Reloading

Reload

Impetus

• When authentication parameters have changed, preferably reload gromox-http, gromox-zcore, gromox-imap, gromox-pop3
• When the user list or aliases have changed, preferably reload the Global Address Book (GAB) component present in gromox-http and gromox-zcore
• When the domain list has changed, reload gromox-adaptor [may change in future!]

Program reaction

• When gromox-http is reloaded,
  • all service plugins, all HPM plugins and all PDU processors are reloaded, specifically authmgr, ldap_adaptor, mysql_adaptor, exchange_emsmdb, exchange_nsp, exmdb_provider
• When gromox-imap is reloaded,
  • all service plugins are reloaded, specifically authmgr, ldap_adaptor, mysql_adaptor
• When gromox-pop3 is reloaded,
  • all service plugins are reloaded, specifically authmgr, ldap_adaptor, mysql_adaptor
• When gromox-midb is reloaded,
  • all service plugins are reloaded
• When gromox-zcore is reloaded,
  • part of the configuration file is reread (zrpc_debug directive)
  • GAB cache is invalidated
  • all service plugins are reloaded, specifically authmgr, ldap_adaptor, mysql_adaptor
• When gromox-delivery is reloaded,
  • all service plugins are reloaded
• When gromox-delivery-queue is reloaded,
  • all service plugins are reloaded

Plugins

• authmgr:
  • re-reads config file and applies desired auth mechanism (always_ldap/always_mysql/externid)
• exchange_emsmdb:
  • re-reads part of the configuration file (rop_debug directive)
• exchange_nsp:
  • invalidates Global Address Book cache
• exmdb_provider:
  • re-reads part of the configuration file (exrpc_debug directive)
• ldap_adaptor:
  • re-reads config file (LDAP connection parameters)
• logthru:
  • cycles the logfile (close&open) to facilitate external logrotation
• mysql_adaptor:
  • re-reads config file (SQL connection parameters)