DOVEADM-INSTANCE(1)						      Dovecot						       DOVEADM-INSTANCE(1)

NAME

       doveadm-instance - Manage the list of running Dovecot instances

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] instance list
       doveadm [-Dv] instance remove name | base_dir

DESCRIPTION

       The  doveadm instance commands are used to manage the list of Dovecot instances running on the server.  In most installations there is only
       one Dovecot instance, but in some cases is may be useful to have more (e.g. running director proxy and backend in the same server).

       Instances are added to the list automatically when Dovecot is started.  Each instance is  uniquely  identified  by  its	base_dir  setting.
       Instances  can  be named by setting instance_name in each instance's dovecot.conf.  When an instance is named, it can be accessed easily by
       giving -i instance_name command line parameter for Dovecot binaries (e.g. doveadm).

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

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

	      flow   prints each line with key=value pairs.

	      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.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

ARGUMENTS

       name   The value of an instance's instance_name setting.

       base_dir
	      The base directory of a Dovecot instance.

COMMANDS

   instance list
       doveadm instance list

       This command lists the seen Dovecot instances.

   instance remove
       doveadm instance remove name | base_dir

       This command removes the specified instance.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.  Information about reporting bugs	is  avail-
       able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1)

Dovecot v2.1							    2012-02-16						       DOVEADM-INSTANCE(1)