Auto-Reboot when VPS isn't responding

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by sejophph, Oct 29, 2009.

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    I do have a VPS with 1GB of ram that runs on a quad core @ 2.70Ghz , but when posting some posts using Post menu of WP (WordPress), and if my live chat support is turned on for a long time my VPS lags and never responds anymore,

    a quick fix for that is a reboot, now temporarily I nee to investigate some why does this occurring and would like to know if there is an auto-reboot function whenever my VPS never responds at all to all HTTP, FTP access?

    my vps is using hypervm and running with cent 0s - hostinabox..
     
    sejophph, Oct 29, 2009 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    You could set up a crontab job that checks the web server and takes action if it's not working. Probably be better to just restart the web server daemon vs. reboot whole thing.
     
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    Alternatively, you could always restart the process every hour, four hours, etc.

    Simply edit your crontab (or /etc/cron.hourly, etc) and insert the commands.

    Of course, the ideal solution is to get to the root cause of the problem and fix it, but if it's a buggy application, that isn't always possible.
     
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