If you are running your container as root. You will not have the issues 
I encountered. Dovecot is dropping to the 'dovecot' and 'dovenull'(?) 
when needed, this is fine.

PS. I would not recommend using internal logging, use something like 
this to log to the host or remote syslog.
docker run -v /dev/log:/dev/log -it dovecot-proxy


-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Issue running Dovecot in Docker Container

Hi Marc, 

I can see the processes are running as a root in container environment. 
Do you think that still have issues ? 
Here is the processes running inside container:

bash-4.2# ps -ef
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root         1     0  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /bootstrap.sh
root         7     1  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F -c 
/etc/dovecot/director.conf
root         8     1  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F
root         9     1  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 sleep 36000d
dovecot     10     8  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/anvil
dovecot     14     7  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 dovecot-Director/anvil
root       267     8  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/log
root       269     8  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:08 dovecot-Dovecot/config
root       281     7  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 dovecot-Director/log
root       283     7  0 Dec27 ?        00:00:00 dovecot-Director/config




Thanks & Regards,
Naveen 



On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 2:56 PM Marc Roos <m.r...@f1-outsourcing.eu> 
wrote:


         
        I have noticed several issues with dovecot, trying to run it 
without 
        root. Which is preferable in any container environment. Maybe you 
would 
        like me to document these somewhere? So at some point they can be 
        applied.
        
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: Naveen Reddy [mailto:naveenredd...@gmail.com] 
        Sent: 30 December 2019 09:02
        To: Aki Tuomi
        Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org
        Subject: Re: Issue running Dovecot in Docker Container
        
        Hi, I can see those values correctly with the doveconf -nc command. 
Here 
        is the part of output:
        
        bash-4.2# doveconf -nc /etc/dovecot/director.conf # 2.2.36 
(1f10bfa63): 
        /etc/dovecot/director.conf # OS: Linux 
4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64 
        x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) # 
Hostname: 
        69b492645b56 auth_debug = yes auth_default_realm = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot_director 
debug_log_path = 
        $log_path director_mail_servers = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
director_servers = 
        xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 
1000 
        hostname = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx info_log_path = $log_path 
instance_name 
        = Director lmtp_proxy = yes log_path = /dovecot.log 
        login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l 
mpid=%e %c 
        home=%h
        
        Thanks & Regards,
        Naveen 
        
        
        
        On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 10:08 PM Aki Tuomi 
<aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> 
        wrote:
        
        
        
                Can you check with `doveconf -nc /path/to/director.conf` 
that the 
        values are actually set correctly? 
        
                Aki 
        
                        On 27/12/2019 15:34 Naveen Reddy 
<naveenredd...@gmail.com> 
        wrote: 
        
        
        
                        The conf.d files are not included. I have added  
!include 
        conf.d/*.conf to director.conf and reloaded the dovecot and 
director 
        services.  
        
                        conf.d/10-logging also has the following lines: 
        
                        log_path = /dovecot.log 
                        info_log_path = $log_path 
                        debug_log_path = $log_path 
        
        
                        The /dovecot.log file still shows empty.  Nothing 
is being 
        logged to that file. 
        
        
                        Thanks & Regards, 
                        Naveen 
        
        
        
                        On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 10:52 PM Aki Tuomi < 
        aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: 
        
        
        
                                Do you have !include or !try_include in 
director.conf? 
        The conf.d files are not included otherwise. 
        
                                Aki 
        
                                        On 26/12/2019 11:27 Naveen Reddy < 
        naveenredd...@gmail.com> wrote: 
        
        
                                        I have tried these in the 
10-logging.conf but no 
        luck. There is nothing logged to the file. 
        
                                        bash-4.2# ps -ef
                                        UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY   
       TIME CMD
                                        root         1     0  0 Dec23 ?     
   00:00:00 
        /bin/bash /bootstrap.sh
                                        root         8     1  0 Dec23 ?     
   00:00:00 
        sleep 36000d
                                        root     15681     0  0 08:51 pts/1 
   00:00:00 bash
                                        root     16340     0  0 09:19 ?     
   00:00:00 
        /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/director.conf
                                        dovecot  16341 16340  0 09:19 ?     
   00:00:00 
        dovecot-Director/anvil
                                        root     16342 16340  0 09:19 ?     
   00:00:00 
        dovecot-Director/log
                                        root     16344 16340  0 09:19 ?     
   00:00:00 
        dovecot-Director/config
                                        root     16390     0  0 09:22 ?     
   00:00:00 
        /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
                                        dovecot  16391 16390  0 09:22 ?     
   00:00:00 
        dovecot-Dovecot/anvil
                                        root     16392 16390  0 09:22 ?     
   00:00:00 
        dovecot-Dovecot/log
                                        root     16394 16390  0 09:22 ?     
   00:00:00 
        dovecot-Dovecot/config
                                        root     16406 15681  0 09:22 pts/1 
   00:00:00 ps 
        -ef 
        
        
                                        The below processes are not 
starting as well.  
        
                                        dovecot-Dovecot/auth
                                        dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params
                                        dovecot-Director/lmtp
                                        dovecot-Director/ssl-params
                                        dovecot-Director/imap-login 
director
        
                                        Thanks & Regards, 
                                        Naveen 
        
        
        
                                        On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 10:54 PM 
Aki Tuomi < 
        aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: 
        
        
        
        
        
                                                        On 24/12/2019 12:33 
Naveen Reddy < 
        naveenredd...@gmail.com> wrote: 
        
        
                                                        Hello,  
        
                                                        We need help with 
an issue that we are 
        running into when we are trying to run Dovecot in Docker container. 
 
                                                        Also how do we 
enable debugging for 
        dovecot. Logs doesn't show any info about the issue. 
        
                                                        Below processes are 
not running when a 
        Director service is started: 
        
                                                        
dovecot-Dovecot/auth
                                                        
dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params
                                                        
dovecot-Director/lmtp
                                                        
dovecot-Director/ssl-params
                                                        
dovecot-Director/imap-login director
        
                                                        Here is the version 
that I'm running and 
        including the dovecot -n output below: 
        
                                                        bash-4.2# dovecot 
--version
                                                        2.2.36 
        
        
                                                        bash-4.2# dovecot 
-n
                                                        # 2.2.36 (xxxxx): 
        /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
                                                        # OS: Linux 
4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64 
        x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo)
                                                        # Hostname: XXXXXXX
                                                        auth_debug = yes
                                                        auth_default_realm 
= xxxxxxxxxxxx
                                                        auth_verbose = yes
                                                        
disable_plaintext_auth = no
                                                        dotlock_use_excl = 
no
                                                        hostname = 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                                                        instance_name = 
Dovecot
                                                        
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> 
        method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c home=% domain=%d
                                                        mail_debug = yes
                                                        mail_fsync = always
                                                        mail_gid = imapd
                                                        mail_home = 
/xxxxxxxxxxx/%d/%n
                                                        mail_location = 
dbox:~/
                                                        mail_uid = imapd
                                                        mmap_disable = yes
                                                        passdb {
                                                          args = 
        /etc/dovecot/lookups/ldap-pass.conf
                                                          driver = ldap
                                                        }
                                                        passdb {
                                                          args = 
/etc/dovecot/lookups/xxxx.conf
                                                          driver = ldap
                                                        }
                                                        plugin {
                                                          stats_refresh = 
30 secs
                                                          stats_track_cmds 
= yes
                                                        }
                                                        protocols = imap 
lmtp
                                                        service auth {
                                                          client_limit = 
4096
                                                          unix_listener 
auth-userdb {
                                                            mode = 0777
                                                          }
                                                        }
                                                        service imap-login 
{
                                                          chroot = login
                                                          client_limit = 0
                                                          
drop_priv_before_exec = no
                                                          executable = 
imap-login
                                                          extra_groups =
                                                          group =
                                                          idle_kill = 0
                                                          inet_listener 
imap {
                                                            address =
                                                            port = 1144
                                                            ssl = no
                                                          }
                                                          inet_listener 
imaps {
                                                            address =
                                                            port = 994
                                                            ssl = yes
                                                          }
                                                          privileged_group 
=
                                                          process_limit = 0
                                                          process_min_avail 
= 0
                                                          protocol = imap
                                                          service_count = 
50
                                                          type = login
                                                          user = 
$default_login_user
                                                          vsz_limit = 
18446744073709551615 B
                                                        }
                                                        service imap {
                                                          service_count = 
50
                                                        }
                                                        service lmtp {
                                                          executable = lmtp 
-L
                                                          inet_listener 
lmtp {
                                                            address =
                                                            port = 10025
                                                          }
                                                        }
                                                        service stats {
                                                          fifo_listener 
stats-mail {
                                                            mode = 0600
                                                            user = imapd
                                                          }
                                                        }
                                                        ssl_cert = 
</xxxxxxx/cert/dovecot.pem
                                                        ssl_cipher_list = 
XXXXXX
                                                        ssl_key =  # 
hidden, use -P to show it
                                                        ssl_protocols = 
XXXXX
                                                        userdb {
                                                          args = 
        /etc/dovecot/lookups/ldap-user.conf
                                                          driver = ldap
                                                        }
                                                        userdb {
                                                          args = 
/etc/dovecot/lookups/xxxxxxx.conf
                                                          driver = ldap
                                                        } 
        
        
                                                        Thanks & Regards, 
                                                        Naveen 
        
        
        
                                                Try setting 
        
                                                log_path=/dovecot.log 
                                                info_log_path=$log_path 
                                                debug_log_path=$log_path 
                                                ---
                                                Aki Tuomi
        
        
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                                Aki Tuomi
        
        
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                Aki Tuomi
        
        
        


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