Repair mysql databases on boot

beaglebone.txt

@@ -7298,6 +7298,93 @@ Save and exit.
 chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/repair
 #+END_SRC
 
+Also to keep maintenance to the minimum we need to automatically repair the databases when the system initially boots after a power cycle. So if there's an electrical power outage and the session table gets corrupted then you don't need to be concerned with repairing it manually.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+editor /usr/bin/runinitialrepair
+#+END_SRC
+
+Add the following:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+#!/bin/bash
+sleep 180
+/etc/cron.hourly/repair > /var/log/initialrepair.log
+exit 0
+#+END_SRC
+
+Save and exit.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+chmod +x /usr/bin/runinitialrepair
+editor /etc/init.d/initialrepair
+#+END_SRC
+
+Add the following:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# /etc/init.d/initialrepair
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          initialrepair
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: mysql database repair on boot
+# Description:       Repairs mysql databases at startup
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Author: Bob Mottram <bob@robotics.uk.to>
+
+#Settings
+SERVICE='initialrepair'
+INVOCATION='/usr/bin/runinitialrepair'
+PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin'
+
+initialrepair_start() {
+echo "Starting $SERVICE..."
+su --command "screen -h 1024 -dmS ${SERVICE} ${INVOCATION}" root
+}
+
+
+initialrepair_stop() {
+echo "Stopping $SERVICE"
+su --command "screen -p 0 -S ${SERVICE} -X stuff "'^C'"" root
+}
+
+
+#Start-Stop here
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    initialrepair_start
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    initialrepair_stop
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    initialrepair_stop
+    initialrepair_start
+    ;;
+    *)
+  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
+#+END_SRC
+
+Save and exit.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+chmod +x /etc/init.d/initialrepair
+update-rc.d initialrepair defaults
+service initialrepair start
+#+END_SRC
+
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