Kathar.in

This server is having… issues. MySQL and FTP related issues.

Due to the incessent crashing, I have written a script that runs every ten minutes and checks the MySQL server. If it crashed then it’s restarted. As I type this I’m watching an updated MySQL compile in the other window, and will be updating various other services too.

How to check my server’s health in two steps:

1. Visit http://blog.katharineberry.co.uk. If you get a WordPress error about databases, the MySQL server crashed.
2. Visit http://katharineberry.co.uk. Check the “load average” figures for “this server”. If the first number is around 10-11, something’s broken (it shouldn’t really be above 2). If the first number is significantly lower than the other two the server is just recovering. If it’s significantly higher than the other’s it’s just about to break.

[07:26 GMT] “ctype-eucjpms.c:8472: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault”

So much for that then.