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    Default FYI: Subscribed to service to monitor server uptime -- Alert me if server is down

    I have subsribed to a service that will monitor the server and send me a text message if the site is down, or gets one of those DB errors that happened for a few minutes last week.

    I signed up for a premium service that checks every two minutes (rather than free services that check every 30 to 60 minutes, or cheaper ones that check every 5-15 minutes), and it will alert me if it gets two failures in a row (to eliminate some false positives).

    So, if the server goes down or starts returning DB errors (the databased crashes), I should have a text message/page within 4-5 minutes of it being down.

    Also, here is a link to a page that will show the server uptime/downtime stats:

    http://www.siteuptime.com/prem_stati...&&UserId=78430

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    Damn Tned. You really go all out.

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    dang it go drink some Fireball and find your own dang chicken....

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    Quote Originally Posted by frauschieze View Post
    Damn Tned. You really go all out.

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    Yeah,

    When do you challenge the Klingons for interstellar domination?

    (...yes, that's a line from a movie...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Broncolingus View Post
    Yeah,

    When do you challenge the Klingons for interstellar domination?

    (...yes, that's a line from a movie...)
    Too busy fighting the wraith..

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    Quote Originally Posted by tnedator View Post
    Personality flaw, if it's worth doing, it's worth over doing...
    Well, it is greatly appreciated. No brown nosing here.
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    dang it go drink some Fireball and find your own dang chicken....

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    Geez tned. Thanks for all the cool toys you give us to play with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Day1BroncoFan View Post
    Geez tned. Thanks for all the cool toys you give us to play with.
    That's my job

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    You are the man Tned!! My husband is very jealous that I know you!!

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    I recompiled apache (the webserver) this morning to try and update one component that is a potential security flaw (a new version is out). It didn't go well and created some downtime, but when I compiled it a second time, all seems fine.

    I may have to do this again (maybe tomorrow morning), because it didn't seem to update the one insecure component.

    Anyway, if you aren't following the mumbo-gumbo, the brief outage this morning was my fault, and it might happen again tomorrow morning, or some other time I find when there are a small number of people on the server.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tnedator View Post
    I recompiled apache (the webserver) this morning to try and update one component that is a potential security flaw (a new version is out). It didn't go well and created some downtime, but when I compiled it a second time, all seems fine.

    I may have to do this again (maybe tomorrow morning), because it didn't seem to update the one insecure component.

    Anyway, if you aren't following the mumbo-gumbo, the brief outage this morning was my fault, and it might happen again tomorrow morning, or some other time I find when there are a small number of people on the server.
    Phew...thanks tned...I was a little worried there for a minute. I was drinking my morning coffee and browsing through the forum, and had just made a comment about how my internet goes down all the time...and...poof...no Forums...glad to know it was just you doing an update...
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    Quote Originally Posted by tnedator View Post
    I recompiled apache (the webserver) this morning to try and update one component that is a potential security flaw (a new version is out). It didn't go well and created some downtime, but when I compiled it a second time, all seems fine.

    I may have to do this again (maybe tomorrow morning), because it didn't seem to update the one insecure component.

    Anyway, if you aren't following the mumbo-gumbo, the brief outage this morning was my fault, and it might happen again tomorrow morning, or some other time I find when there are a small number of people on the server.
    Don't you hate it when that happens! Are you doing it from a remote location? I mean somewhere other than where the server is located.
    Merry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Day1BroncoFan View Post
    Don't you hate it when that happens! Are you doing it from a remote location? I mean somewhere other than where the server is located.
    yes, it's remote. The server is located at a NOC in Dallas, and I am in Arkansas.
    Posting from a mobile phone. Short replies and typos are likely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tned-Mobile View Post
    yes, it's remote. The server is located at a NOC in Dallas, and I am in Arkansas.
    That makes it scary sometimes if you do the wrong thing. Is someone there to reboot or what ever in case you need it? It's always good to have a person at the physical location just in case.
    Merry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Day1BroncoFan View Post
    That makes it scary sometimes if you do the wrong thing. Is someone there to reboot or what ever in case you need it? It's always good to have a person at the physical location just in case.
    Yes, I have remote access, and am paying for a semi-managed service, so if I mess something up, there are support people that know more than me and can address it. If it needs any 'physical' attention, there are people on site. It is located in the major Telco/Network center in Dallas, called the Informart.

    The Infomart is one of the largest buildings in Dallas, Texas (USA), located at 1950 Stemmons Freeway in the Market Center neighborhood between Oak Lawn and Interstate 35E (Texas) near downtown. The 7-floor, 1.5 million square foot building is one of the most distinctive in the city. It was modeled after The Crystal Palace, a huge iron and glass building, originally erected in Hyde Park in 19th century Britain to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.
    I rely heavily on the support services before doing things, as I am not a linux administrator by trade or hobby.

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