Restart not working

[maxdachs]

Hello,

 

I tried to add this line with crontab -e on my server

 

0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * /home/arma2oa/restarter.pl

 

and then I also tried

0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * cd / && /home/arma2oa/restarter.pl

 

But the server does not restart.

 

My path in restarter.pl is:

use constant PATH      => $ENV{'PWD'}.'/'; # Set your epoch server dir

With this I can restart the server manually

But when I change the path in restarter.pl

to this: /home/arma2oa/ (the path where all files are), it says:

Can't found server binary!

I hope someone can help me!

[sjd6795]

Not sure never restarted a server with that method before. Give this a read and try it.

 

http://ibattle.org/install-and-configure/

[maxdachs]

I have a Linux Server and I dont know how to install BEC with wine and I also dont know if its working with a Linux Server and a wine BEC.

[jahangir13]

What *nix do you have? The crontab entries sometime look a bit different.

 

# m h  dom mon dow   command

0 */4 * * * /home/dayzepoch/server1042/restarter.pl >> /home/dayzepoch/server1042/restart.log 2>&1

 

Log to a file like I do  so you can see if there are messages (like binary not found or something).

Or check your mails with 'mail' to see if you see the error messages there.

[maxdachs]

Im using Ubuntu 12.04, when i do this the restart.log will not be created.

[DeanReid]

I personally make sure I set to / first to stop binary errors 

 

Here is my one  currently set to 3 hour restarts

 

0 0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21 * * * cd / && /home/dayzservers/epochchernarus/restarter.pl  >> /home/dayzservers/epochchernarus/restart.log 2>&1

 

May I suggest you install webmin to your server if possible. It makes it easier to create cron jobs in my opinion 

 

Looks like that :)

[maxdachs]

Ok, when I change the path to /home/arma2oa/ in restarter.pl it works, but I cant restart it manually then (must change the path before to /)

 

But Thank you for your help!

[jahangir13]

You just need to set a absolute path in your restarter, that's all (did oversee your restarter line in the OP).

 

restarter.pl:

###use constant PATH      => $ENV{'PWD'}.'/'; # Set your epoch server dir
use constant PATH      => '/home/dayzepoch/server1042/';

 

cron:

0 */4 * * * /home/dayzepoch/server1042/restarter.pl >> /home/dayzepoch/server1042/restart.log 2>&1

 

It's always a good idea to use absolute paths in my opinion.So you can execute a script independantly in which directory your user currently is.

 

 

@DeanReid: I guess the root user in your screen was just an example? ;)

[DeanReid]

@DeanReid: I guess the root user in your screen was just an example? ;)

 

Shh, I'm a rebel and use root XD 

 

 

Edit: I mean, I don't use root at all, Root is bad :o

[maxdachs]

You just need to set a absolute path in your restarter, that's all (did oversee your restarter line in the OP).

 

restarter.pl:

###use constant PATH      => $ENV{'PWD'}.'/'; # Set your epoch server dir

use constant PATH      => '/home/dayzepoch/server1042/';

 

cron:

0 */4 * * * /home/dayzepoch/server1042/restarter.pl >> /home/dayzepoch/server1042/restart.log 2>&1

 

It's always a good idea to use absolute paths in my opinion.So you can execute a script independantly in which directory your user currently is.

 

 

@DeanReid: I guess the root user in your screen was just an example? ;)

Nice, Thank you!  :)

[jahangir13]

What sets $STOP to '1' or greater here?

 

And I would put a little wait into the while loop...otherwise you check and check and check as fast as possible which is not needed I guess.

[jahangir13]

cron:

* * * * * /path/to/check_server_running.sh

 

check_server_running.sh:

 

somethine like:

if [ ps aux | grep epoch == 0 ]

./restarter.pl

fi

 

(pseudo code only).

 

Cron will check each minute if the process is still running. If not execute restarter,pl.

[jahangir13]

Yes, depends on what you want and how you normally do it where you are used to and know how ;)

 

But why not...I will have a look if I get some time. I guess it's this one here? http://callofduty.filefront.com/file/CodControl;86896

[Basti890]

I tried to set the path in restarter.pl to an absolute path, but it keeps still saying "Can't found server binary!"

 

If I run it via "./restarter.pl" in console. I set up a cron Job, but I coundl't chek it for now if its working.

 

any hints where this problem can be solved ?

If i start my serevr with "./epoch.sh" it runs fine.

So whats the difference between epoch.sh and restarter.pl ?