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How do you check MySql status via cron

  • Posted on November 28, 2013
  • ryan1Asked by ryan1

Help, I am trying to setup a cron job that checks mysql status every few minutes and it down restarts it.

Currently running the Ubuntu 12.10 WP Stack and have applied the swapfile tutorial too.

So if yall can help, please do.

Script mysql-check.sh

#!/bin/bash /usr/bin/mysqladmin ping| grep ‘mysqld is alive’ > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? != 0 ] then sudo service mysql restart fi

Added to cron

          • sh -x /homesys-checks/mysql-check.sh

However it does not work and have know idea why.

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media1 • November 8, 2014

How about this in your /etc/crontab

# Restart MySQL if it's down
* * * * *    root      service mysql status || service mysql start

Adapted from : http://superuser.com/questions/611197/auto-restart-mysql-when-it-dies

alexdo • October 17, 2020

Hello, all

You can create a simple bash script to check if MySQL is running and if not to restart it.

#!/bin/bash

# Check if MySQL is running
sudo service mysql status > /dev/null 2>&1

# Restart the MySQL service if it's not running.
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    sudo service mysql restart
fi

Run this script every 5 minutes using a cron job like this one:

 */5 * * * * /home/user/scripts/monitor.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex

joao.guilherme • December 15, 2015

Solution here http://askubuntu.com/questions/451839/shell-script-issue-cron-job-script-to-restart-mysql-server-when-it-stops-accide

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