[mapguide-users] Test if MapGuide server is running

[Zac Spitzer]

Jim,

>From "But i want to do this every few seconds." are you suffering from
a lack of stability with Mapguide?

z

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:49 AM, Jason Birch <Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca> wrote:
> Jim, I wouldn't count on a lack of entries in the log file indicating that the server is running.  This hasn't happened to me recently, but I've seen a few cases where the server has just dumped out without any entries.
>
> Using something like the mapagent's GetSiteVersion would have the benefit of testing both the web tier and the server, but of course it wouldn't tell you which was broken so a commandline API call might be better.
>
> Jason
>
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> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jim O'Leary
> Sent: Sat 2008-05-10 6:34 AM
> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Test if MapGuide server is running
>
> I think this would involve a lot of overhead. I would have to 'try' to create
> a Session and 'catch' an exception. But i want to do this every few seconds.
> It would be easier to use a Python script to parse the log file. However, it
> would be more appropriate to use a built-in test, if one exists.
>
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