[Koha] search quits working

[Scott Owen]

Sorry....
Debian, latest version of Koha.

problem *seems* to have only started when I updated to the latest Koha
version.


3.22.06.000
Linux hskoha 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2 (2016-04-08) i686


The issue seems to be with the zebra server somehow coming to a halt, and
bailing.....seemingly @ approx. 7:35 daily.

a quick command of " koha-start-zebra <instance> " makes things
all-good.....and
I can search again.

However, within a couple of days....the zebra server appears to die again.

I have two servers, both at exactly the same rev. and they are both
exhibiting this behavior. Starting to look at some of the cron.daily
commands.....they seem the most likely suspect (in my eyes)



cron.daily -->>

#!/bin/sh
# /etc/cron.daily/koha-common -- Daily housekeeping tasks for all Kohas.
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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




On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Paul A <paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>
wrote:

> At 10:20 AM 7/20/2016 -0400, Scott Owen wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm having some issues with Koha searching from both the OPAC and the
>> staff
>> Intranet.
>> I have tried several solutions for reindexing etc...
>> including
>> ---Koha-rebuild-zebra -f -v -b mylibrary
>> and
>> ---export PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
>> ---export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/koha-conf.xml
>> ---perl /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v
>> -run-as-root
>>
>
> You don't say which version of Koha, nor what o/s you are using. Assuming
> Debian/Ubuntu, what does printenv give you? You should see something like
> (amongst other lines):
>
> me at my_server:/$ printenv
> PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/lib/perl
> KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/koha-conf.xml
> KOHA_PATH=/usr/share/koha
>
> I'm also a little surprised by your "-run-as-root" -- in slightly older
> versions of Koha, this was a "no-no", but may well have changed (mpm-itk?)
>
> There is also something I noticed in further emails:
>
> > your zebra error logs.
> [snip]
> > 20160713 07:36:11 dlpms-koha-zebra: client (pid 526) killed by signal
> 15, stopping
> > 20160713 07:40:07 dlpms-koha-zebra: client (pid 10116) killed by signal
> 15, stopping
>
> What were the 9590 processes in the <4 minutes? That log entry would
> certainly get my attention.
>
> Best -- P.
>
>
> none of these commands produce any errors, however, they also do not fix
>> the issue.
>>
>>
>> A reboot of the VM will cause the "search" to work again for a day or
>> two....??
>> (I know....."it shouldn't make a difference" ...but it does...!?!?!?)
>>
>>
>> I'm unsure of exactly where to start troubleshooting ???
>>
>> Any advise on where to begin ??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -S
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