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Automating Server Restarts Without Annoying Everyone
Why servers need restarting at all, how to schedule one nobody notices, and the warning cadence that stops people losing work.
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Why servers need restarting at all, how to schedule one nobody notices, and the warning cadence that stops people losing work.
The player count is the least informative number on the page. Everything useful is in the shape, and it takes five minutes a week to read.
Screen, tmux and systemd solve the same problem differently. Which to use, and why the answer changes once the server matters.
Why a running process is not a joinable server, why to watch the query port instead, alerts that actually reach you, and when automatic restarts do harm.