DOVEADM-SERVICE-STATUS(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-SERVICE-STATUS(1)

doveadm-service-status - Show information about dovecot services

doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] service status [service [...]]

doveadm service status produces a table with a line for each service, containing the following details:

name

the name of the service

process_count

the number of processes actually running for the service

process_avail

the number of additional processes that can be spawned for the service

process_limit

the maximum number of processes that can be active for the service

client_limit

the maximum number of connections that the service will handle simultaneously

throttle_secs

seconds to wait before launching another process when processes are dying unexpectedly early for the service

exit_failure_last

timestamp when the last process was terminated abnormally for the service

exit_failures_in_sec

number of abnormally terminated processes for the service in the last second

last_drop_warning

timestamp when the last time a "dropping client connections" warning was logged

listen_pending

if the master process is queuing connections that need to be dispatched

listening

if service is listening

doveadm_stop

if the service has been stopped by doveadm(1)

process_total

the total number of processes forked for the service since the service start.

Global doveadm(1)

-D

Enables verbosity and debug messages.

-O

Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The dovecot_storage_version setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with

-k

Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment setting.

-v

Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

-i instance-name

If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.

See instance_name setting for more information.

-c config-file

Read configuration from the given config-file. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.

-o setting=value

Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given value. In order to override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified multiple times.

-f formatter

Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported formatters are:

flow

prints each line with key=value pairs.

json

prints a JSON array of JSON objects.

pager

prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (^L).

tab

prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.

table

prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.

service (optional)

Filters the list according to the specified service or services. By default, all dovecot services are listed.

doveadm service status
name: imap-login
process_count: 0
process_avail: 0
process_limit: 1
client_limit: 1000
throttle_secs: 0
exit_failure_last: 0
exit_failures_in_sec: 0
last_drop_warning: 0
listen_pending: n
listening: y
doveadm_stop: n
process_total: 0

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doveadm(1), doveadm-process-status(1)

October 2025 65dfbff