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Getting Server Status

Once KumoMTA is installed, you can check on the server status with systemctl.

$ sudo systemctl status kumomta

The result should look something like this:

 kumomta.service - KumoMTA SMTP service
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/kumomta.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-04-27 22:59:06 MST; 10h ago
   Main PID: 17912 (kumod)
      Tasks: 28 (limit: 19190)
     Memory: 257.1M
     CGroup: /system.slice/kumomta.service
             └─17912 /opt/kumomta/sbin/kumod --policy /opt/kumomta/etc/policy/init.lua --user kumod

Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com systemd[1]: Started KumoMTA SMTP service.
Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com kumod[17912]: 2023-04-28T05:59:06.444479Z  INFO main kumod::memory: using limits: soft=Some("12.58 GB"), hard=So>
Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com kumod[17912]: 2023-04-28T05:59:06.450824Z  INFO localset-2 kumod::http_server: http listener on 0.0.0.0:8000
Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com kumod[17912]: 2023-04-28T05:59:06.471926Z  INFO localset-2 kumod::spool: starting enumeration for meta
Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com kumod[17912]: 2023-04-28T05:59:06.471995Z  INFO localset-2 kumod::smtp_server: smtp listener on 0.0.0.0:25
Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com kumod[17912]: 2023-04-28T05:59:06.472008Z  INFO localset-2 kumod::smtp_server: smtp listener on 0.0.0.0:2026
Apr 27 22:59:06 kdev2.kumomta.com kumod[17912]: 2023-04-28T05:59:06.475882Z  INFO localset-2 kumod: initialization complete

The above is from a newer installation, but the log will grow. If you are debugging an older install, journalctl -r -n 10 -u kumomta.service will show the last 10 lines (-n 10) in reverse order (-r). man journalctl is your friend.

If you need to find the installed version, you can run:

$ /opt/kumomta/sbin/kumod --version

This will be important if you ever need to reach out for support.

If you have configured an HTTP listener, you can access server metrics with:

$ curl -i 'http://localhost:8000/metrics'

That will show a long form of the server metrics with detailed comments.

If you want just the data in a nice JSON format, use:

$ curl -i 'http://localhost:8000/metrics.json'

Metrics available include the following at the time of writing, and will increase as we build out the product:

  • connection_count: number of active connections
  • lua_count: the number of lua contexts currently alive
  • lua_load_count: how many times the policy lua script has been loaded into a new context
  • lua_spare_count: the number of lua contexts available for reuse in the pool
  • memory_limit: soft memory limit measured in bytes
  • memory_usage: number of bytes of used memory
Last update: 2023-08-11
Created: 2023-03-13