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Monitoring Systemd Services / Automatic Cron Restart
I got a raspberry pi acting as a NUT SERVER, and it keeps flaking out. I keep having to restart nut-server all the time. Lets automate checking if the service is running and restart it if its not.
The Issue. Every so often it just stops. See the graph below
![](http://192.168.10.72:8087/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NUTS-1024x497.jpg)
Lets create a bash script for checking the service
#!/bin/bash
SERVICE="nut-server"
STATUS="$(systemctl is-active $SERVICE)"
if [ "$STATUS" != "active" ]; then
echo "Service $SERVICE is not running"
systemctl restart $SERVICE
echo "Service $SERVICE has been restarted"
# Send notification here
else
echo "Service $SERVICE is running"
fi
Lets save the script and make it executable
chmod +x check_nutserver_status.sh
Lets edit crontab by typing “crontab -e” into the shell and add the following line.
*/5 * * * * /home/pi/Documents/nut-server-status/check_nutserver_status.sh
Then bob’s your uncle.