Warning - Shameless plug.. Why not just use a managed service provider (like www.shatterit.com) that is _really_ there 24/7 and can not only reboot your box for you at any time, but can also monitor it so that it doesnt go down in the first place.
I apologize for the commerical nature, but this is a real solution for this real problem...all those expensive hardware solutions is no replacement for a human.. -Mark On 6/24/05, Max W Blackmer Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk server with remote monitoring > > capabilities > > From: beonice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, June 23, 2005 7:52 pm > > > --- Michael Welter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > William Boehlke wrote: > > > > Dell sells a remote management card for under $400 > > > that enables remote > > > > reboots. I know there are others out there but > > > have no experience with them. > > > > > > > > > > > > William Boehlke > > > > Signate > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of beonice > > > > > > > > I'm tired of having to drive out to the colocation > > > facility each time my > > > > dedicated asterisk server craps out, just to press > > > the button to do a hard > > > > reboot. > > > > (I'm running 1.05 stable at present, no telephony > > > hardware, as this is > > > > mainly a system that receives calls, no dial-out > > > ability is needed.) > > > > > > > APC makes a power strip with a web server. Each > > > socket has its own IP > > > address. All you have to do to power cycle is > > > access the IP address > > > from your web browser and give the power cycle > > > command. It is sooo cool. > > > > Thanks for your responses, folks. > > > > Okay, so what makes more sense: > > 1) a remote management card that will let me > > actually log in to the machine to monitor it as well > > as to reboot it > > vs. > > 2) a remote-accessible powerstrip that will allow me > > to remotely reboot the server? > > > A little note. make sure your server motherboard/bios supports power on > after power loss to use the remote control power strip. Secondly make > sure the power strip control uses SSH and NOT telnet to control it. > Telnet is too insecure because passwords are sent plain text. > > Another possibility is to write a reboot script and set up a cron job to > automatically reboot every night until you solve the bigger problem of > why is the server having problems? > > With Linux their is little need to reboot Linux. There is only one time > that you have to reboot Linux. When you upgrade the kernel or its > modules. Kernel modules do not always need a reboot. Kernel module that > do require a reboot are critical to operation of your system for example > RAID# . > > The best way is to have a script that uses the init script to restart > the applications that are questionable on a cron job schedule for low > usage. With a good script you could also check on the status of the > service and perform functional test of the service. Then the script > would perform the necessary tasks to recover from application failure. > This wont help with a total system failure as the script will not work. > Some of the remote monitoring cards can detect a system lockup and > preform a system reboot automatically. When all of these fail you can > use remote control power strips or a KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) over IP > to remotely control the hardware as if you are there. Cyclades > (www.cyclades.com) sells both KVM and Remote Power management solutions > that are secure. They even have RSA authentication tokens and a > Biometric/RSA token authentications for secure management of the remote > locations. > > > Cheers, > > Max W. Blackmer, Jr. > Consultant, Knowledge Power IT > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users