# dovecot This module provides statistics information from Dovecot server. Statistics are taken from dovecot socket by executing `EXPORT global` command. More information about dovecot stats can be found on [project wiki page.](http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Statistics) Module isn't compatible with new statistic api (v2.3), but you are still able to use the module with Dovecot v2.3 by following [upgrading steps.](https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.3). **Requirement:** Dovecot UNIX socket with R/W permissions for user netdata or Dovecot with configured TCP/IP socket. Module gives information with following charts: 1. **sessions** * active sessions 2. **logins** * logins 3. **commands** - number of IMAP commands * commands 4. **Faults** * minor * major 5. **Context Switches** * volountary * involountary 6. **disk** in bytes/s * read * write 7. **bytes** in bytes/s * read * write 8. **number of syscalls** in syscalls/s * read * write 9. **lookups** - number of lookups per second * path * attr 10. **hits** - number of cache hits * hits 11. **attempts** - authorization attempts * success * failure 12. **cache** - cached authorization hits * hit * miss ### configuration Sample: ```yaml localtcpip: name : 'local' host : '127.0.0.1' port : 24242 localsocket: name : 'local' socket : '/var/run/dovecot/stats' ``` If no configuration is given, module will attempt to connect to dovecot using unix socket localized in `/var/run/dovecot/stats` --- [![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Fcollectors%2Fpython.d.plugin%2Fdovecot%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]()