Speed up the search in grommunio-web

WalterH

The major update 2026.06.1 introduces a new grommunio-index, the file: grommunio-index-1.6.6.
However, the structure of the index databases has changed. Read Part 2 to learn how to adjust the structure of the index databases.

WalterH

grommunio-index-1.6.6 can write to both the old index database and the new index database structure. To ensure you have the new structure, the easiest way is to delete all index databases and then rebuild them.

Execute these commands on the command line.

Deleting all index databases:
rm -rf /var/lib/grommunio-web/sqlite-index/*

Recreating / Rebuilding the index databases:
grommunio-index -A

Please note that rebuilding the index databases may take some time and depends on the number and size of the mailboxes. It is best to perform the rebuild over the weekend.

The new index dramatically increases search speed.

Enjoy grommunio

crpb

WalterH Recreating / Rebuilding the index databases:

I think this will break things because of permissions or was that now built into grommunio-index somehow?
Better run systemctl --no-block start grommunio-index.service after the deletion imho.

weini

crpb For me, permissions have been set correctly when using @WalterH s command from the post above.

WalterH

crpb I think this will break things because of permissions

grommunio-index -A I got this from grommunio support.

crpb

WalterH

ok, than this must have been built in at some time..
i only remember that it take care of it at some time but this was "years" ago ^_^

abox

Great news!
Is there a way to check for the schema version?

WalterH

You can open the database with the SQLite3 tool and take a look, but I find that too time-consuming. It's easier to delete it and recreate it using the latest grommunio-index.