Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of watchdog

Timestamp:

10/05/2020 03:56:22 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added note about Ubuntu based pre-built images having watchdog installed and configured

watchdog

@@ -96 +96 @@
  * network checks
 
-Note that the watchdog daemon is installed but not configured to run on boot. To configure it to run on boot, setup the watchdog for a 30sec timeout and simply tickle the watchdog every 5 seconds:
+**On the Gateworks Ubuntu based pre-built images the watchdog package is installed and configured to start on boot** as below, however if you are using a different OS you may need to do these steps manually.
+
+To configure the watchdog daemon to run on boot, setup the watchdog for a 30sec timeout and simply tickle the watchdog every 5 seconds:
  1. Create a conf file:
 {{{
@@ -108 +110 @@
 EOF
 }}}
- 2. create an executable init script:
+ 2. create an executable init script (if not already present in your filesystem):
 {{{
 #!bash
@@ -118 +120 @@
 chmod +x /etc/init.d/watchdog
 }}}
- 3. configure as a system service to start on boot, priority 1:
+ 3. configure as a system service to start on boot, priority 1 (if not already present in your filesyste):
 {{{
 #!bash