Restart Emby Server - Scheduled Task

[thekingswolf 48]

Regular updates to both Emby and plugins, and other reasons to restart server.  However I prefer to wait until no one is streaming to restart server, which often means waiting a long time.  Would be nice to be able to set a date/time to restart the server automatically during predictable down times like early am.  

[Luke 42077]

Hi, if the server requires a restart, we already have a built-in option to automate this, and it will only do so when the system is idle.

[thekingswolf 48]

ok so how do I manage this mystery option?  The below is already enabled and does nothing no matter how many days go by, this also doesn't work for plugin updates.

 

 

Edited May 17, 2019 by thekingswolf

[Luke 42077]

It is the second option on your screenshot. There must have been connected users.

[schmitty 66]

I think thekingswolf means, a scheduled task, separate from installing updates.

 

 

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Edited May 17, 2019 by schmitty

[CBers 7450]

ok so how do I manage this mystery option? The below is already enabled and does nothing no matter how many days go by, this also doesn't work for plugin updates.

 

Do you use Kodi as your client?

[CBers 7450]

I think thekingswolf means, a scheduled task, separate from installing updates.

 

 

There used to be a Server Restart plugin, which would restart Emby when you wanted, but it was deemed unnecessary and was removed,which was a shame, as it worked really well.

[thekingswolf 48]

I do not have users connected to the server at all times for several days straight.  the restart function does not work as selected.  my request for being able to designate a set restart time remains.

[Luke 42077]

It seems to work just fine in my testing. In some cases it could be background sync processes in some of the apps preventing the sessions from idling. That's a separate topic that we're looking into. Thanks.

[Jason'sEmby 29]

On 5/17/2019 at 4:28 AM, CBers said:

There used to be a Server Restart plugin, which would restart Emby when you wanted, but it was deemed unnecessary and was removed,which was a shame, as it worked really well.

This would have been great to have now. As I restart my emby server nightly to release tuners for a known issue. But it's better than having Plex!

[Happy2Play 9780]

Maybe one of the plugin gods could update the plugin.

MediaBrowser/Emby.Restart: Automatic Server Restart (github.com)

[zhongdongy 0]

A work around can be using `cron` jobs. Just set it to restart every day / every a few days at a certain time. But it will restart from a system level and will not respect running tasks (and users streaming it will be kicked out). 

[Happy2Play 9780]

On 1/18/2021 at 7:00 PM, Happy2Play said:

Maybe one of the plugin gods could update the plugin.

MediaBrowser/Emby.Restart: Automatic Server Restart (github.com)

@chefhow hard would it be to revive the Restart plugin?

On 1/7/2022 at 5:23 AM, zhongdongy said:

A work around can be using `cron` jobs. Just set it to restart every day / every a few days at a certain time.

But yes one could create their own script and run it on any given schedule.

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8096/emby/System/Restart?api_key={YOURAPIKEY}" -d ""

 

[chef 3810]

5 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

@chefhow hard would it be to revive the Restart plugin?

But yes one could create their own script and run it on any given schedule.

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8096/emby/System/Restart?api_key={YOURAPIKEY}" -d ""

 

I'll do it tonight. 

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

On 6/16/2022 at 8:52 PM, chef said:

I'll do it tonight. 

 

Any luck on this?

[chef 3810]

Yes. 

Is this on a scheduled task?

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

15 minutes ago, chef said:

Yes. 

Is this on a scheduled task?

 

Yes the plugin was.

MediaBrowser/Emby.Restart: Automatic Server Restart (github.com)

[chef 3810]

@Happy2Play

 

Hey! Here is the fixed plugin ready to go!  

 

 

If there is anything else I can do for it. Let me know.

Edited July 23, 2022 by chef

[emby_fan 2]

How could I use the serverrestart dll?

I‘ve copied it into the plugin folder, but emby server didn‘t load it as plugin ?

thanks for any advice

 

[chef 3810]

I'll double check to make sure the build was successful.

[chef 3810]

Yup. Something isn;t correct.

I'll be back  

 

EDIT: I see what I did... sorry... quick fix.

Edited July 23, 2022 by chef

[Cheesegeezer 3104]

2 hours ago, chef said:

Yup. Something isn;t correct.

I'll be back  

 

EDIT: I see what I did... sorry... quick fix.

Did it just need the nugets updating? 
the easiest plugin ever lol you need artwork doing lol  

[chef 3810]

29 minutes ago, Cheesegeezer said:

Did it just need the nugets updating? 
the easiest plugin ever lol you need artwork doing lol  

No! Something is absolutely wrong with this thing.

It will not load cheese!

I updated all the nugets, added System.Memory, and the thing is broken somewhere.

I don't understand... 

What is happening??

 

It is literally under a 1000 lines of code.

Edited July 24, 2022 by chef

[Happy2Play 9780]

4 minutes ago, chef said:

No! Something is absolutely wrong with this thing. 

It will not load cheese!

I updated all the nugets, added System.Memory, and the thing is broken somewhere.

I don't understand... 

What is happening??

 

It is literally under a 1000 lines of code.

Same thing I noticed playing around with it and my copy and paste skills looking at other plugins but never could get it to load.

[chef 3810]

I'm going to build a new one from scratch.

Then I'll know I have hit all the marks.

It is such a small bit of code, it shouldnt take anymore then 45 mins to get it loading.

Very, very strange...

Unless it is the IApplicationHost... 

It is the only thing in the entire project that might be causing a problem...