Jason, I think scheduler can do all you need. http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core#Scheduler HTH
2014-02-04 Niphlod <[email protected]>: > that's the problem!!! > Running external programs within the webserver execution model causes the > thread to be killed if the request takes too much. > It's process handling 101: NEVER spawn processes from the web application! > > > On Monday, February 3, 2014 10:06:32 PM UTC+1, Encompass solutions wrote: > >> Thanks for the pointers! >> I run two programs... avconv (ffmpeg) and sox both handle file >> conversions at the moment an upload happens. They bail pretty easily if >> there was an error. They are using files I have stored according to my >> model. >> BR, >> Jason Brower >> >> On Mon, 2014-02-03 at 19:08 +0000, Ricardo Pedroso wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Jason Brower <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > It seems that I have an issue I can't resolve. >> > Every once in a while at seemingly the worst and most random >> > times, the >> > service will stall out. It simply doesn't respond to >> > anything. >> > Going into the computer and running htop shows that the >> > computer is >> > doing nothing. >> > I am not running the server with a compiled version of my >> > code. >> > I am running: >> > 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2013.11.28.13.54.07 >> > (Running on Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu), Python 2.7.3) >> > The application does only basic uploading and loading of a >> > single item. >> > Here is an example of the webplayer: >> > melodigram.com/melodigram/default/gram/b662a1da-8c2b- >> 11e3-b0dc-1231390a0101 >> > >> > >> > I can run F5 reloads on the site for 15 minutes straight, not >> > have >> > anyone access the system then then try to load something, be >> > it the >> > admin interface or the page I show you here and it site for a >> > very long >> > time. The time it is unresponsive seems random, but that's >> > because I >> > haven't discovered how to replicate the problem. >> > If I restart apache and try, it seems to work every time. >> > >> > >> > This king of issues are hard to know exactly, where the problem is, >> > without having a clear picture of the application and the >> > infrastructure. >> > >> > >> > For sure, something is holding apache worker threads for a long time >> > or indefinitely. >> > >> > >> > when a request for >> > melodigram.com/melodigram/default/gram/b662a1da-8c2b- >> 11e3-b0dc-1231390a0101 >> > >> > is running: >> > >> > >> > Are you using any third party C extension? >> > >> > >> > Are you calling any external program? >> > >> > >> > Where are the files, that are retrieved by the download function, >> > stored? In the same >> > box, or been retrieved from a remote location? >> > >> > >> > the first thing I would try is using strace utility against an apache >> > worker thread to see >> > >> > were it is sitting. >> > >> > >> > Ricardo >> > >> > -- >> > Resources: >> > - http://web2py.com >> > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/BZQF88jug54/unsubscribe. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
