diff --git a/docs/core/config/shared_mailboxes.md b/docs/core/config/shared_mailboxes.md
index 8afb25789..bfe05ae6e 100644
--- a/docs/core/config/shared_mailboxes.md
+++ b/docs/core/config/shared_mailboxes.md
@@ -380,7 +380,29 @@ dict_server {
         password = sqlpass
       }
     }
-    !include /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.inc
+
+    dict_map shared/shared-boxes/user/$to/$from {
+      sql_table = user_shares
+      value_field dummy {
+      }
+
+      key_field from_user {
+        value = $from
+      }
+      key_field to_user {
+        value = $to
+      }
+    }
+
+    dict_map shared/shared-boxes/anyone/$from {
+      sql_table = anyone_shares
+      value_field dummy {
+      }
+
+      key_field from_user {
+        value = $from
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -405,32 +427,6 @@ CREATE TABLE anyone_shares (
 COMMENT ON TABLE anyone_shares IS 'User from_user shares folders to anyone.';
 ```
 
-```[/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.inc]
-dict_map shared/shared-boxes/user/$to/$from {
-  sql_table = user_shares
-  value_field dummy {
-  }
-
-  key_field from_user {
-    pattern = $from
-  }
-  key_field to_user {
-    pattern = $to
-  }
-}
-
-dict_map shared/shared-boxes/anyone/$from {
-  sql_table = anyone_shares
-  value_field dummy {
-  }
-
-  key_field from_user {
-    pattern = $from
-  }
-}
-```
-:::
-
 ### Mailbox Sharing
 
 You can use [[doveadm,acl]] to share mailboxes, or it can be done using
diff --git a/docs/core/plugins/quota_clone.md b/docs/core/plugins/quota_clone.md
index 02084b0e9..cda90f6e8 100644
--- a/docs/core/plugins/quota_clone.md
+++ b/docs/core/plugins/quota_clone.md
@@ -65,7 +65,20 @@ dict_server {
   dict mysql {
     driver = sql
     sql_driver = mysql
-    !include /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.inc
+
+    dict_map priv/quota/messages {
+      sql_table = quota
+      username_field = username
+      value_field messages {
+      }
+    }
+
+    dict_map priv/quota/storage {
+      sql_table = quota
+      username_field = username
+      value_field bytes {
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/core/recommended_metrics.md b/docs/core/recommended_metrics.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30335e362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/core/recommended_metrics.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+layout: doc
+title: Recommended Metrics
+order: 101
+dovecotlinks:
+  recommended_metrics: Recommended Metrics
+  recommended_metrics_dovecot_proxy:
+    hash: dovecot-proxy
+    text: Dovecot Proxy
+  recommended_metrics_dovecot_backend:
+    hash: dovecot-backend
+    text: Dovecot Backend
+---
+
+# Recommended Metrics
+
+<!-- @include: ../../../core/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/header.inc -->
+
+## Dovecot Proxy
+
+<!-- @include: ../../../core/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/proxy.inc -->
+
+## Dovecot Backend
+
+<!-- @include: ../../../core/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/backend.inc -->
diff --git a/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/backend.inc b/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/backend.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff783a4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/backend.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+### Generic authentication metrics
+
+`@metric_defaults = backend` contains:
+
+`auth_successes`
+:  Number of successful authentications. See [[event,auth_request_finished]].
+
+`auth_failures`
+:  Number of unsuccessful authentications. See [[event,auth_request_finished]].
+   These are not usually expected to happen in backends. It may be useful to
+   export these events into log:
+   ```[dovecot.conf]
+   metric auth_failures {
+     exporter = log-export
+   }
+   ```
+
+### Basic mail access and delivery metrics
+
+`@metric_defaults = backend` contains:
+
+`imap_commands`
+:  Number of IMAP commands, grouped by OK/NO/BAD tagged reply.
+   See [[event,imap_command_finished]].
+
+`mail_deliveries`
+:  Number of mails delivered. See [[event,mail_delivery_finished]].
+
+`mail_submissions`
+:  Number of mails submitted for outside delivery (e.g. rejects, vacations).
+   See [[event,smtp_submit_finished]].
+
+`mail_user_session_finished`
+:  Number of mail sessions, including their RSS memory usage and user space
+   CPU usage at the time when the session was finished. See
+   [[event,mail_user_session_finished]].
diff --git a/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/header.inc b/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/header.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e71928e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/header.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+This page lists recommended metrics that allow inspecting dovecot's behavior in
+the most general situations. More specialized situations might require further
+refinements or additional statistics. For an overview of how to gather
+statistics see [[link,stats]]. A list of all available events and their fields
+can be found [[link,summary_events,here]].
+
+The following examples use the custom `log-export` exporter.
+
+```[dovecot.conf]
+event_exporter log-export {
+  format = json
+  format_args = time-rfc3339
+  transport = log
+}
+```
diff --git a/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/proxy.inc b/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/proxy.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c113b7167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/core/recommended_metrics_include/proxy.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+`@metric_defaults = proxy` contains:
+
+`auth_successes`
+:  Number of successful authentications. See [[event,auth_request_finished]].
+
+`auth_failures`
+:  Number of unsuccessful authentications. See [[event,auth_request_finished]].
+   It may be useful to export these events into log:
+   ```[dovecot.conf]
+   metric auth_failures {
+     exporter = log-export
+   }
+   ```
+
+`login_aborted`
+:  Number of aborted logins, grouped by reason. See [[event,login_aborted]].