Upgrading from older maddy versions

It is generally possible to just install latest version (e.g. using build.sh script) over the existing installation.

It is recommended to backup state directory (usually /var/lib/maddy for Linux) before doing so. The new server version may automatically convert DB files in a way that will make them unreadable by older versions.

Specific instructions for upgrading between versions with incompatible changes are documented on this page below.

Incompatible version migration

0.2 -> 0.3

0.3 includes a significant change to the authentication code that makes it completely independent of IMAP index. This means 0.2 "unified" database cannot be used in 0.3 and auto-migration is not possible. Additionally, the way passwords are hashed is changed, meaning that after migration passwords will need to be reset.

Migration utility is SQLite-specific, if you need one that works for Postgres - reach out at the IRC channel.

1. Make sure the server is not running.

systemctl stop maddy

1. Take a backup of imapsql.db* files in state directory (/var/lib/maddy).

mkdir backup
cp /var/lib/maddy/imapsql.db* backup/

1. Compile migration utility:

git clone https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy.git
cd maddy/
git checkout v0.3.0
cd cmd/migrate-db-0.2
go build

1. Run compiled binary:

./migrate-db-0.2 /var/lib/maddy/imapsql.db

1. Open maddy.conf and make following changes:

Remove local_authdb name from imapsql configuration block:

imapsql local_mailboxes {
    driver sqlite3
    dsn imapsql.db
}

Add local_authdb configuration block using pass_table module:

pass_table local_authdb {
    table sql_table {
        driver sqlite3
        dsn credentials.db
        table_name passwords
    }
}

1. Use maddy creds create ACCOUNT_NAME to add credentials to pass_table store.

2. Start the server back.

systemctl start maddy

0.1 -> 0.2

0.2 requires several changes in configuration file.

Change

sql local_mailboxes local_authdb {

to

imapsql local_mailboxes local_authdb {

Replace

replace_rcpt postmaster postmaster@$(primary_domain)

with

replace_rcpt static {
    entry postmaster postmaster@$(primary_domain)
}

and

replace_rcpt "(.+)\+(.+)@(.+)" "$1@$3"

with

replace_rcpt regexp "(.+)\+(.+)@(.+)" "$1@$3"