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

[Justin Grigg]

it is just that external AllStar nodes can not connect as it acts like the
node is down.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 7:42 PM "Bryan St Clair via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> 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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