Thanks for that Jim, will definitely look into both options. And thanks for the other responses as well.
Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On May 21, 5:46 am, Niall Mullally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> One of my site's servers had a problem yesterday and the host >> restarted it. During boot up Mongrel failed to start as the PID files >> still existed in /log >> >> I didn't find out about this reboot until several hours later so the >> site was down that entire time which is less than ideal. > Hello Niall -- it looks like you have plenty of options for clearing > out those pesky PID files, but no one has addressed this part of your > email. Anything beyond a hobby site needs some sort of monitoring for > situations just like this. At RailsConf, Ezra specifically mentioned > using monit (which I currently use) to monitor one's individual > mongrel processes. If that sounds like too much work, an excellent > alternative is the free Heartbeat website (http:// > heartbeat.highgroove.com/) which allows you to monitor multiple > application URLs and email yourself when things go awry. I'd > encourage you to go sign up for heartbeat and see if using monit is > feasible for you. No financial connection to either one, just a very > satisfied user. > > Jim > > > > > -- Niall Mullally 4L Communications Ltd. http://www.4L.ie/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
