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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I am in the process of finally upgrading the gate.vk5gr.id.au cluster to the latest versions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>So far I have built v1.55 on new cloud infrastructure and got VK5GR-3 working. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I am now trying to get it auto-call its link partner VK5GR-2 when the cluster starts up but it stubbornly refuses to do so. I have placed a vk5gr-2 connect script file into the /spider/connect directory containing:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>sysop@dxcluster:/spider/connect$ ls -la<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>total 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>-rwxrwxrwx 1 sysop spider 132 Feb 26 20:02 vk5gr-2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>--------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>timeout 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB># don't forget to chmod 4775 netrom_call!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>connect telnet gate.vk5gr.id.au 7300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>'login' 'vk5gr-3'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>--------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I have also set vk5gr-3 as a set/spider node on the VK5GR-2 gate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>When I enter “connect vk5gr-2“ into the console it happily connects and starts up the link – but for the life of me I can’t get it to do it automatically!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>What am I missing please?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The installation instructions I have used were sourced from:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://packet-radio.net/install-dxspider-on-a-debian-system/">Install Dxspider on a Debian system – Packet-radio.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everything during the install appears to have pretty much worked as advertised.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The system is running under "Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To get the cluster to auto-start as a service I have also created a service descriptor file under /etc/system/system <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>sysop@dxcluster:/etc/systemd/system$ cat dxspider.service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>[Unit]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Description=dxspider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>After=syslog.target<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>[Service]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>ExecStart=/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl >/dev/tty7 &<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Restart=always<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>RestartSec=120<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>WorkingDirectory=/spider/perl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>User=sysop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>SyslogIdentifier=dxspider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>[Install]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>WantedBy=multi-user.target<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I have successfully gotten the cluster to start automatically following a reboot of the vps without issues – it is just the automatic initiation of the connections to other clusters that has me stumped. Comparing it to my old 1.50 installation on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine isn’t giving me any insights either </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>☹</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In short – help! </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>☹</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Grant VK5GR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sysop: gate.vk5gr.id.au:7300 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Email: <a href="mailto:vk5gr.radio@gmail.com">vk5gr.radio@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>P.S. Shortly when I have everything working, for those who are link partners, there will be a host IP address change here too as the server is moving into the cloud.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>P.P.S. I understand there is a new mojo branch people want us to switch to as well. I will tackle that once I have the basic cluster running.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>