[syslog-ng] Running script for checking syslog-ng status

[Bill Anderson]

On May 25, 2011, at 16:19, "Henry Xu" <xkb.surfing at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>    Does syslog-ng have a running script that check the syslog-ng
> running status?
>    If it crashed or stopped running,this script can make sure to start
> a new syslog-ng process.
>    This morning,the syslog-ng on my server crashed,and somehow resulted
> in the server halt.
>    Thanks.
> 

I've Run it under daemontools to have it auto restart. IIRC monit is a newer option. I'd look at those. 

Cheers,
Bill