How to make sure an application keeps running on Linux

Question

I\'m trying to ensure a script remains running on a development server. It collates stats and provides a web service so it\'s supposed to persist, yet a few times a day, it

Answer 1

I think a better solution is if you test the function, too. For example, if you had to test an apache, it is not enough only to test, if "apache" processes on the systems exist.

If you want to test if apache OK is, then try to download a simple web page, and test if your unique code is in the output.

If not, kill the apache with -9 and then do a restart. And send a mail to the root (which is a forwarded mail address to the roots of the company/server/project).