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*SOLVED* vzctl restart from crontab [message #14612]

Tue, 03 July 2007 12:58

jonasb
Messages: 20
Registered: July 2007

Junior Member

Im trying to restart a VE from crontab. But I get "operation timed out" everytime.

*/2 * * * * /usr/sbin/vzctl restart 666 >>/tmp/log 2>&1

cat /tmp/log

Restarting VE
Stopping VE ...
Unable to stop VE: operation timed out

I have tried "vzctl stop" with the same results. But "vzctl start" works.
If I run it from normal shell it works.

Any ideas?

[Updated on: Thu, 05 July 2007 08:48] by Moderator

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14642 is a reply to message #14612]

Wed, 04 July 2007 06:13

boredbadger
Messages: 4
Registered: July 2007

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Try forking the script into the background rather than making crond wait for the command to finish by adding a &.

*/2 * * * * /usr/sbin/vzctl restart 666 & >>/tmp/log 2>&1

That should force it to work in the background so you shouldn't get a time out.

Neil

[Updated on: Wed, 04 July 2007 06:13]

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14645 is a reply to message #14642]

Wed, 04 July 2007 06:36

jonasb
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Registered: July 2007

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I didn't help. Sad

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14646 is a reply to message #14645]

Wed, 04 July 2007 06:44

boredbadger
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Registered: July 2007

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What about putting the command into a bash script and running a that as a cron?

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14647 is a reply to message #14646]

Wed, 04 July 2007 06:52

jonasb
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Registered: July 2007

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That didnt help either.

# cat /root/restart.sh
#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/vzctl restart 666 >>/tmp/ll 2>&1

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14654 is a reply to message #14647]

Wed, 04 July 2007 12:37

rickb
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Registered: October 2006

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is your $PATH env variable the same when running under cron vs sshd bash shell?

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14658 is a reply to message #14654]

Wed, 04 July 2007 13:54

jonasb
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Registered: July 2007

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No, the $PATH was not the same.
After I set the same $PATH it worked. Thanks!

[Updated on: Thu, 05 July 2007 08:49] by Moderator

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14672 is a reply to message #14658]

Thu, 05 July 2007 08:48

Vasily Tarasov
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Registered: January 2006

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Rick or Jonas, can you please create a small article at http://wiki.openvz.org in Troubleshooting section?

Thanks in advance,
Vasily.

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Re: vzctl restart from crontab [message #14676 is a reply to message #14672]

Thu, 05 July 2007 12:25

rickb
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Registered: October 2006

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Hi Jonas, did you modify the crond PATH in the past on your server?
What distro are you using?

I have never seen the exact problem you described, I offered that idea out of exeperience from when things don't work in cron yet work under a sshd bash shell- usually the path differs and causes the problem when the cron script/app uses relative links.

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