[ejabberd] High filesystem usage

[Jim Wagner]

> On 10 February 2010 17:05, Matias <matiassurdi at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
> Yes, as it seems that FreeBSD's newsyslog can't run commands after log 
> rotation, I've setup a cron job one minute after the rotation to run 
> that command.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>   

I have a workaround for this limitation in newsyslog.  Save the below 
script as /usr/local/sbin/indirect-ejabberd, change the PID file in 
/etc/newsyslog.conf to be /var/run/indirect-ejabberd, and create a 
startup script to start /usr/local/sbin/indirect-ejabberd in the 
background.  I wrote it to be generic enough to modify easily for 
anything that needs to execute a command from newsyslog instead of the 
program responding to the HUP signal - just change the variables as you 
desire.

Jim


PS - If you have trouble copying &  pasting from e-mail, this same 
script is shown in forum style at 
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11224




#!/usr/local/bin/bash

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#                                                                             
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# Shell script to allow a command to be executed upon receipt of a 
signal.    #
# Designed to allow newsyslog to execute a command for software that 
either   #
# does not have a PID file or does not respond to a SIG_HUP signal 
and        #
# requires an external command to reopen its log 
file.                        #
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############################################################################### 

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# Ruler's Common-Sense 
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If    #
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#   2010-02-11 by Ruler2112       Wrote initial 
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#   2010-02-11 by Ruler2112       Released on freebsd.org 
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############################################################################### 


############################################################################### 

#                      Variable Declaration 
Section                           #
# Set these variables to customize this script's 
behavior.                    #
############################################################################### 


# What happens when a HUP signal is received.
HUP_ACTION="/usr/local/sbin/ejabberdctl reopen-log"

# How many seconds to pause between signal checks.  This will be the 
maximum
# amount of time between the time a signal is received and when the 
associated
# action occurs.  The lower this is, the more CPU time this script will use
# Higher values will decrease the amount of CPU power this script will 
consume
# but also increases the likelihood of a significant wait betwwen the 
sending
# of the signal and when the appropriate action is executed.
WAIT_TIME=3

# The name of a PID file that this script will generate.  Use this in
# /etc/newsyslog.conf   THIS SCRIPT WILL SILENTLY OVERWRITE THIS FILE,
# BE 100% CERTAIN THAT IT'S NOT AN IMPORTANT FILE!!!  I recommend using
# something in /var/run and naming it indirect-<name> for safety.
MY_PID_FILE="/var/run/indirect-ejabberd"

############################################################################### 

# !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! 
WARNING !!! #
############################################################################### 

#                    This is the Beginning of the 
Script                      #
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# Do not change anything below this line unless you know what you're 
doing!   #
############################################################################### 


/bin/echo $$ > "$MY_PID_FILE"
trap "$HUP_ACTION" SIGHUP
trap "/bin/rm -f \"$MY_PID_FILE\";exit 0" SIGINT SIGTERM

while true; do
 /bin/sleep $WAIT_TIME
done