cron question

LouW · 11-17-2017, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

"Restart" of a cron isn't necessary, but have you run the command in the cron from the command line to see if it does what you want?

Reviewing the thread I see that you've never stated which version you're using. Others (including me) presumed it was 7, but you've never verified. systemctl is version 7 only. If you're not running CentOS 7, then changing to systemctl syntax will not work...go back to the service syntax.

BUT, you really need to figure out why tomcat is not working. What do the tomcat and/or http logs contain?

Its CentOS Linux 7.2.1511

I know I have to get that figured out. My current theory is its related to article processing and/or mysql - the problem is nothing has changed in months and all of a sudden 3 weeks ago this problem came up.

The hack fix is just to keep sites live while I get this figured out...

LouW · 11-18-2017, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

That'd be vi or vim -- yes it's "unique" -- I don't use it, personally, except for when doing crontab -e
man vi (or search for vi/vim cheat sheet).

I'd also recommend using systemctl instead of service:

Code:

*/30 * * * * root /bin/systemctl restart tomcat.service

in /etc/crontab as michaelk already said.

I was just lookinh at cron log and see this every 30 minutes

(/bin/systemctl) ERROR (getpwnam() failed)

any suggestions?

MensaWater · 11-20-2017, 08:03 AM

I think you missed my second post. Please have a look at it.

michaelk · 11-20-2017, 08:16 AM

My fault it should be

Code:

*/30 * * * * root /usr/bin/systemctl restart tomcat.service

LouW · 11-20-2017, 08:53 AM

Cool I will try that!

TY!