#19720: CollecTor should be re-configurable without restart -------------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: iwakeh | Owner: iwakeh Type: enhancement | Status: needs_review Priority: High | Milestone: CollecTor 1.0.0 Component: Metrics/CollecTor | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: ctip | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -------------------------------+---------------------------------
Comment (by karsten): The impatient? Nooo, not true. The forgetful and easily confused! Okay, one question and two suggestions: - What happens if the operator breaks the configuration file? Will current module runs be affected, that is, will they be aborted together with the scheduler? If not, will the scheduler make another attempt to re-read the configuration file 60 (or 5) seconds later? And if so, will it warn every 60 (or 5) seconds that the configuration is broken? Okay, that's more than one question, but these seem related. - 10 or 15 seconds might work, too, if 5 is too small. Just enough to save the file and `tail -f` the log file to see how the changes are processed. So, I'd say anything between 5 and 15 would work, please pick your favorite. - The behavior of all this should be described at the top of `collector.properties`, so that operators know exactly what will happen when they edit the file while CollecTor is running rather than having to learn it from the logs after it has happened. Sorry to make this more difficult, but I'm thinking of all the services I'm running and how to memorize how to do that, and I'm thinking of external folks running our services in the near future and making this as easy as possible for them. Thanks! -- Ticket URL: <https://troodi.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19720#comment:10> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs