Archive for November, 2009
How to Skin/Theme FireDaemon Pro
FireDaemon Pro can be skinned/themed.
You can replace the command line, splash screen, title bar and About box product name, FireDaemon and non-FireDaemon icons in main GUI service list, splash screen product name & icon and all button icons.
How to Clone/Clone Hot Services
FireDaemon Pro has the ability to clone and hot clone services.
This is a very useful feature especially when you have lots of services you need to configure and you dont want to manually re-enter all the information.
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How to Configure Pre/Post-Service
The Pre-Service and Post-Service tab allows applications to be run during service startup and service shutdown. Pre-service and post-service programs are always run during service start-ups, controlled shutdowns, and intentional restarts.
- From the FireDaemon Pro manual.
How to configure Dependencies
Service Dependencies allow services to be started (and stopped) in order. They specify which services or load order groups must be running on the machine before this service can run. For example, if the service FDSvc depends on the pre-requisite service Pre, then Windows will always start Pre before FDSvc during a machine boot-up. Similarly, if both Pre and FDSvc are stopped, then manually starting FDSvc will firstly cause Pre to be automatically started. Similarly, stopping Pre manually will force FDSvc to stop. Interestingly, services dependencies are not used during machine shutdown.
- From the FireDaemon Pro manual.
How to bind a process to one or more CPU’s
CPU Bindings is a useful feature of FireDaemon. It allows you to bind a process to one or more CPU’s or Cores. This can be very useful when you have a very load intensive application and you dont want your whole computer to freeze up while its running.
Monitor Lighttpd: Restart when it uses excess system resources and alert me
Lighttpd was built for speed, but occasionally if your site gets very busy, it will use more and more system resources. When this happens, your website will load really slowly and your entire server computer will slow to a crawl.
Daemon can solve this by monitoring and restarting Lighttpd before it reaches these danger levels.
Monitor SRCDS: Restart when it uses excess system resources and alert me
SRCDS when left running for extended periods of time will use more and more system resources, this is especially true for very poorly coded mods or when you have lots of plugins loaded. When this happens, your SRCDS server will start to lag really bad and your entire server computer will slow to a crawl.
Daemon can solve this by monitoring and restarting SRCDS before it reaches these danger levels.
Monitor MySQL: Restart when it uses excess system resources and alert me
MySQL when left running for extended periods of time can use more and more system resources, this is especially true for very busy websites where the usage can become so extreme that all the ram is used and cpu usage hits 100%. When this happens, your website will fail to load and your entire server will lock up.
daeMON can solve this by monitoring and restarting MySQL before it reaches these danger levels.
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