[Koha] search quits working
Scott Owen
sowen at edzone.net
Fri Aug 26 00:07:28 NZST 2016
OK....so...
I have a /etc/cron.daily/koha-common that looks like this:
********************************************************************************
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/cron.daily/koha-common -- Daily housekeeping tasks for all Kohas.
# Copyright 2010 Catalyst IT, Ltd
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
koha-foreach --enabled --email /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/
overdue_notices.pl -t
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/fines.pl
koha-foreach --enabled --email /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/
advance_notices.pl -c
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/membership_expiry.pl -c
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/
cancel_expired_holds.pl >/dev/null 2>&1
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/services_throttle.pl >
/dev/null 2>&1
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/cleanup_database.pl
--sessions --zebraqueue 10 --list-invites
koha-foreach --enabled --noemail /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/
cleanup_database.pl --mail
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/
auto_unsuspend_holds.pl > /dev/null 2>&1
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/automatic_renewals.pl
koha-run-backups --days 2 --output /var/spool/koha
*********************************************************************************************
Do I simply wan to add a line:
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/sbin/koha-start-zebra
to the bottom of the file ??
Will this run the koha-start-zebra command at the appropriate time ??
Or is there a "better" solution ??
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Barton Chittenden <
barton at bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
> For a package install, this is set up in /etc/cron.daily/koha_common;
> it uses koha-foreach to call the script for each instance. I think it's
> commented out by default; un-commenting it should enable.
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Scott Owen <sowen at edzone.net> wrote:
>
>> So.....if a guy *was* going to add a zebra load line of "koha-start-zebra
>> <instance>" to a cron job..... and try to get said job to run daily @
>> 7:55AM
>>
>> Any suggestions of where/how/what to accomplish this ??
>>
>> Is there an existing cron.daily (in the etc dir ?) that I should
>> use.....or
>> does Koha have it's own crontab/cron settings ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > If you were going to supplement your issues with a cron job, 6:00am
>> > wouldn't
>> > fix your problem for a whole day. Since logrotate runs at around
>> 7:35AM, it
>> > would make more sense to trigger something like around 7:55AM. Sure
>> it's 20
>> > minutes of index-less-ness, but you can be assured it will be there.
>> >
>> > Trying to start zebra again with the appropriate scripts will not cause
>> a
>> > hiccup. Though, you'll want to redirect output to /dev/null, so you
>> don't
>> > get flooded with cronjob emails.
>> >
>> > GPML,
>> > Mark Tompsett
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Scott Owen
>> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 8:27 AM
>> > To: koha
>> > Subject: Re: [Koha] search quits working
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I still seem to be having some issues with logrotate and the zebra
>> service
>> > starting up....
>> >
>> > I have tried both of the options discussed in bug #
>> > https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16885
>> >
>> > (modify postrotate, and modify koha-stop-zebra)
>> >
>> > In my case, neither (or both) of them seems to be a "reliable" fix.
>> >
>> > Is there any way I could kludge together some sort of CRON job to reload
>> > the zerbra service daily ?? (at say 6:00AM) or would this be a bad
>> thing to
>> > do ..... ie: if zebra IS running, will trying to load it again cause a
>> > major hiccup ??
>> >
>> > any other ideas on this ?? With students returning soon, I'd really
>> like to
>> > get this off my "to-do" list. :-)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > -S
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Scott Owen <sowen at edzone.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Still no joy on this.
>> > >
>> > > Zebra still seems to not reload correctly.
>> > >
>> > > my /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra file looks like the following:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > ----------------------------------------------------
>> > > #!/bin/sh
>> > > #
>> > > # koha-stop-zebra - Stop Zebra for named Koha instances
>> > > # Copyright 2010 Catalyst IT, Ltd
>> > > #
>> > > # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> > > # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> > > # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
>> > > # (at your option) any later version.
>> > > #
>> > > # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> > > # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> > > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>> > > # GNU General Public License for more details.
>> > > #
>> > > # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> > > # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
>> >.
>> > >
>> > > set -e
>> > >
>> > > # include helper functions
>> > > if [ -f "/usr/share/koha/bin/koha-functions.sh" ]; then
>> > > . "/usr/share/koha/bin/koha-functions.sh"
>> > > else
>> > > echo "Error: /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-functions.sh not present."
>> > 1>&2
>> > > exit 1
>> > > fi
>> > >
>> > > stop_zebra_instance()
>> > > {
>> > > local instancename=$1
>> > >
>> > > local PIDFILE="/var/run/koha/${instancename}/${instancename}-
>> > > koha-zebra.pid"
>> > > echo "Stopping Zebra server for $instancename"
>> > >
>> > > if start-stop-daemon --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --stop --quiet
>> > > --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5; then
>> > > return 0;
>> > > else
>> > > return 1;
>> > > fi
>> > >
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > usage()
>> > > {
>> > > local scriptname=$0
>> > > cat <<EOF
>> > > Stops Zebra for Koha instances.
>> > >
>> > > Usage: $scriptname instancename1 instancename2...
>> > >
>> > > EOF
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > # Parse command line.
>> > > #[ $# -ge 1 ] || ( usage ; die "Missing instance name..." )
>> > >
>> > > # Loop through the instance names
>> > > for name in "$@"
>> > > do
>> > > if is_instance $name ; then
>> > > if is_zebra_running $name; then
>> > > if ! stop_zebra_instance $name; then
>> > > warn "Something went wrong stopping Zebra for $name."
>> > > fi
>> > > else
>> > > warn "Zebra already stopped for instance $name."
>> > > fi
>> > > else
>> > > warn "Unknown instance $name."
>> > > fi
>> > > done
>> > >
>> > > exit 0
>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > ------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Scott Owen <sowen at edzone.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> OK...I tried this, and it seems to have made no difference ?
>> > >>
>> > >> I'm rebooting the Koha server now, to make sure I have a clean
>> > >> start....I'll try letting it sit for a day or two and see how it
>> goes.
>> > >>
>> > >> (Maybe after I made the file changes the system needs a bounce ?)
>> > >>
>> > >> -S
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Greetings,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> And now for the off-list, WRONG way of doing it, because you don’t
>> want
>> > >>> to limp along.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> $ sudo cp /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra.Help
>> > >>> MeItMessedUp
>> > >>> $ sudo nano /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Now your goal is to make the stop_zebra_instance function look
>> exactly
>> > >>> like the patch lines.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> stop_zebra_instance()
>> > >>> {
>> > >>> local instancename=$1
>> > >>>
>> > >>> local PIDFILE="/var/run/koha/${insta
>> ncename}/${instancename}-koha-
>> > >>> zebra.pid"
>> > >>> echo "Stopping Zebra server for $instancename"
>> > >>> if start-stop-daemon --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --stop --quiet
>> > >>> --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5; then
>> > >>> return 0;
>> > >>> else
>> > >>> return 1;
>> > >>> fi
>> > >>> }
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Sorry the message sent too early. Hope this helps.
>> > >>> For the record, I’m physically in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, even
>> though
>> > >>> the company is in the Philippines.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> GPML,
>> > >>> ------------------------------
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