[arm-allstar] Resync AST database

[Mark VE3JMR]

When my nodes restarted after a recent power failure, there was missing 
and incorrect information reported in Supermon2. It stated that the 
nodes were now private, any incoming connections displayed the node# but 
the descriptions were replaced by an error message, "unavailable". I 
found a thread somewhere (cannot find it now, it's so hard to locate 
threads) that described the issue and stated that the resolution was to 
execute astdb.php from the Linux command prompt. It took about 2 seconds 
to run, displayed a result of xxxxx bytes written to astdb.txt and the 
display in Supermon2 was corrected after I refreshed the page.

Should there be another system crash and restart, I decided to modify 
/etc/asterisk/rpt.conf to force a resync each time the node is booted. I 
did this because I did not want the node to wait for the cronjob that 
repeats this task at 0300h each day.

With XXXXXX representing the node number, the mods were:

1. Create a new function -> 85=cmd,/usr/local/sbin/astdb.php XXXXXX      
;Resync ASL database

2. Modify macro1 -> 1=*85 *80 *81 *73517301#

3. Make sure that startup_macro=*51 _and_ startup_macro_delay=10

4. Save file and reboot server.

Is my logic correct? (I've checked my Linux system log and it appears 
that executes during each reboot and Supermon2 appears normal.)

Is the function syntax correct; specifically, is the node number 
required?

If a server has more than one node, should this procedure be included 
with the second node? I'm thinking it should because each node has its 
own startup macro.

Is there anything else I need to consider?

Thanks so much.

73 75 de VE3JMR | VE3MR
Mark
Port Colborne, Ontario, CANADA
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