Question
502 Bad Gateway shows each couple of weeks and requires a manual reboot
For the last 6 months I’ve been running Ghost with Node.js here on DigitalOcean. As I’m not very good with all the technical server related topics I always use the forum to find most of the questions and problems that I have. Nevertheless something has been happening each 2 weeks or so with my Ghost blog. It works perfectly fine for a couple of weeks and then it shows:
<^>502 Bad Gateway
nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu) <^>
I then have to manually go to console access and type then the service ghost-XXXX restart to get it back to normal. Is there anyway to change this or to create each week create an automatic action to run this code at least so I don’t have to do it manually?
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This question was answered by @ryanpq:
The most common reason for services to suddenly stop on a droplet (especially a small one) is those services running out of available memory. I would recommend setting up a swap file which should resolve this issue and seeing if the 502 errors you have been encountering continue. This tutorial will guide you in the process.
The most common reason for services to suddenly stop on a droplet (especially a small one) is those services running out of available memory. I would recommend setting up a swap file which should resolve this issue and seeing if the 502 errors you have been encountering continue. This tutorial will guide you in the process.
Thanks ryanpq! I followed the guide and will keep the post updated in case it works.