[mythtv-users] Backend Crashes / Status Monitoring

[Tom Lichti]

Graham Dunn wrote:

>On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 02:40:20PM -0500, Will Dormann wrote:
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>>Dave Ansell wrote:
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>>>Hi,
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>>>   I get occasional backend crashes - usually seems to be some qt/sql 
>>>problem.  Very difficult to eliminate entirely.
>>>
>>> Usually, the whole machine doesn't crash, just the backend and/or mysql.
>>>
>>>  Question is,  would it be feasible to run a cron script to monitor 
>>>the backend status, either on the same box or from some other linux box, 
>>>then reboot the machine or restart services if a problem is detected.
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>look into daemontools
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>apt-get install daemontools-installer
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>#include <djb-disclaimer.h>
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>You've been warned :) but it works ...
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>your /service/mythbackend/run will look like
>---%<---
>#!/bin/sh
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>/usr/bin/mythbackend --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
>---%<---
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>the supervise daemon will watch and make sure that mythbackend is
>running, and restart it if it crashes.
>
>Graham
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Geez, that's even better than what I use...cool...