Services
Service architecture
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BM-Core is BlueMind's core component. It serves a a single management center for data and business rules. It is the only component that accesses the database.
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All functionalities are exposed as Web Services and can therefore be driven by other applications.
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All components, whether internal or external, use Web Services. This is useful for limiting incoming and outgoing BlueMind Mail flows (which are restricted to Web Services flows and mail flows) and ensuring the use of consistent management rules whatever the point of entry of a modification.
Packages supplied with BlueMind
Packages are available in /var/spool/bluemind-pkgs/
Aptitude (Debian/Ubuntu) and yum (RedHat) shell commands are used to search and list available and/or installed packages.
Services used by BlueMind
| Service | Usage |
|---|---|
| net.bluemind.eas.push | syncing of mobile devices through the Exchange Active Sync protocol |
| net.bluemind.dav.server.dav | CardDav and CalDav syncing of Apple clients |
| net.bluemind.milter.milter | milter service |
| net.bluemind.xmpp.server.launcher.tigase | instant messaging |
| net.bluemind.core.launcher.core | main service |
| net.bluemind.node.server.nodelauncher | communication between different servers in multi-server installations |
| net.bluemind.tika.server.tika | detection and extraction of metadata and texts from documents |
| net.bluemind.proxy.http.launcher.hpslauncher | authentication proxy |
| exchange.http | communication with MAPI |
| net.bluemind.webmodules.launcher.webLauncher | HTTP proxy for webservices |
| net.bluemind.locator.app | location service for different servers in multi-server installations |
| org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch | indexing and search service |
| net.bluemind.ysnp.ysnp | SMTP and IMAP authentication |
| net.bluemind.lmtp | local mail transfer service |
| postgresql | database |
| postfix | mail server |
| nginx | HTTP + IMAP server |
| php-fpm | PHP interpreter for web applications (webmail) |
| cyrus (imapd and pop3d) | imap and pop syncing service for third-party mail software (thick or mobile clients) |
Data used by BlueMind
Estimating folder sizes
For an estimate of the performance and size of the folders containing BlueMind data, please refer to the hardware sizing documentation.
Backup
- /var/backups/bluemind
/etc
The files and directories found in /etc/ contain the configuration of the components BlueMind uses.
| File/directory | Content |
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| bm | bm.ini, bm-node certificates and ssh keys |
| bm-node | rsync.excludes |
| bm-webmail | php5-fpm configuration for BlueMind and nginx-webmail.conf |
| cyrus.conf | Cyrus configuration |
| imapd.conf | imap configuration (generated by bm-core) |
| nginx | nginx configuration |
| php5 | php5 configuration |
| postfix | postfix configuration, including transport maps ⚠️ You can add extra postfix maps but under no circumstances should you remove or edit existing maps used by BlueMind. |
| postgresql | postgresql configuration |
/usr/share
Subfolders located in /usr/share/ contain web modules and applications. The data in these directories is installed by the BlueMind packages and must not be edited.
- bm-conf/logs: applicative logs default configuration (log4)
/var/spool
/var/spool/subdirectories contain the data used by BlueMind (excluding the data contained in the postgresql database):
| Directory | Content |
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| bm-docs | BlueMind documents (user/resource photos) |
| bm-elasticsearch | ElasticSearch index |
| bm-hsm | archived emails |
| bm-filehosting | linked email attachments |
| cyrus/data | emails |
| cyrus/meta | email metadata |
| postfix | postfix queues |
| sieve | script sieve |
| bluemind-pkgs | BlueMind installation data - used during installation and as long as you don't have a subscription |
/var/lib
The data found in /var/lib/ must not be edited manually.
| Directory | Content |
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| bm-ca | certification authority generated during installation |
| postgresql | postgresql database |
| cyrus | Cyrus administrative information - list of BAL, ACLs, quota, quota used |
Logs
Logs are written into subdirectories of the /var/log/ directory:
| Directory | Content |
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| bm | core logs |
| bm-elasticsearch | elasticsearch logs |
| bm-hps | hps logs |
| bm-lmtpd | LMTP service logs |
| bm-locator | locator logs |
| bm-mapi | mapi service logs |
| bm-node | node logs |
| bm-tika | Tika logs |
| bm-webserver | webserver logs |
| bm-webmail | webmail logs |
| bm-xmpp | XMPP logs |
| bm-ysnp | YNSP logs |
For more information, please see Logs