Ansible role cyrus_imap

Install and configure Cyrus IMAP server.

Features

• Idempotent.
• SSL activation.
• Manage Cyrus daemons (through /etc/cyrus.conf).
• Can configure IMAP/POP/NNTP/etc. options (through /etc/imapd.conf).
• Debian friendly (Ubuntu soon, anyone for Redhat likes and other platforms?).
• A developer/maintainer willing to receive feedback and bug reports.

Requirements

This role must be run as root but will not become by itself.

Role Variables

Name	Default	Description
cyrus_imap_user	"cyrus"	System user for running daemons.
cyrus_imap_ssl	false	Activate SSL.
cyrus_imap_ssl_group	"ssl-cert"	Group slapd will be added to if slapd_ssl (to access keys in /etc/ssl/private).
cyrus_imap_services	{}	Configure startup of Cyrus daemons. Will be merged with default values from cyrus_imap_default_services (see below).
cyrus_imap_config	{}	Configure services options. Will be merged with default values from cyrus_imap_default_config (see below).

cyrus_imap_ssl

If cyrus_imap_ssl is true:

• Cyrus IMAP system user (cyrus_imap_user) will be added to group slapd_ssl_group;
• cyrus-imapd service will be restarted.

At least, these parameters must be set in cyrus_imap_config:

• tls_server_cert (name of a file that should be under /etc/ssl/certs);
• tls_server_key (name of a file that should be under /etc/ssl/private, owner root, group ssl-cert, mode 0640);

Then, some SSL services should be activated in cyrus.conf through cyrus_imap_services. For example:

  vars:
    cyrus_imap_services:
      services:
        imaps:
          active: true
        pop3s:
          active: true        

cyrus_imap_services

cyrus_imap_services describes the daemons started by the Cyrus master process (cyrmaster). See cyrus.conf(5).

cyrus_imap_services is a dictionnary with four keys, each section of the cyrus.conf file:

• start: This section lists the processes to run before any services are spawned.
• daemon: This section lists long running daemons to start before any services are spawned.
• services: This section lists the processes that should be spawned to handle client connections made on certain Internet/UNIX sockets.
• events: This section lists processes that should be run at specific intervals, similar to cron jobs.

It will be merged with default values from cyrus_imap_default_services variable. See vars/main.yml.

Section start:

• active: true or false.
• cmd: The command (with options) to spawn as a child process (required).

Section daemon:

• active: true or false.
• cmd: The command (with options) to spawn as a child process (required).
• wait: Whether or not cyrmaster should wait for this daemon to successfully start before continuing to load (default n).

Section services:

• active: true or false.
• cmd: The command (with options) to spawn as a child process (required).
• listen: The UNIX or internet socket to listen on (required).
• proto: The protocol used for this service: tcp (default), tcp4, tcp6, udp, udp4, or udp6.
• prefork: The number of instances of this service to always have running and waiting for a connection (default 0).
• maxchild: The maximum number of instances of this service to spawn (default -1, unlimited).
• babysit: If non-zero, will make sure at least one process is pre-forked, and will set the maxforkrate to 10 if it’s zero (default 0).
• maxfds: The maximum number of file descriptors to which to limit this process (default 256).
• maxforkrate: Maximum number of processes to fork per second (default 0).

Section events:

• active: true or false
• cmd: The command (with options) to spawn as a child process (required).
• period: The interval (in minutes) at which to run the command (default 0).
• at: The time (24-hour format) at which to run the command each day (default "").

The default services are:

cyrus_imap_default_services:
  start:
    recover:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus ctl_cyrusdb -r"
    idled:
      active: false
      cmd: "idled"
    mupdatepush:
      active: false
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus ctl_mboxlist -m"
    delprune:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus expire -E 3"
    tlsprune:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus tls_prune"
    statscleanup:
      active: false
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus promstatsd -c"
  services:
    imap:
      active: true
      cmd: "imapd -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "imap"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    imaps:
      active: false
      cmd: "imapd -s -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "imaps"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    pop3:
      active: true
      cmd: "pop3d -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "pop3"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 50
    pop3s:
      active: false
      cmd: "pop3d -s -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "pop3s"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 50
    nntp:
      active: true
      cmd: "nntpd -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "nntp"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    nntps:
      active: false
      cmd: "nntpd -s -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "nntps"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    http:
      active: true
      cmd: "httpd -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "8008"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    https:
      active: false
      cmd: "httpd -s -U 30"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "8443"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    lmtp:
      active: false
      cmd: "lmtpd"
      listen: "localhost:lmtp"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 20
    lmtpunix:
      active: true
      cmd: "lmtpd"
      listen: "/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 20
    sieve:
      active: true
      cmd: "timsieved"
      proto: "tcp4"
      listen: "localhost:sieve"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    notify:
      active: true
      cmd: "notifyd"
      listen: "/run/cyrus/socket/notify"
      proto: "udp"
      prefork: 1
    mupdateslave:
      active: false
      cmd: "mupdate"
      listen: "3905"
      prefork: 1
    mupdatemaster:
      active: false
      cmd: "mupdate -m"
      listen: "3905"
      prefork: 1
    imapproxy:
      active: false
      cmd: "proxyd"
      listen: "imap"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    imapsproxy:
      active: false
      cmd: "proxyd -s"
      listen: "imaps"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 100
    pop3proxy:
      active: false
      cmd: "pop3proxyd"
      listen: "pop3"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 50
    pop3sproxy:
      active: false
      cmd: "pop3proxyd -s"
      listen: "pop3s"
      prefork: 0
      maxchild: 50
    lmtpproxy:
      active: false
      cmd: "lmtpproxyd"
      listen: "lmtp"
      prefork: 1
      maxchild: 20
  daemon:
    promstatsd:
      active: false
      cmd: "promstatsd"
  events:
    checkpoint:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus ctl_cyrusdb -c"
      period: 30
    delprune:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus expire -E 3"
      at: "0401"
    tlsprune:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus tls_prune"
      at: "0401"
    deleteprune:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus expire -E 4 -D 28"
      at: "0430"
    expungeprune:
      active: true
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus expire -E 4 -X 28"
      at: "0445"
    squatter_1:
      active: false
      cmd: "/usr/bin/nice -n 19 /usr/sbin/cyrus squatter -s"
      period: 120
    squatter_a:
      active: false
      cmd: "/usr/sbin/cyrus squatter"
      at: "0517"

cyrus_imap_config

cyrus_imap_config is a dictionnary containing all parameters that can be found in imapd.conf file. See imapd.conf(5).

It will be merged with default values from cyrus_imap_default_config variable. See vars/main.yml.

The default parameters are:

cyrus_imap_default_config:
  configdirectory: "/var/lib/cyrus"
  proc_path: "/run/cyrus/proc"
  mboxname_lockpath: "/run/cyrus/lock"
  defaultpartition: "default"
  partition-default: "/var/spool/cyrus/mail"
  partition-news: "/var/spool/cyrus/news"
  newsspool: "/var/spool/news"
  altnamespace: "no"
  unixhierarchysep: "no"
  lmtp_downcase_rcpt: "yes"
  allowanonymouslogin: "no"
  popminpoll: 1
  autocreate_quota: 0
  umask: "077"
  sieveusehomedir: "no"
  sievedir: "/var/spool/sieve"
  httpmodules: "caldav carddav"
  hashimapspool: "yes"
  allowplaintext: "yes"
  sasl_pwcheck_method: "auxprop"
  sasl_auto_transition: "no"
  tls_client_ca_dir: "/etc/ssl/certs"
  tls_session_timeout: 1440
  lmtpsocket: "/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp"
  idlesocket: "/run/cyrus/socket/idle"
  notifysocket: "/run/cyrus/socket/notify"
  syslog_prefix: "cyrus"

Dependencies

None

Example Playbooks

Minimal playbook:

- name: Minimal playbook for role seb4itik.cyrus_imap
  hosts: mail
  roles:
    - "seb4itik.cyrus_imap"

More complete example:

- name: Example playbook for role seb4itik.cyrus_imap
  hosts: mail
  vars:
    cyrus_imap_ssl: true
    cyrus_imap_services:
      services:
        imap:
          active: false
        imaps:
          active: true
          prefork: 30
          maxchild: 2000
        pop3:
          active: false
        nntp:
          active: false
        http:
          active: false
        lmtpunix:
          prefork: 5
        sieve:
          listen: "2000"
      events:
        checkpoint:
          period: 15
    cyrus_imap_config:
      admins: "cyrusadmin"
      altnamespace: "yes"
      delete_mode: "immediate"
      partition-default: "/data/cyrus/mail"
      sasl_mech_list: "PLAIN LOGIN"
      sasl_minimum_layer: 1
      sasl_pwcheck_method: "saslauthd"
      servername: "mail.{{ env_domain_name }}"
      tls_required: "yes"
      tls_server_cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/_.{{ my_domain }}-bundle.crt"
      tls_server_key: "/etc/ssl/private/_.{{ my_domain }}.key"
  roles:
    - "seb4itik.cyrus_imap"

TODO

• Write tests.
• Other platforms (Ubuntu, Redhat, ...).

License

MIT

Author Information

• seb4itik