(RADIATOR) recommended method to "event notify" radiator to a restart/reread

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Tariq -

Interesting question - can anyone else on the list offer any 
suggestions?

And in answer to your question, no there is no configuration file 
watching in Radiator.

regards

Hugh


On 7 Jul 2004, at 20:50, Tariq Rashid wrote:

>
> hi - i'm sire many of you have come across this issue before, and its 
> not
> unique to radiator either.
>
> the radius clients can be kept in the radius.cfg file (as <Client, 
> 1.2.3.4>
> for example) or in a database, and i'm sure they can be kept in other
> locations too ...
>
> however, when an external system updates this list, either by 
> rewritring the
> radius.cfg file, or updating an included file, or by adding entries to 
> or
> removing entries from an sqlclientlist database ... a running radiator 
> does
> not take account of the changes until the radiator server instances if
> restarted or sent a -HUP signal.
>
> is there a recommended way to do this from remote locations? that is, 
> these
> event notification originate on different machines to those which are
> actually running the server instances.
>
> i want to avoid additional custom written "event notification and 
> restart"
> software as it adds points of weakness into an otherwise solid system, 
> and
> also requires additional support. (its is for this reason that i want 
> to
> avoid external sql databases too, as that requires additional support 
> and a
> more complex set of failure points)
>
> a not-so-good solution is to perhaps ask radiator to restart/reHUP
> periodically. i don't think there is a "file-watching" mechanism in
> radiator?
>
> tariq
>
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NB: have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?

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