[mythtv-users] Keeping backend running.

[Mike Dent]

On 10/04/2008, Wade Maxfield <mythtv at hotblack.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Phil Bridges wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Mike Dent <mcdent at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> it seems my backend dies now and again for no obvious reason. What
> scripts
> >> or methods are people using check it is running and
> >> restart it if its died?
> >> I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 with mythtv 0.21 , combined be/fe.
> >>
> >
> > My backend dies occasionally, too.  I use monit to ensure it restarts.
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Status_Monitoring_How_To
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>
>
> Another vote for Monit.
>
> Just be careful about using the XML interface on port 6544.  I found
> that querying it too frequently led to an increase in crashes.  8(
>
>
>   - Wade



Thanks,
how often do you query it now?

Mike


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