Procedure for shutting down a server running Tutor

[HenryV]

Tutor on a Linux server.
When I shut down the server, are all the Tutor processes shut down automatically (especially MongoDB), or should I first run “tutor local stop”? If I do this, I have to manually run “tutor local start -d” after rebooting.

Is there a way I can find out who is currently active on the server before I shut down, and is it possible to message them?

[regis]

@HenryV

When I shut down the server, are all the Tutor processes shut down automatically (especially MongoDB)

Yes, they are.

@HenryV

or should I first run “tutor local stop”?

No, you should not.

@HenryV

If I do this, I have to manually run “tutor local start -d” after rebooting.

Exactly This is because the restart policy of the containers is set to “unless-stopped”.

@HenryV

Is there a way I can find out who is currently active on the server before I shut down, and is it possible to message them?

It’s certainly possible but it’s complicated. You could check the IDs of active users in the tracking logs (~/.local/share/tutor/data/lms/logs/tracking.log).

[HenryV]

Thanks, Regis. I appreciate it a lot. I did a lot of searching before I asked.

[HenryV]

@regis

~/.local/share/tutor/data/lms/logs/tracking.log

Here’s a super-crude solution that works well enough for me:

tail -10 ~/.local/share/tutor/data/lms/logs/tracking.log | sed -e 's/,.*"username"://' -e 's/,.*//'

Laugh, but enjoy!