SUNScholar/Restart DSpace/14.04

BACK TO RESTART DSPACE

Configuration

Log in to your server as the dspace user and then become the root user.

sudo -i

Create a scripts folder in the /root folder.

mkdir /root/scripts

Create the restart script

nano /root/scripts/restart-dspace

Add the following to the restart-dspace script using copy and paste with "nano".

#!/bin/bash
## This script is to be used to restart DSpace

echo "Stop Tomcat"
sudo service tomcat7 stop
sleep 5
sudo service tomcat7 stop
sleep 5

echo "Restarting PostgreSQL"
sudo service postgresql restart

echo "Cleaning out old xmlui cache files"
sudo rm /var/lib/tomcat7/work/Catalina/localhost/_/cache-dir/cocoon-ehcache.data
sudo rm /var/lib/tomcat7/work/Catalina/localhost/_/cache-dir/cocoon-ehcache.index

echo "Remove old catalina log file"
sudo rm /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out

echo "Start Tomcat"
sudo service tomcat7 restart

echo "Restart complete: `date`" > /var/tmp/restart-dspace

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NANO Editor Help

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)

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Now make the script executeable

chmod 0755 /root/scripts/restart-dspace

Manual Restart

Now run the script when needed by typing:

sudo -i

/root/scripts/restart-dspace

You can watch the restart by typing:

tail -f /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out

To quit tailing the log file, type: CTL+c

Automatic Restart

To automatically and regularly restart, add a root user cron job.

As the "root" user user type the following:

crontab -e

Copy and paste the following to the bottom of the file and then save the file:

45 7 * * *    /root/scripts/restart-dspace

This will restart DSpace 07:45 in the morning each day.