On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:16:28 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I've set up a FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE Box to act as a zabbix server. > > The relevant packages I use are: > > zabbix-1.1.7,1 > mysql-server-5.0.37 > > Fisrt of all, both software works properly, my setup run well if I > run them manually via /usr/local/etc/rc.d. No error messages. > > But I had a problem when I put the MySQL and zabbix_server services > to run in /etc/rc.conf, in order to start them at startup.
They belong in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > In fact the MySQL start first, and then the zabbix-server follows > immediately, which makes sense, (I made it sure by adding "# REQUIRE > mysql", without quotes, to the head > of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/zabbix-server script). So the logic startup > order is respected. > > But, at every boot, my zabbix-server daemon won't start, the zabbix's > log file saying "could not connect to socket "/tmp/mysql.sock"". So I > put a dirty "sleep 10" in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/zabbix_server script, > just after variables declarations, and now it works well at each > startup. > > Does some of you guys have a better method to fix this race-condition > behavior (maybe a "file exists" condition over the /tmp/mysql.sock > file or so), in the zabbix_server FreeBSD startup script ? I would suggest you you write a new script that's ordered between the two, and waits for the socket. That avoids having to maintain any modifications to port installed scripts. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"