sockets.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_proxy_self'] nil With proxy_maybe=yes if proxy destination matches any of these IPs, don't do proxying.
node['dovecot']['conf']['verbose_proctitle'] nil Show more verbose process titles (in ps).
node['dovecot']['conf']['shutdown_clients'] nil Should all processes be killed when Dovecot master process shuts down.
node['dovecot']['conf']['doveadm_worker_count'] nil If non-zero, run mail commands via this many connections to doveadm server.
node['dovecot']['conf']['doveadm_socket_path'] nil UNIX socket or host:port used for connecting to doveadm server.
node['dovecot']['conf']['import_environment'] nil Space separated list of environment variables that are preserved on Dovecot startup and his childs.
node['dovecot']['conf']['dict'] nil Dictionary server settings as a hash.

Authentication Processes Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/10-auth.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['disable_plaintext_auth'] nil Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless SSL/TLS is used.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_cache_size'] nil Authentication cache size (e.g. 10M). 0 means it's disabled.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_cache_ttl'] nil Time to live for cached data.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_cache_negative_ttl'] nil TTL for negative hits (user not found, password mismatch).
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_realms'] nil Space separated list (or array) of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that need them.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_default_realm'] nil Default realm/domain to use if none was specified.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_username_chars'] nil List of allowed characters in username.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_username_translation'] nil Username character translations before it's looked up from databases.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_username_format'] nil Username formatting before it's looked up from databases.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_master_user_separator'] nil If you want to allow master users to log in by specifying the master username within the normal username string, you can specify the separator character here (format: <username><separator><master username>).
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_anonymous_username'] nil Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_worker_max_count'] nil Maximum number of dovecot-auth worker processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_gssapi_hostname'] nil Host name to use in GSSAPI principal names.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_krb5_keytab'] nil Kerberos keytab to use for the GSSAPI mechanism.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_use_winbind'] nil Do NTLM and GSS-SPNEGO authentication using Samba's winbind daemon and ntlm_auth helper.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_winbind_helper_path'] nil Path for Samba's ntlm_auth helper binary.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_failure_delay'] nil Time to delay before replying to failed authentications.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_ssl_require_client_cert'] nil Take the username from client's SSL certificate, using X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID() which returns the subject's DN's CommonName.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_mechanisms'] 'plain' Space separated list of wanted authentication mechanisms: plain, login, digest-md5, cram-md5, ntlm, rpa, apop, anonymous, gssapi, otp, skey, gss-spnego.

Director-specific Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/10-director.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['director_servers'] nil List of IPs or hostnames to all director servers, including ourself (as a string or as an array).
node['dovecot']['conf']['director_mail_servers'] nil List of IPs or hostnames to all backend mail servers.
node['dovecot']['conf']['director_user_expire'] nil How long to redirect users to a specific server after it no longer has any connections.
node['dovecot']['conf']['director_doveadm_port'] nil TCP/IP port that accepts doveadm connections (instead of director connections).
node['dovecot']['conf']['director_username_hash'] nil How the username is translated before being hashed.

Log Destination Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/10-logging.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['log_path'] nil Log file to use for error messages. "syslog" logs to syslog, /dev/stderr logs to stderr.
node['dovecot']['conf']['info_log_path'] nil Log file to use for informational messages. Defaults to log_path.
node['dovecot']['conf']['debug_log_path'] nil Log file to use for debug messages. Defaults to info_log_path.
node['dovecot']['conf']['syslog_facility'] nil Syslog facility to use if you're logging to syslog.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_verbose'] nil Log unsuccessful authentication attempts and the reasons why they failed.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_verbose_passwords'] nil In case of password mismatches, log the attempted password.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_debug'] nil Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_debug_passwords'] nil In case of password mismatches, log the passwords and used scheme so the problem can be debugged.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_debug'] nil Enable mail process debugging.
node['dovecot']['conf']['verbose_ssl'] nil Show protocol level SSL errors.
node['dovecot']['conf']['log_timestamp'] nil Prefix for each line written to log file.
node['dovecot']['conf']['login_log_format_elements'] nil Space-separated list (or array) of elements we want to log.
node['dovecot']['conf']['login_log_format'] nil Login log format.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_log_prefix'] nil Log prefix for mail processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['deliver_log_format'] nil Format to use for logging mail deliveries.

Mailbox Locations and Namespaces Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/10-mail.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_location'] nil Location for user's mailboxes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_shared_explicit_inbox'] nil Should shared INBOX be visible as "shared/user" or "shared/user/INBOX"?.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_uid'] nil System user used to access mails.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_gid'] nil System group used to access mails.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_privileged_group'] nil Group to enable temporarily for privileged operations.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_access_groups'] nil Grant access to these supplementary groups for mail processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_full_filesystem_access'] nil Allow full filesystem access to clients.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_attribute_dict'] nil Dictionary for key=value mailbox attributes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_server_comment'] nil A comment or note that is associated with the server.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_server_admin'] nil Indicates a method for contacting the server administrator. This value MUST be a URI.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mmap_disable'] nil Don't use mmap() at all.
node['dovecot']['conf']['dotlock_use_excl'] nil Rely on O_EXCL to work when creating dotlock files.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_fsync'] nil When to use fsync() or fdatasync() calls: optimized, always or never.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_nfs_storage'] nil Mail storage exists in NFS.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_nfs_index'] nil Mail index files also exist in NFS.
node['dovecot']['conf']['lock_method'] nil Locking method for index files: fcntl, flock or dotlock.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_temp_dir'] nil Directory in which LDA/LMTP temporarily stores incoming mails >128 kB.
node['dovecot']['conf']['first_valid_uid'] nil Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above.
node['dovecot']['conf']['last_valid_uid'] nil Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above.
node['dovecot']['conf']['first_valid_gid'] nil Valid GID range for users, defaults to non-root/wheel.
node['dovecot']['conf']['last_valid_gid'] nil Valid GID range for users, defaults to non-root/wheel.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_max_keyword_length'] nil Maximum allowed length for mail keyword name.
node['dovecot']['conf']['valid_chroot_dirs'] nil ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for mail processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_chroot'] nil Default chroot directory for mail processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['auth_socket_path'] nil UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_plugin_dir'] nil Directory where to look up mail plugins.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_cache_min_mail_count'] nil The minimum number of mails in a mailbox before updates are done to cache file.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mailbox_idle_check_interval'] nil When IDLE command is running, mailbox is checked once in a while to see if there are any new mails or other changes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_save_crlf'] nil Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_prefetch_count'] nil Max number of mails to keep open and prefetch to memory.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_temp_scan_interval'] nil How often to scan for stale temporary files and delete them (0 = never).
node['dovecot']['conf']['maildir_stat_dirs'] nil By default LIST command returns all entries in maildir beginning with a dot.
node['dovecot']['conf']['maildir_copy_with_hardlinks'] nil When copying a message, do it with hard links whenever possible.
node['dovecot']['conf']['maildir_very_dirty_syncs'] nil Assume Dovecot is the only MUA accessing Maildir.
node['dovecot']['conf']['maildir_broken_filename_sizes'] nil If enabled, Dovecot doesn't use the S=<size> in the Maildir filenames for getting the mail's physical size, except when recalculating Maildir++ quota.
node['dovecot']['conf']['maildir_empty_new'] nil Always move mails from new/ directory to cur/, even when the \Recent flags aren't being reset.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_read_locks'] nil Which read locking methods to use for locking mbox: dotlock, dotlock_try, fcntl, flock or lockf.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_write_locks'] nil Which write locking methods to use for locking mbox: dotlock, dotlock_try, fcntl, flock or lockf.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_lock_timeout'] nil Maximum time to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_dotlock_change_timeout'] nil If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the lock file after this much time.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_dirty_syncs'] nil When mbox changes unexpectedly simply read the new mails but still safely fallbacks to re-reading the whole mbox file whenever something in mbox isn't how it's expected to be.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_very_dirty_syncs'] nil Like mbox_dirty_syncs, but don't do full syncs even with SELECT, EXAMINE, EXPUNGE or CHECK commands.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_lazy_writes'] nil Delay writing mbox headers until doing a full write sync (EXPUNGE and CHECK commands and when closing the mailbox).
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_min_index_size'] nil If mbox size is smaller than this (e.g. 100k), don't write index files.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mbox_md5'] nil Mail header selection algorithm to use for MD5 POP3 UIDLs when pop3_uidl_format=%m.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mdbox_rotate_size'] nil Maximum dbox file size until it's rotated.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mdbox_rotate_interval'] nil Maximum dbox file age until it's rotated.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mdbox_preallocate_space'] nil When creating new mdbox files, immediately preallocate their size to mdbox_rotate_size.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_attachment_dir'] nil Directory root where to store mail attachments. Disabled, if empty.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_attachment_min_size'] nil Attachments smaller than this aren't saved externally.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_attachment_fs'] nil Filesystem backend to use for saving attachments: posix, sis posix or sis-queue posix.
node['dovecot']['conf']['mail_attachment_hash'] nil Hash format to use in attachment filenames.

Master Configuration File Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/10-master.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['default_process_limit'] nil Default process limit.
node['dovecot']['conf']['default_client_limit'] nil Default client limit.
node['dovecot']['conf']['default_vsz_limit'] nil Default VSZ (virtual memory size) limit for service processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['default_login_user'] nil Login user is internally used by login processes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['default_internal_user'] nil Internal user is used by unprivileged processes.

SSL Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/10-ssl.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl'] calculated SSL/TLS support: true or false.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_cert'] calculated PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_key'] calculated PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS private key.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_key_password'] nil If key file is password protected, give the password here.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_ca'] nil PEM encoded trusted certificate authority.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_require_crl'] nil Require that CRL check succeeds for client certificates.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_client_ca_dir'] nil Directory for trusted SSL CA certificates. These are used only when Dovecot needs to act as an SSL client.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_client_ca_file'] nil File for trusted SSL CA certificates. These are used only when Dovecot needs to act as an SSL client.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_verify_client_cert'] nil Request client to send a certificate.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_cert_username_field'] nil Which field from certificate to use for username.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_parameters_regenerate'] nil How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_dh_parameters_length'] nil DH parameters length to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_protocols'] nil SSL protocols to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_cipher_list'] nil SSL ciphers to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_prefer_server_ciphers'] nil Prefer the server's order of ciphers over client's.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_crypto_device'] nil SSL crypto device to use, for valid values run $ openssl engine.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ssl_options'] nil SSL extra options. Currently supported options are: 'no_compression'.

LDA Specific Attributes

Also used by LMTP.

  • Configuration files: conf.d/15-lda.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['postmaster_address'] nil Address to use when sending rejection mails.
node['dovecot']['conf']['hostname'] nil Hostname to use in various parts of sent mails, eg. in Message-Id.
node['dovecot']['conf']['quota_full_tempfail'] nil If user is over quota, return with temporary failure instead of bouncing the mail.
node['dovecot']['conf']['sendmail_path'] nil Binary to use for sending mails.
node['dovecot']['conf']['submission_host'] nil If non-empty, send mails via this SMTP host[:port] instead of sendmail.
node['dovecot']['conf']['rejection_subject'] nil Subject: header to use for rejection mails.
node['dovecot']['conf']['rejection_reason'] nil Human readable error message for rejection mails.
node['dovecot']['conf']['recipient_delimiter'] nil Delimiter character between local-part and detail in email address.
node['dovecot']['conf']['lda_original_recipient_header'] nil Header where the original recipient address (SMTP's RCPT TO: address) is taken from if not available elsewhere.
node['dovecot']['conf']['lda_mailbox_autocreate'] nil Should saving a mail to a nonexistent mailbox automatically create it?
node['dovecot']['conf']['lda_mailbox_autosubscribe'] nil Should automatically created mailboxes be also automatically subscribed?

Replication Specific Attributes

Also used by Replication/sync of dovecot.

  • Configuration files: conf.d/15-replication.conf.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['doveadm_port'] nil Used to set a default port for the doveadm replication commands.
node['dovecot']['conf']['doveadm_password'] nil Needed to set an 'secret' for the replication communication between to servers.

LMTP Specific Attributes

  • Configuration file: conf.d/20-lmtp.conf
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['lmtp_proxy'] nil Support proxying to other LMTP/SMTP servers by performing passdb lookups.
node['dovecot']['conf']['lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox'] nil When recipient address includes the detail (e.g. user+detail), try to save the mail to the detail mailbox.
node['dovecot']['conf']['lmtp_rcpt_check_quota'] nil Verify quota before replying to RCPT TO. This adds a small overhead.
node['dovecot']['conf']['lmtp_hdr_delivery_address'] nil Which recipient address to use for Delivered-To: header and Received: header.

Berkeley DB DB_CONFIG Attributes

  • Configuration file: dovecot-db.conf.ext.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['db'] nil DB_CONFIG for Berkeley DB as a hash.

Dictionary Quota SQL Attributes

  • Configuration files: dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['dict_sql']['connect'] nil Dict sql connect configuration as a string or an array.
node['dovecot']['conf']['dict_sql']['maps'] nil Dict sql database tables maps (see the example below).

LDAP Authentication Attributes

  • Configuration files: dovecot-ldap.conf.ext.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['hosts'] nil Space separated list or array of LDAP hosts to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['uris'] nil LDAP URIs to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['dn'] nil Distinguished Name, the username used to login to the LDAP server.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['dnpass'] nil Password for LDAP server, if dn is specified.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['sasl_bind'] nil Use SASL binding instead of the simple binding.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['sasl_mech'] nil SASL mechanism name to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['sasl_realm'] nil SASL realm to use.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['sasl_authz_id'] nil SASL authorization ID, ie. the dnpass is for this "master user", but the dn is still the logged in user.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls'] nil Use TLS to connect to the LDAP server.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls_ca_cert_file'] nil TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls_ca_cert_dir'] nil TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls_cipher_suite'] nil TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls_cert_file'] nil TLS cert/key is used only if LDAP server requires a client certificate.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls_key_file'] nil TLS cert/key is used only if LDAP server requires a client certificate.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['tls_require_cert'] nil Valid values: never, hard, demand, allow, try.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['ldaprc_path'] nil Use the given ldaprc path.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['debug_level'] nil LDAP library debug level as specified by LDAP_DEBUG_* in ldap_log.h.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['auth_bind'] nil Use authentication binding for verifying password's validity.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['auth_bind_userdn'] nil If authentication binding is used, you can save one LDAP request per login if user's DN can be specified with a common template.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['ldap_version'] nil LDAP protocol version to use. Likely 2 or 3.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['base'] nil LDAP base. %variables can be used here.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['deref'] nil Dereference: never, searching, finding or always.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['scope'] nil Search scope: base, onelevel or subtree.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['user_attrs'] nil User attributes are given in LDAP-name=dovecot-internal-name list.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['user_filter'] nil Filter for user lookup.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['pass_attrs'] nil Password checking attributes.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['pass_filter'] nil Filter for password lookups.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['iterate_attrs'] nil Attributes to get a list of all users.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['iterate_filter'] nil Filter to get a list of all users.
node['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['default_pass_scheme'] nil Default password scheme. "{scheme}" before password overrides this.

SQL Authentication Attributes

  • Configuration file: dovecot-sql.conf.ext.
Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['driver'] nil Database driver: mysql, pgsql or sqlite.
node['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['connect'] nil Database connection string or array. This is driver-specific setting.
node['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['default_pass_scheme'] nil Default password scheme.
node['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['password_query'] nil passdb query to retrieve the password.
node['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['user_query'] nil userdb query to retrieve the user information.
node['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['iterate_query'] nil Query to get a list of all usernames.

Distribution Package Names Attributes

These attributes below contain the default required distribution packages for the supported platforms. But you are free to create your own to support other platforms. Keep in mind that all are put inside a subkey (type). This node['dovecot']['packages'][type] attribute is then used together with the node['dovecot']['conf_files'][type] attribute to generate the configuration files.

Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['packages']['core'] calculated Dovecot core package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['imap'] calculated Dovecot IMAP package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['pop3'] calculated Dovecot POP3 package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['lmtp'] calculated Dovecot LMTP package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['sieve'] calculated Dovecot Sieve package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['ldap'] calculated Dovecot LDAP package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['sqlite'] calculated Dovecot SQLite package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['mysql'] calculated Dovecot MySQL package names array.
node['dovecot']['packages']['pgsql'] calculated Dovecot PostgreSQL package names array.

Distribution Service Configuration

These attributes are used to configure the Dovecot service according to each distribution. Surely you want to change them if you want to support new platforms or want to improve the support of some platforms already supported.

Attribute Default Description
node['dovecot']['service']['name'] 'dovecot' Dovecot system service name.
node['dovecot']['service']['supports'] calculated Dovecot service supported actions.
node['dovecot']['service']['provider'] calculated Dovecot service Chef provider class.

Recipes

dovecot::default

Installs and configures Dovecot.

dovecot::user

Creates the dovecot system user. Used by the default recipe.

dovecot::conf_files

Generates all the configuration files. Used by the default recipe.

dovecot::ohai_plugin

Provides an Ohai plugin for reading dovecot install information.

dovecot::from_package

Installs the required packages. Used by the default recipe if node['dovecot']['install_from] is package.

dovecot::service

Configures the Dovecot service. Used by the default recipe.

dovecot::create_pwfile

Creates and configures a password file from local mailboxes based on a data bag.

  • node['dovecot']['databag_name']: The Databag on which items are stored.
  • node['dovecot']['databag_users_item']: The databag item to use (under the databag set)

Ohai Plugin

The ohai_plugin recipe installs an Ohai plugin. It will be installed and activated automatically.

It will set the following attributes:

  • node['dovecot']['version']: version of Dovecot.
  • node['dovecot']['build-options']: some Dovecot build options.
  • node['dovecot']['build-options']['mail-storages']
  • node['dovecot']['build-options']['sql-driver-plugins'] or node['dovecot']['build-options']['sql-drivers']
  • node['dovecot']['build-options']['passdb']
  • node['dovecot']['build-options']['userdb']

This is an output example:

"dovecot": {
  "version": "2.0.19",
  "build-options": {
    "ioloop": "epoll",
    "notify": "inotify",
    "ipv6": true,
    "openssl": true,
    "io_block_size": "8192",
    "mail-storages": [
      "shared",
      "mdbox",
      "sdbox",
      "maildir",
      "mbox",
      "cydir",
      "raw"
    ],
    "sql-driver-plugins": [
      "mysql",
      "postgresql",
      "sqlite"
    ],
    "passdb": [
      "checkpassword",
      "ldap",
      "pam",
      "passwd",
      "passwd-file",
      "shadow",
      "sql"
    ],
    "userdb": [
      "checkpassword",
      "ldap(plugin)",
      "nss",
      "passwd",
      "prefetch",
      "passwd-file",
      "sql"
    ]
  }
}

Usage Examples

Including in a Cookbook Recipe

You can simply include it in a recipe:

# from a recipe
include_recipe 'dovecot'

Don't forget to include the dovecot cookbook as a dependency in the metadata.

# metadata.rb
# [...]

depends 'dovecot'

Including in the Run List

Another alternative is to include the default recipe in your Run List.

{
  "name": "mail.example.com",
  "[...]": "[...]",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[dovecot]"
  ]
}

Authentication Database Examples

Authentication database attributes, inside passdb or usedb hash values, can contain both arrays or hashes.

Supported auths are the following: checkpassword, deny, ldap, master, passwdfile, sql, system and vpopmail.

node.default['dovecot']['auth']['checkpassword'] =
  {
    'passdb' => { # hash
      'driver' => 'checkpassword',
      'args' => '/usr/bin/checkpassword'
    },
    'userdb' => {
      'driver' => 'prefetch'
    }
  }
node.default['dovecot']['auth']['system']['passdb'] =
  [ # array
    {
      # without driver
      'args' => 'dovecot'
    },
    {
      'driver' => 'passwd',
      'args' => ''
    },
    {
      'driver' => 'shadow',
      'args' => ''
    },
    {
      'driver' => 'bsdauth',
      'args' => ''
    }
  ]

Dictionary Quota SQL Example

node.default['dovecot']['conf']['dict_sql']['maps'] =
  [
    {
      'pattern' => 'priv/quota/storage',
      'table' => 'quota',
      'username_field' => 'username',
      'value_field' => 'bytes'
    },
    {
      'pattern' => 'priv/quota/messages',
      'table' => 'quota',
      'username_field' => 'username',
      'value_field' => 'messages'
    },
    {
      'pattern' => 'shared/expire/$user/$mailbox',
      'table' => 'expires',
      'value_field' => 'expire_stamp',
      'fields' => {
        'username' => '$user',
        'mailbox' => '$mailbox'
      }
    }
  ]

Namespaces Example

The ['namespaces'] attribute is an array, which could contain both array or hash values.

node.default['dovecot']['namespaces'] = [
  {
    'separator' => '/',
    'prefix' => '"#mbox/"',
    'location' => 'mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u',
    'inbox' => true,
    'hidden' => true,
    'list' => false
  }, {
    'separator' => '/',
    'prefix' => '',
    'location' => 'maildir:~/Maildir'
  }, { # this requires Dovecot >= 2.1
    'name' => 'inbox',
    'separator' => '/',
    'prefix' => '',
    'inbox' => true,
    'mailboxes' => {
      'Drafts' => {
        'special_use' => '\Drafts'
      },
      'Junk' => {
        'special_use' => '\Junk'
      },
      'Trash' => {
        'special_use' => '\Trash'
      },
      'Sent' => {
        'special_use' => '\Sent'
      },
      'Sent Messages' => {
        'special_use' => '\Sent'
      },
      'virtual/All' => {
        'special_use' => '\All'
      },
      'virtual/Flagged' => {
        'special_use' => '\All'
      }
    }
  }
]

Plugins Examples

Plugin attribute values should be of type hash.

Supported plugins are the following: mail_log, acl and quota.

Mail Log Plugin Example

node.default['dovecot']['plugins']['mail_log'] = {
  'mail_log_events' =>
    'delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename',
  'mail_log_fields' => 'uid box msgid size'
}

Sieve Plugin Example

node.default['dovecot']['plugins']['sieve'] = {
  'sieve' => '~/.dovecot.sieve',
  'sieve_dir' => '~/sieve'
}

Stats Plugin Example

node.default['dovecot']['plugins']['stats'] = {
  'stats_refresh' => '60 secs',
  'stats_memory_limit' => '64 M',
  'stats_command_min_time' => '5 mins',
  'stats_session_min_time' => '5 mins',
  'stats_user_min_time' => '24 hours',
  'stats_domain_min_time' => '24 hours',
  'stats_ip_min_time' => '1 hours'
}

Protocols Examples

Protocol attribute values should be of type hash.

Supported protocols are the following: lda, imap, lmtp, sieve and pop3.

node.default['dovecot']['protocols']['lda'] = {
  'mail_plugins' => %w($mail_plugins)
}

To enable the IMAP protocol without additional settings:

node.default['dovecot']['protocols']['imap'] = {}

Service Examples

The ['services'] attribute is a hash. Each service attribute should be a hash. But the ['listeners'] subkey could contain both a hash and an array.

Inside this listeners key, you should name each listener with the format PROTOCOL:NAME. Allowed protocols are fifo, unix and inet.

Supported services are the following: anvil, director, imap-login, pop3-login, lmtp, imap, pop3, auth, auth-worker, dict, tcpwrap, managesieve-login, managesieve, aggregator, replicator, config.

Director Service Example

node.default['dovecot']['services']['director']['listeners'] = [
  { 'unix:login/director' => { 'mode' => '0666' } },
  { 'fifo:login/proxy-notify' => { 'mode' => '0666' } },
  { 'unix:director-userdb' => { 'mode' => '0666' } },
  { 'inet' => { 'port' => '5432' } }
]

Imap-login Service Example

node.default['dovecot']['services']['imap-login'] = {
  'listeners' => [
    { 'inet:imap' => { 'port' => 143 } },
    { 'inet:imaps' => { 'port' => 993, 'ssl' => true } }
  ],
  'service_count' => 1,
  'process_min_avail' => 0,
  'vsz_limit' => '64M'
}

Doveadm Service Example

default['dovecot']['services']['doveadm'] = {
  'listeners' => [
    { 'inet:doveadm-server' => { 'port' => 3333 }
    }
  ]
}

Quota-status Service Example

default['dovecot']['services']['quota-status'] = {
  'executable' => 'quota-status -p postfix',
  'listeners' => [
    { 'inet:imap' => { 'port' => 4444 } }
  ]
}

Quota-warning Service Example

default['dovecot']['services']['quota-warning'] = {
  'user' => 'dovecot',
  'executable' => 'script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh',
  'listeners' => [
    { 'unix:quota-warning' => { 'user' => 'postfix' } }
  ]
}

Stats Service Example

default['dovecot']['services']['stats'] = {
  listeners: [
    { 'fifo:stats-mail' =>
      {  user: node['dovecot']['user'],
         group: node['dovecot']['group'],
         mode: '0600' } },
    { 'fifo:stats-user' =>
      {  user: node['dovecot']['user'],
         group: node['dovecot']['group'],
         mode: '0600' } }
  ]
}

LDAP Example

This is a recipe example to integrate Dovecot with OpenLDAP. The following cookbooks are used:

# Function to generate the passwords in LDAP format
def generate_ldap_password(password, salt = '12345')
  require 'digest'
  require 'base64'
  digest = Digest::SHA1.digest(password + salt)
  '{SSHA}' + Base64.encode64(digest + salt).chomp
end
recipe = self

# Create LDAP credentials
ldap_password = 'secretsauce'
ldap_credentials = {
  'bind_dn' => "cn=#{node['openldap']['cn']},#{node['openldap']['basedn']}",
  'password' => ldap_password
}

# Configure OpenLDAP server
node.default['openldap']['tls_enabled'] = false
node.default['openldap']['rootpw'] = generate_ldap_password(ldap_password)
node.default['openldap']['loglevel'] = 'any'

include_recipe 'openldap::server'

# Create some LDAP entries as an example

include_recipe 'ldap'

ldap_entry node['openldap']['basedn'] do
  attributes objectClass: %w(top dcObject organization),
             o: 'myorg',
             dc: 'myorg',
             description: 'My organization'
  credentials ldap_credentials
end

ldap_entry "ou=accounts,#{node['openldap']['basedn']}" do
  attributes objectClass: %w(top organizationalUnit),
             ou: 'accounts',
             description: 'Dovecot email accounts'
  credentials ldap_credentials
end

ldap_entry "cn=dovecot,ou=accounts,#{node['openldap']['basedn']}" do
  attributes objectClass: %w(top person),
             cn: 'dovecot',
             sn: 'dovecot'
  credentials ldap_credentials
end

# Create an email account

email_account = {
  cn: 'Ole Wobble Olson',
  sn: 'Olson',
  uid: 'wobble',
  uidNumber: '1002', # should be an string for ldap_entry
  gidNumber: '100',
  homeDirectory: '/home/wobble',
  userPassword: recipe.generate_ldap_password('w0bbl3_p4ss')
}

ldap_entry "uid=wobble,ou=accounts,#{node['openldap']['basedn']}" do
  attributes email_account.merge(objectClass: %w(top person posixAccount))
  credentials ldap_credentials
end

# Create home directory for the email account
directory email_account[:homeDirectory] do
  owner email_account[:uidNumber].to_i # should be an integer for directory
  group email_account[:gidNumber].to_i
end

# Dovecot IMAP configuration
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['mail_location'] = 'maildir:~/Maildir'
node.default['dovecot']['protocols']['imap'] = {}
node.default['dovecot']['services']['imap-login'] =
  {
    'listeners' =>
      [
        { 'inet:imap' => { 'port' => 143 } },
        { 'inet:imaps' => { 'port' => 993, 'ssl' => true } }
      ],
    'service_count' => 1,
    'process_min_avail' => 0,
    'vsz_limit' => '64M'
  }

# Dovecot LDAP configuration
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['auth_bind'] = true
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['hosts'] = %w(localhost)
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['dn'] = ldap_credentials['bind_dn']
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['dnpass'] = ldap_credentials['password']
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['ldap']['base'] = node['openldap']['basedn']

include_recipe 'dovecot'

Password File Example

This is an example of how to use userdb password file.

# Define databag and item inside Databag (default.conf):
node.default['dovecot']['databag_name'] = 'dovecot'
node.default['dovecot']['databag_users_item'] = 'users'

# Attributes for userdb to function:
node.default['dovecot']['auth']['passwdfile'] =
  {
    'passdb' => {
      'driver' => 'passwd-file',
      'args' => node['dovecot']['conf']['password_file']
    },
    'userdb' => {
      'driver' => 'passwd-file',
      'args' =>
        "username_format=%u #{node['dovecot']['conf']['password_file']}",
      'default_fields' => 'home=/var/dovecot/vmail/%d/%n'
    }
  }

# Include this recipe on your:
include_recipe 'dovecot::pwfile-file'

Databag example, two ways of defining a user included:

{
  "users": {
    "dilan": "password1234",
    "vassilis": [
      "vassilis1234", null, null, null, null, null, null
    ]
  }
}

A Complete Example

This is a complete recipe example for installing and configuring Dovecot 2 to work with PostfixAdmin MySQL tables, including IMAP service:

node.default['dovecot']['conf_files_group'] = 'vmail'

node.default['dovecot']['conf']['disable_plaintext_auth'] = false
node.default['dovecot']['conf_files_mode'] = '00640'

# 10-logging.conf
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['log_path'] = 'syslog'
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['syslog_facility'] = 'mail'
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['log_timestamp'] = '"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"'

# 10-mail.conf
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['mail_location'] = 'maildir:~/Maildir'
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['mail_privileged_group'] = 'mail'

# 10-master.conf
node.default['dovecot']['services']['auth']['listeners'] = [
  # auth_socket_path points to this userdb socket by default. It's typically
  # used by dovecot-lda, doveadm, possibly imap process, etc. Its default
  # permissions make it readable only by root, but you may need to relax these
  # permissions. Users that have access to this socket are able to get a list
  # of all usernames and get results of everyone's userdb lookups.
  { 'unix:auth-userdb' => {
    'mode' => '0600',
    'user' => 'vmail',
    'group' => 'vmail'
  } },
  # Postfix smtp-auth
  { 'unix:/var/spool/postfix/private/auth' => {
    'mode' => '0666',
    'user' => 'postfix',
    'group' => 'postfix'
  } }
]

# 15-lda.conf
# TODO: Change this to fit your server:
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['postmaster_address'] =
  '[email protected]'
# TODO: Change this to fit your server:
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['hostname'] = 'mail.mycompany.org'
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['lda_mailbox_autocreate'] = true
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['lda_mailbox_autosubscribe'] = true
# We want sieve enabled
node.default['dovecot']['protocols']['lda']['mail_plugins'] =
  %w($mail_plugins sieve)

# 20-imap.conf
# We want IMAP enabled with the default configuration
node.default['dovecot']['protocols']['imap'] = {}

# 90-sieve.conf
node.default['dovecot']['plugins']['sieve']['sieve'] = '~/.dovecot.sieve'
node.default['dovecot']['plugins']['sieve']['sieve_dir'] = '~/sieve'
node.default['dovecot']['plugins']['sieve']['sieve_global_path'] =
  "#{node['dovecot']['conf_path']}/sieve/default.sieve"

# auth-sql.conf.ext
node.default['dovecot']['auth']['sql']['passdb']['args'] =
  '/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext'
node.default['dovecot']['auth']['sql']['userdb']['args'] =
  '/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext'

# auth-static.conf.ext
node.default['dovecot']['auth']['static']['userdb']['args'] = %w(
  uid=vmail
  gid=vmail
  home=/var/vmail/%d/%n
  allow_all_users=yes
)

# auth-system.conf.ext
node.default['dovecot']['auth']['system'] = {}

# dovecot-sql.conf.ext
# We want to enable MySQL driver
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['driver'] = 'mysql'
# TODO: Change the database password below, please:
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['connect'] = %w(
  host=localhost
  dbname=postfix
  user=postfix
  password=postfix_pass
)
# md5crypt encryption method
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['default_pass_scheme'] = 'MD5-CRYPT'
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['password_query'] = [
  'SELECT username AS user, password',
  'FROM mailbox',
  "WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'"
]
node.default['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['user_query'] = [
  'SELECT',
  '  username AS user,',
  '  password,',
  '  5000 as uid,',
  '  5000 as gid,',
  "  concat('/var/vmail/', maildir) AS home,",
  "  concat('maildir:/var/vmail/', maildir) AS mail",
  'FROM mailbox',
  "WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'"
]

node.default['dovecot']['conf']['sql']['iterate_query'] = [
  'SELECT username AS user',
  "FROM mailbox WHERE active = '1'"
]

include_recipe 'dovecot'

# Compile sieve scripts

# this should go after installing dovecot, sievec is required
sieve_global_path = "#{node['dovecot']['conf_path']}/sieve/default.sieve"
execute 'sievec sieve_global_path' do
  command "sievec '#{sieve_global_path}'"
  action :nothing
end
directory ::File.dirname(sieve_global_path) do
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode '00755'
  recursive true
  not_if { ::File.exist?(::File.dirname(sieve_global_path)) }
end
# This will be the default sieve script:
template node['dovecot']['plugins']['sieve']['sieve_global_path'] do
  source 'default.sieve.erb'
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode '00644'
  notifies :run, 'execute[sievec sieve_global_path]'
end

If you want a more complete example, you can look at the postfix-dovecot recipe.

Testing

See TESTING.md.

Contributing

Please do not hesitate to open an issue with any questions or problems.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

TODO

See TODO.md.

License and Author

Author: Xabier de Zuazo ([email protected])
Contributor: Andreas Lappe
Contributor: Trond Arve Nordheim
Contributor: Johan Svensson
Contributor: Arnold Krille
Contributor: claudex
Contributor: Jordi Llonch
Contributor: Michael Burns
Contributor: Marcus Klein
Contributor: Vassilis Aretakis
Contributor: Edgaras Lukosevicius
Contributor: Sjoerd Tromp
Contributor: Sander van Harmelen
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2015-2016, Xabier de Zuazo
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2013-2015, Onddo Labs, SL.
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.