[arm-allstar] A way to check allstar connection status

[Bryan St Clair]

Hourly would be the minimum time I would repeat the checks like yours.

But I don't understand why you would need this.  What exactly is happening
for you to loose registration?  (My best guess at this moment) Assuming
this is a public node.

The allstar servers only provide a connection location, all services/paths
are node to node.

If your reg status is failing, that should be fixed as it rarely happens on
my nodes.   Unless perhaps your Internet connection is dropping?

Bryan



On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 16:34 "Justin Grigg via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Bryan,
> Thank you for the information and I was leaning that way at first. The
> weird part is when the node I am helping with falls into this error state,
> it is still functioning as an RF repeater and can still ping websites. It
> has just lost the connection to allstarlink. Once you cycle asterisk it
> reconnects and comes right back up.
>
> I spent this evening creating a script that I believe will take care of
> this. It pulls down the text from the allstar node website and searches the
> text for the connection error. If detected, it runs a script that is
> defined in the variables. I have it running a custom asterisk restart
> script.
>
> If I run this hourly, do you think that would be a problem?
>
> Thank you for your quick response!!
>
> Justin
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:20 PM "Bryan St Clair via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > If you want to trigger off a dns error, do just that.
> >
> > Script a dns query on your own node number and if a error returns,
> perform
> > the action you want.
> >
> > But I wouldn't run it too often, I could see that loop easily if there
> was
> > ever a slow update to registration status.
> >
> > Would be smarter to setup a reverse ssh tunnel and you can restart it as
> > needed.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 10:11 "Justin Grigg via ARM-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I am working on depoying a repeater that will be using a hamvoip node
> as
> > a
> > > controller. This site will have a cellular connection for data but it
> is
> > > hard to access. I have a script that will trigger a restart if a
> network
> > > connection is lost, but I am worried about an unrepnisve node.
> > >
> > > My question is if there is a way to check for the node's status on
> > Allstar
> > > via bash? I have seen nodes that get locked up and show the status
> "Node
> > > ###### is not in the stats database, invalid node number or a temporary
> > > communications error, please try again later". I want to trigger a
> > > asterisks restart automaitclly if this happens.
> > >
> > > Is this possible?
> > >
> > > Thanks!!
> > >
> > > Justin
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