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AWS micro instances & mysqld deadlock

Hello all,

If you’re running mysql daemon on an AWS micro instance type AMI like me, you must already have undergone mysqld deadlocks day by day. I guess,   to move local mysql db to AWS RDS is the best solution in order to avoid this circumstance.

Creating a swap space is one of the solutions but you may have a limited storage on micro instances.Another solution would be to restart mysqld when it stops by cron jobs 🙂

crontab-syntax

Here is my bash script:

[ec2-user@ip-xyz-xyz-xyz-xyz filestores]$ more mybashscript
#!/bin/bash
if [[ ! “$(/sbin/service mysqld status)” =~ “start/running” ]]
then
/sbin/service mysqld start
fi

Don’t forget to give required permission for your bash file.

chmod +x /home/ec2-user/filestores/mybashscript 

And here is crontab (root crontab file!)You can access root crontab file by typing sudo crontab -e command

*/1 * * * * /home/ec2-user/filestores/mybashscript  –> Bash will run in every 1 minute.

That’s all, just give it a try. You can find different bash script on the Internet.

Wish you good and prosperity

Have a nice day.