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POSTMULTI(1) POSTMULTI(1)
<b>NAME</b>
postmulti - Postfix multi-instance manager
<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
<b>Enabling multi-instance management:</b>
<b>postmulti -e init</b> [<b>-v</b>]
<b>Iterator mode:</b>
<b>postmulti -l</b> [<b>-aRv</b>] [<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>]
<b>postmulti -p</b> [<b>-av</b>] [<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>] <i>postfix-command...</i>
<b>postmulti -x</b> [<b>-aRv</b>] [<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>] <i>unix-command...</i>
<b>Life-cycle management:</b>
<b>postmulti -e create</b> [<b>-av</b>] [<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>] [<b>-G</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>]
[<i>param=value</i> ...]
<b>postmulti -e import</b> [<b>-av</b>] [<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>] [<b>-G</b> <i>group</i>] [<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>]
[<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a>=</b><i>/path</i>]
<b>postmulti -e destroy</b> [<b>-v</b>] <b>-i</b> <i>name</i>
<b>postmulti -e deport</b> [<b>-v</b>] <b>-i</b> <i>name</i>
<b>postmulti -e enable</b> [<b>-v</b>] <b>-i</b> <i>name</i>
<b>postmulti -e disable</b> [<b>-v</b>] <b>-i</b> <i>name</i>
<b>postmulti -e assign</b> [<b>-v</b>] <b>-i</b> <i>name</i> [<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>] [-G <i>group</i>]
<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
The <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> command allows a Postfix administrator to manage mul-
tiple Postfix instances on a single host.
<a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> implements two fundamental modes of operation. In <b>itera-</b>
<b>tor</b> mode, it executes the same command for multiple Postfix instances.
In <b>life-cycle management</b> mode, it adds or deletes one instance, or
changes the multi-instance status of one instance.
Each mode of operation has its own command syntax. For this reason,
each mode is documented in separate sections below.
<b>BACKGROUND</b>
A multi-instance configuration consists of one primary Postfix
instance, and one or more secondary instances whose configuration
directory pathnames are recorded in the primary instance's <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>
file. Postfix instances share program files and documentation, but have
their own configuration, queue and data directories.
Currently, only the default Postfix instance can be used as primary
instance in a multi-instance configuration. The <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> command
does not currently support a <b>-c</b> option to select an alternative primary
instance, and exits with a fatal error if the <b>MAIL_CONFIG</b> environment
variable is set to a non-default configuration directory.
See the <a href="MULTI_INSTANCE_README.html">MULTI_INSTANCE_README</a> tutorial for a more detailed discussion
of multi-instance management with <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a>.
<b>ITERATOR MODE</b>
In iterator mode, <b>postmulti</b> performs the same operation on all Postfix
instances in turn.
If multi-instance support is not enabled, the requested command is per-
formed just for the primary instance.
Iterator mode implements the following command options:
<b>Instance selection</b>
<b>-a</b> Perform the operation on all instances. This is the default.
<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>
Perform the operation only for members of the named <i>group</i>.
<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>
Perform the operation only for the instance with the specified
<i>name</i>. You can specify either the instance name or the absolute
pathname of the instance's configuration directory. Specify "-"
to select the primary Postfix instance.
<b>-R</b> Reverse the iteration order. This may be appropriate when updat-
ing a multi-instance system, where "sink" instances are started
before "source" instances.
This option cannot be used with <b>-p</b>.
<b>List mode</b>
<b>-l</b> List Postfix instances with their instance name, instance group
name, enable/disable status and configuration directory.
<b>Postfix-wrapper mode</b>
<b>-p</b> <i>postfix-command</i>
Invoke <a href="postfix.1.html"><b>postfix(1)</a></b> to execute <i>postfix-command</i>. This option
implements the <a href="postfix-wrapper.5.html"><b>postfix-wrapper</b>(5)</a> interface.
<b>o</b> With "start"-like commands, "postfix check" is executed
for instances that are not enabled. The full list of com-
mands is specified with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_start_commands">postmulti_start_commands</a>
parameter.
<b>o</b> With "stop"-like commands, the iteration order is
reversed, and disabled instances are skipped. The full
list of commands is specified with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_stop_commands">post</a>-
<a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_stop_commands">multi_stop_commands</a> parameter.
<b>o</b> With "reload" and other commands that require a started
instance, disabled instances are skipped. The full list
of commands is specified with the <a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_control_commands">postmulti_control_com</a>-
<a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_control_commands">mands</a> parameter.
<b>o</b> With "status" and other commands that don't require a
started instance, the command is executed for all
instances.
The <b>-p</b> option can also be used interactively to start/stop/etc.
a named instance or instance group. For example, to start just
the instances in the group "msa", invoke <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> as fol-
lows:
# postmulti -g msa -p start
<b>Command mode</b>
<b>-x</b> <i>unix-command</i>
Execute the specified <i>unix-command</i> for all Postfix instances.
The command runs with appropriate environment settings for
MAIL_CONFIG, <a href="postconf.5.html#command_directory">command_directory</a>, <a href="postconf.5.html#daemon_directory">daemon_directory</a>, <a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_direc</a>-
<a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">tory</a>, <a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a>, <a href="postconf.5.html#data_directory">data_directory</a>, <a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_name">multi_instance_name</a>,
<a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_group">multi_instance_group</a> and <a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_enable">multi_instance_enable</a>.
<b>Other options</b>
<b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b>
options make the software increasingly verbose.
<b>LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT MODE</b>
With the <b>-e</b> option <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> can be used to add or delete a Postfix
instance, and to manage the multi-instance status of an existing
instance.
The following options are implemented:
<b>Existing instance selection</b>
<b>-a</b> When creating or importing an instance, place the new instance
at the front of the secondary instance list.
<b>-g</b> <i>group</i>
When creating or importing an instance, place the new instance
before the first secondary instance that is a member of the
specified group.
<b>-i</b> <i>name</i>
When creating or importing an instance, place the new instance
before the matching secondary instance.
With other life-cycle operations, apply the operation to the
named existing instance. Specify "-" to select the primary
Postfix instance.
<b>New or existing instance name assignment</b>
<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>
Assign the specified instance <i>name</i> to an existing instance,
newly-created instance, or imported instance. Instance names
other than "-" (which makes the instance "nameless") must start
with "postfix-". This restriction reduces the likelihood of
name collisions with system files.
<b>-G</b> <i>group</i>
Assign the specified <i>group</i> name to an existing instance or to a
newly created or imported instance.
<b>Instance creation/deletion/status change</b>
<b>-e</b> <i>action</i>
"Edit" managed instances. The following actions are supported:
<b>init</b> This command is required before <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> can be used
to manage Postfix instances. The "postmulti -e init"
command updates the primary instance's <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file by
setting:
<a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_wrapper">multi_instance_wrapper</a> =
${<a href="postconf.5.html#command_directory">command_directory</a>}/postmulti -p --
<a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_enable">multi_instance_enable</a> = yes
You can set these by other means if you prefer.
<b>create</b> Create a new Postfix instance and add it to the
<a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_directories">multi_instance_directories</a> parameter of the primary
instance. The "<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>" option is recommended to give
the instance a short name that is used to construct
default values for the private directories of the new
instance. The "<b>-G</b> <i>group</i>" option may be specified to
assign the instance to a group, otherwise, the new
instance is not a member of any group.
The new instance <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> is the stock <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> with the
parameters that specify the locations of shared files
cloned from the primary instance. For "nameless"
instances, you should manually adjust "<a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a>" to
yield a unique "logtag" starting with "postfix-" that
will uniquely identify the instance in the mail logs. It
is simpler to assign the instance a short name with the
"<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>" option.
Optional "name=value" arguments specify the instance <a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">con</a>-
<a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">fig_directory</a>, <a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> and <a href="postconf.5.html#data_directory">data_directory</a>. For
example:
# postmulti -I postfix-mumble \
-G mygroup -e create \
<a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a>=/my/config/dir \
<a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a>=/my/queue/dir \
<a href="postconf.5.html#data_directory">data_directory</a>=/my/data/dir
If any of these pathnames is not supplied, the program
attempts to generate the missing pathname(s) by taking
the corresponding primary instance pathname, and replac-
ing the last pathname component by the value of the <b>-I</b>
option.
If the instance configuration directory already exists,
and contains both a <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> file, <b>create</b>
will "import" the instance as-is. For existing instances,
<b>create</b> and <b>import</b> are identical.
<b>import</b> Import an existing instance into the list of instances
managed by the <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> multi-instance manager. This
adds the instance to the <a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_directories">multi_instance_directories</a> list
of the primary instance. If the "<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>" option is pro-
vided it specifies the new name for the instance and is
used to define a default location for the instance con-
figuration directory (as with <b>create</b> above). The "<b>-G</b>
<i>group</i>" option may be used to assign the instance to a
group. Add a "<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a>=</b><i>/path</i>" argument to over-
ride a default pathname based on "<b>-I</b> <i>name</i>".
<b>destroy</b>
Destroy a secondary Postfix instance. To be a candidate
for destruction an instance must be disabled, stopped and
its queue must not contain any messages. Attempts to
destroy the primary Postfix instance trigger a fatal
error, without destroying the instance.
The instance is removed from the primary instance <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>
file's <a href="postconf.5.html#alternate_config_directories">alternate_config_directories</a> parameter and its
data, queue and configuration directories are cleaned of
files and directories created by the Postfix system. The
<a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> files are removed from the configu-
ration directory even if they have been modified since
initial creation. Finally, the instance is "deported"
from the list of managed instances.
If other files are present in instance private directo-
ries, the directories may not be fully removed, a warning
is logged to alert the administrator. It is expected that
an instance built using "fresh" directories via the <b>cre-</b>
<b>ate</b> action will be fully removed by the <b>destroy</b> action
(if first disabled). If the instance configuration and
queue directories are populated with additional files
(access and rewriting tables, chroot jail content, etc.)
the instance directories will not be fully removed.
The <b>destroy</b> action triggers potentially dangerous file
removal operations. Make sure the instance's data, queue
and configuration directories are set correctly and do
not contain any valuable files.
<b>deport</b> Deport a secondary instance from the list of managed
instances. This deletes the instance configuration direc-
tory from the primary instance's <a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_directories">multi_instance_directo</a>-
<a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_directories">ries</a> list, but does not remove any files or directories.
<b>assign</b> Assign a new instance name or a new group name to the
selected instance. Use "<b>-G -</b>" to specify "no group" and
"<b>-I -</b>" to specify "no name". If you choose to make an
instance "nameless", set a suitable <a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> in the
corresponding <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file.
<b>enable</b> Mark the selected instance as enabled. This just sets the
<a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_enable">multi_instance_enable</a> parameter to "yes" in the
instance's <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file.
<b>disable</b>
Mark the selected instance as disabled. This means that
the instance will not be started etc. with "postfix
start", "postmulti -p start" and so on. The instance can
still be started etc. with "postfix -c config-directory
start".
<b>Other options</b>
<b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b>
options make the software increasingly verbose.
<b>ENVIRONMENT</b>
The <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> command exports the following environment variables
before executing the requested <i>command</i> for a given instance:
<b>MAIL_VERBOSE</b>
This is set when the -v command-line option is present.
<b>MAIL_CONFIG</b>
The location of the configuration directory of the instance.
<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con-
figuration files.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#daemon_directory">daemon_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The directory with Postfix support programs and daemon programs.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#import_environment">import_environment</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The list of environment variables that a privileged Postfix
process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or
name=value environment overrides.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_directories">multi_instance_directories</a> (empty)</b>
An optional list of non-default Postfix configuration directo-
ries; these directories belong to additional Postfix instances
that share the Postfix executable files and documentation with
the default Postfix instance, and that are started, stopped,
etc., together with the default Postfix instance.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_group">multi_instance_group</a> (empty)</b>
The optional instance group name of this Postfix instance.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_name">multi_instance_name</a> (empty)</b>
The optional instance name of this Postfix instance.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#multi_instance_enable">multi_instance_enable</a> (no)</b>
Allow this Postfix instance to be started, stopped, etc., by a
multi-instance manager.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_start_commands">postmulti_start_commands</a> (start)</b>
The <a href="postfix.1.html"><b>postfix</b>(1)</a> commands that the <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> instance manager
treats as "start" commands.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_stop_commands">postmulti_stop_commands</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The <a href="postfix.1.html"><b>postfix</b>(1)</a> commands that the <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> instance manager
treats as "stop" commands.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#postmulti_control_commands">postmulti_control_commands</a> (reload flush)</b>
The <a href="postfix.1.html"><b>postfix</b>(1)</a> commands that the <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> instance manager
treats as "control" commands, that operate on running instances.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b>
The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog
records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd".
Available in Postfix 3.0 and later:
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#meta_directory">meta_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The location of non-executable files that are shared among mul-
tiple Postfix instances, such as postfix-files, dynamicmaps.cf,
and the multi-instance template files <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>.proto and <a href="master.5.html">mas-
ter.cf</a>.proto.
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#shlib_directory">shlib_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
The location of Postfix dynamically-linked libraries (libpost-
fix-*.so), and the default location of Postfix database plugins
(postfix-*.so) that have a relative pathname in the dynam-
icmaps.cf file.
<b>FILES</b>
$<a href="postconf.5.html#meta_directory">meta_directory</a>/<a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>.proto, stock configuration file
$<a href="postconf.5.html#meta_directory">meta_directory</a>/<a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a>.proto, stock configuration file
$<a href="postconf.5.html#daemon_directory">daemon_directory</a>/postmulti-script, life-cycle helper program
<b>SEE ALSO</b>
<a href="postfix.1.html">postfix(1)</a>, Postfix control program
<a href="postfix-wrapper.5.html">postfix-wrapper(5)</a>, Postfix multi-instance API
<b>README FILES</b>
<a href="MULTI_INSTANCE_README.html">MULTI_INSTANCE_README</a>, Postfix multi-instance management
<b>HISTORY</b>
The <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a> command was introduced with Postfix version 2.6.
<b>LICENSE</b>
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
Victor Duchovni
Morgan Stanley
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
Wietse Venema
Google, Inc.
111 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10011, USA
POSTMULTI(1)
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