When the script runs you will find an indication in /var/log/cron Lines like this: May 2 20:50:01 localhost crond[30559]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/./check_stream) One thing that can cause a Linux system to grind to a near-halt is if you have run out of disk space …. But I see you are running VBoxHeadless – I have no familiarity but a quick Google of that finds something related https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8 <https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=68525> &t=68525 Ken From: Loren Tedford [mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:42 PM To: Brent Weatherall <va3bfw@gmail.com> Cc: Ken <ke2n@cs.com>; app_rpt mailing list <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] ezstream 100% cpu Well my server is at it again 100% cpu usage for no reason kinda odd.. I did try Ken's script however I am not sure that its working the way it should... I did place the info in crontab -e I wonder if we are missing some sort of dependency that isn't getting installed.. Maybe their is an easier way to broadcast to Broadcastify.. Here is an image of what it looks like this evening.. http://kc9zhv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-04.png <http://kc9zhv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-04.png> Loren Tedford (KC9ZHV) Email: <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> lorentedford@gmail.com <http://www.lorentedford.com/> http://www.lorentedford.com http://www.kc9zhv.com http://forum.kc9zhv.com http://hub.kc9zhv.com http://www.newwavesucks.com http://forum.newwavesucks.com On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Brent Weatherall <va3bfw@gmail.com <mailto:va3bfw@gmail.com> > wrote: Ken, definitely confirmed on my last CPU spiking that lame's process was no longer running. I'll give your monitoring/restart script a try. Thanks for the info! On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:26 AM Ken <ke2n@cs.com <mailto:ke2n@cs.com> > wrote: Of course the 100% CPU is probably due to it waiting for some resource, rather than actually being loaded to 100%. Press “1” in top and look for the “%wa” I found (like some others) that the problem is actually the “lame” program which vanishes for some reason. I run a script every 10 minutes that checks the pid for lame and restarts ezstream – but only if needed. I think that is better than killing ezstream when it is, in fact, running fine. This is the script (it is not my invention) #!/bin/bash lamenumber=$(/sbin/pidof lame) if [ "$lamenumber" = "" ] then eznumber=$(/sbin/pidof ezstream) echo "$eznumber" kill -9 "$eznumber" echo "restarting" date else eznumber="" fi Regards Ken From: Brent Weatherall [mailto:va3bfw@gmail.com <mailto:va3bfw@gmail.com> ] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 11:09 AM To: Loren Tedford <lorentedford@gmail.com <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> > Cc: app_rpt mailing list <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org <mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> > Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] ezstream 100% cpu A quick look at that cron schedule looks like it would run every minute of the 0 hour and 12 hour. Did you just want it to run only once at 0 and 12? If that is the case you'd want: 0 */12 * * *. I'll let you know how it works out for stability. Thanks again. On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:03 AM Loren Tedford <lorentedford@gmail.com <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> > wrote: The biggest issue with ezstream is that for some reason you get multiple instances of the program running.. Not sure exactly what would be the best solution to actually fix this but the cron script is a big bandage with duck tape.. I really wish I knew how to write code.. Loren Tedford (KC9ZHV) Email: lorentedford@gmail.com <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> Phone: 618-553-0806 <tel:618-553-0806> Fax: 16185512755 <tel:16185512755> http://www.lorentedford.com http://kc9zhv.com Sent from Droid Turbo from Verizon wireless network On May 2, 2016 10:00 AM, "Brent Weatherall" <va3bfw@gmail.com <mailto:va3bfw@gmail.com> > wrote: Thanks for the cron script to try Loren. Hopefully the daily restart of ezstream will cure any issues. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 3:57 PM Loren Tedford <lorentedford@gmail.com <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> > wrote: Here is what i did to get ezstream working I will be updating this forum as well as to my fix for ezstream locking open randomly basicly it kinda goes like this.. http://forum.kc9zhv.com/index.php/topic,23.0.html crontab -e * */12 * * * sh /etc/asterisk/stopez.sh script that i use to reset ezstream.. root@server:/etc/asterisk# cat stopez.sh #!/bin/bash kill -9 $(pgrep ezstream)& sleep 2s kill -9 pgrep ezstream sleep 2s /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "module reload" now to restart asterisk i run this customized script. root@server:/etc/asterisk# cat restart.sh #!/bin/bash kill -9 $(pgrep ezstream)& kill -9 pgrep ezstream service asterisk stop sleep 1s killall asterisk kill -9 $(pgrep ezstream)& service asterisk stop sleep 1s service asterisk start So far I have had no issues with ezstream since i did this.. Loren Tedford (KC9ZHV) Email: <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> lorentedford@gmail.com <http://www.lorentedford.com/> http://www.lorentedford.com http://www.kc9zhv.com http://forum.kc9zhv.com http://hub.kc9zhv.com http://www.newwavesucks.com http://forum.newwavesucks.com On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Brent Weatherall <va3bfw@gmail.com <mailto:va3bfw@gmail.com> > wrote: Hello, I've recently setup an allstar hub node and decided to stream it via broadcastify. Setup has gone well - I'm running debian, with the allstar node running without issue, as well as streaming now being delivered via Broadcastify. I've ran in to an issue where the ezstream process will occasionally pin at 100%. I can kill it fine, and asterisk gracefully resumes by creating a new working output stream. Has anyone else encountered this cpu pinned usage? Will I have to set up something to monitor the process to kill it, so it restarts? Thanks in advance for any suggestions VA3BFW - Brent _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org <mailto:App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.