From 791778d7b6e2f0e92c67e6812f85445171c24572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 22:48:22 +0200
Subject: Ping the service manager and set a status message

Periodically "ping" the service manager (every 3 seconds) and set a
status message showing connection statistics.

This enables using the systemd(8) watchdog functionality for the
"ngircd.service" unit.
---
 contrib/ngircd.service | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'contrib/ngircd.service')

diff --git a/contrib/ngircd.service b/contrib/ngircd.service
index 215f5052..5ab73553 100644
--- a/contrib/ngircd.service
+++ b/contrib/ngircd.service
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ngircd-full-dbg
 # Start ngIRCd. Note: systemd doesn't allow to use $DAEMON here!
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ngircd --nodaemon --syslog $PARAMS
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+# Error handling:
+# ngIRCd tries to "ping" the service manager every 3 seconds.
+WatchdogSec=10
 Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]
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