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Automatic apache restart?

Discussion in 'Apache' started by croni, Nov 14, 2006.

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    Hi all,

    I wonder whether I should let a script check (say every 5 minutes or so) whether apache is still running. If it's not, the script would automatically restart.

    How do you do it? Is this a good practice?
     
    croni, Nov 14, 2006 IP
  2. lucoxade

    lucoxade Peon

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    Have you ever had Apache just stop on you!?!?
     
    lucoxade, Nov 14, 2006 IP
  3. croni

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    Yeah, once! Couldn't figure out why... (how can one figure it out anyway?)
     
    croni, Nov 14, 2006 IP
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    dhruv37 Well-Known Member

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    as per my knowledge restarting apache after every 5 mins. is not good practise.

    It can affect your sessions on the web sites.

    I am not sure...so better to wait for reply from some expert
     
    dhruv37, Nov 15, 2006 IP
  5. croni

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    Well, I'd only restart it if it's not down, of course!
     
    croni, Nov 15, 2006 IP
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    PalSys palsys.io

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    I keep a cron set on my busiest network servers to restart Apache every hour, just in case. I do find Apache can just quit at times with a high load.
     
    PalSys, Nov 22, 2006 IP
  7. TheBrain

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    There is a command called procautostart that will restart a process for you if it dies.
     
    TheBrain, Dec 2, 2006 IP
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    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    It is better to do a chron setup, that checks if apache is down, start it up. You can set the frequency something between 15 mins to 30 mins.
     
    sukantab, Dec 3, 2006 IP
  9. TheBrain

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    Sure you can do that, but if the apache daemon dies right after the check then it could be down for 15 to 30 minutes.


     
    TheBrain, Dec 3, 2006 IP