[REQ] Server watchdog (to keep it up and running)

[Karbowiak 27]

Hi there!

From time to time Emby has an issue and crashes, and doesn't automatically come back up.

Is there any possibility of a watchdog being made, that launches emby, and then keeps it launched if it crashes?
Would be nice for my (and others) sanity!

[Karbowiak 27]

I sort of did it myself. I removed the /etc/init.d/emby-server file and implemented it in supervisor

 

[program:emby]
command=/usr/bin/mono-sgen /opt/emby-server/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe -programdata /var/lib/mediabrowser -ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /usr/bin/ffprobe
directory=/opt/emby-server
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stdout_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/emby-server.log
redirect_stderr=true
user=emby
group=emby

That starts it and keeps it up when it dies.
Could have done the same using systemd i guess, but i'm a supervisor whore

Would still be nice if Emby came with it by default tho!

[trusselo 222]

I know why emby sometimes vanishes... (on my system at least, win server 2012)

 

Emby goes to restart itself after an update, but doest shut-down fully, the program has shut down and disappears from taskbar, but is still stuck in task manager for 3-5 minutes (cant end task). emby attempts to restart itself and fails due to the other task being stuck.

 

I've noticed it gets stuck often when up over 300mb memory usage.

 

 

Emby randomly "dying" is one of the reasons I love having Remote Desktop Connection setup.  and i gotta hand it to Microsoft, their android RDP client is really good.

[ebr 15555]

I know why emby sometimes vanishes... (on my system at least, win server 2012)

 

Emby goes to restart itself after an update, but doest shut-down fully, the program has shut down and disappears from taskbar, but is still stuck in task manager for 3-5 minutes (cant end task). emby attempts to restart itself and fails due to the other task being stuck.

 

I've noticed it gets stuck often when up over 300mb memory usage.

 

 

Emby randomly "dying" is one of the reasons I love having Remote Desktop Connection setup.  and i gotta hand it to Microsoft, their android RDP client is really good.

 

If that is what is happening, I think we'll have a solution for it soon.

 

Otherwise, I'd much rather find the problem.