How to detect if server crashed?

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simanovich · 02-06-2015 , 05:32 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

Ping it.
If it isn't responding - server is down.

danonix · *Last edited by danonix; 02-06-2015 at 07:35.*

I mean that, so if it possible to make just it in a moment, when server crashes and then generate log - server crashed at 2:01 pm, actual map was X.

Don't want to check logs in folder with console logs

Freezo Begin · 02-06-2015 , 08:24 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

Try FM_ServerDeactivate or plugin_end() !

fysiks · 02-06-2015 , 18:26 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

When the server crashes you can't do anything because no code is running. You have to have something do that on the operating system.

Simply look in the logs for the time that it crashed and look upward to find the last map that started.

**Bugsy** · 02-06-2015 , 18:37 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

If you use a service that automatically re-starts a crashed server (HLSW?) you can write a flag somewhere as you initiate a mapchange then delete the flag when the mapchange successfully completes. If this flag does not exist when the server is starting, then the last shutdown was not graceful. Just an idea.

1. map change initiated, write flag
2. map change complete, check if flag exists

if exists delete it, everything went well
if does not exist, previous shutdown was ungraceful

fysiks · 02-07-2015 , 01:12 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

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Originally Posted by Bugsy

HLSW?

HLSW uses RCON and public methods to get it's info afaik. I can't get to the operating system which is required to restart the server (unless it's set up to restart itself already of course).

**Bugsy** · *Last edited by Bugsy; 02-07-2015 at 09:51.*

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Originally Posted by fysiks

HLSW uses RCON and public methods to get it's info afaik. I can't get to the operating system which is required to restart the server (unless it's set up to restart itself already of course).

I used to run a hlds on my LAN and used HLSW, but I don't remember if it was for this purpose, its been years. But, I imagine server hosts restart your server if it crashes for whatever reason?

fysiks · 02-07-2015 , 12:28 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

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Originally Posted by Bugsy

I used to run a hlds on my LAN and used HLSW, but I don't remember if it was for this purpose, its been years. But, I imagine server hosts restart your server if it crashes for whatever reason?

I'm not really sure how they typically do it. That's not something that is made known at the few GSPs that I've had servers with (I never really asked either).

aron9forever · 02-10-2015 , 07:36 Re: How to detect if server crashed?

as far as I know servers auto restart when debug=""
that stops working if the process is killed(which means something went horribly wrong)

to be somewhat helpful to the OP, you can not do this with amxx
even bugsy's idea won't work because it won't give you the exact time of the crash and hosting providers usually fail to restart the server if the process is kill, then you won't get the accurate timestamp

What you want is very possible and easy to accomplish with PHP and a cron job if you have some knowledge in that area